Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM

[Kernuak]

Could anyone show some corner sharpness crops at f/4 and 70mm? Some reviews say this lens is soft there, and one person (and his friend) posting in this thread also complained about this... I'm curious.

I don't often shoot at 70mm and when I do, it tends to be narrower apertures. However, for most subjects, the corners would be out of focus at f/4@70mm, so softness even if you find a suitable subject to test, would be irrelevant in the real world, as you'd want them soft anyway, with a few exceptions. I do find the corners soft at 24mm@f/11-f/16 though, which is one reason I was looking at the 24mm MkII, Zeiss 21mm and the TSE 24MM MkII for landscapes. The 24mm MkII won the contest, because I wanted f/1.4 for the northern lights. I'll see what I can find. I found one shot at 80mm, but the corners were out of focus.

[Kernuak]

This is the closest I could find, 82mm@f/4. Generally, I find that the more you zoom in, the sharper it gets and at 24mm until around 30mm, the 17-40 is sharper.

[fesapo]

Tower Power by Fesapo, on Flickr

[editreject]

5D Mark II, ISO 200, f/8, 1/500


Immanuel Episcopal Church Cemetery 001 by editreject, on Flickr

[Ivan Muller]

As seen in Milan....to view more images in this sequence go here...http://thelazytravelphotographer.blogspot.com/2012/03/milan-ooh-la-la.html

[neuroanatomist]

In the studio setting, where you have control over the background and sufficient lighting to stop down, the 24-105mm f/4L IS makes a flexible and excellent portrait lens...


EOS 5D Mark II, EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM @ 105mm, 1/200 s, f/9, ISO 100

[K-amps]

In the studio setting, where you have control over the background and sufficient lighting to stop down, the 24-105mm f/4L IS makes a flexible and excellent portrait lens...

Exquisite John!

[Ivan Muller]

Four days in a rainy Lucerne with my 5d2 and 24-105L. Distortion correction in LR3. For more images of Lucerne go to my travel blog at...http://thelazytravelphotographer.blogspot.com/2012/03/lucerne-switzerland-continued.html

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[JR]

In the studio setting, where you have control over the background and sufficient lighting to stop down, the 24-105mm f/4L IS makes a flexible and excellent portrait lens...

Nice!  I never thought of this lens as a portrait lens, but I guess I was wrong!

[lightwriter]

I truly love this lens. It's sharp, focuses fast, nice bokeh, it's not too heavy and I would highly recommend it for fashion photography.











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The images seem to be a little too wide for this forum..

[BlueMixWhite]

Sharing some shoots taken with the 24-105mm on 7D recently.

Blissful Wedding by adrlow, on Flickr


Blissful Wedding by adrlow, on Flickr

[SpareImp]

About a week ago.

[pdirestajr]

On first vacation with my daughter:


New Orleans, meet Violet. by Philip DiResta, on Flickr

Last summer:

Vi in Tuggy by Philip DiResta, on Flickr


Capt Squint by Philip DiResta, on Flickr


La Dolce Vita by Philip DiResta, on Flickr

[aptem59]

Portrait: Canon 350D, 24-105 at 105mm, f/5, +flash



Landscape: Canon 350D, 24-105, Panorams:

[K-amps]

Pdirestajr, those pics are super sharp!