5D3 Aberration Correction Has Done Wonders for My 24-105L

[Fleetie]

On the 7D, this lens suffered significant red fringing at the edges. I expected it to get worse on FF, despite the larger photosite size.

But no, I took a few shots of the same scene today at f/4, f/5.6, f/8. At the very top left corner of the f/4 one, there's a twig against a bright sky. BAD NEWS normally, if you're pixel-peeping. The camera seems to have done a great job with it.

It does seem to have really "de-offensified" the worst problem with this lens.

Also, I'm enjoying the new "wideness" I'm getting at 24mm, having moved to FF from crop.

And I have discovered a new technique. I shoot a lot of spring flowers and stuff. Traditonally, I'd get flowers in bright sunlight, but with a darkish background behind, with a long focal length, and open up for plenty of bokeh, and shoot from close up. I liked the look.

Now I've discovered the trick of using the wide end, and going in really close to the flower. You still get the flower filling most of the frame (if it's large like a daffodil, anyway), but you now get plenty of context, and it looks great! You can open up to blur off the background if you want, or not, and it still looks ok.

I've always been a telephoto shooter until now.

I'm having fun playing!

 

[Seamus]

Thanks for sharing your experience Fleetie! That's great news about the Aberration correction, I can't wait to see for myself (next Tuesday). Keep having fun and keep us posted!

 

[Mt Spokane Photography]

And I have discovered a new technique. I shoot a lot of spring flowers and stuff. Traditonally, I'd get flowers in bright sunlight, but with a darkish background behind, with a long focal length, and open up for plenty of bokeh, and shoot from close up. I liked the look.

Now I've discovered the trick of using the wide end, and going in really close to the flower. You still get the flower filling most of the frame (if it's large like a daffodil, anyway), but you now get plenty of context, and it looks great! You can open up to blur off the background if you want, or not, and it still looks ok.

I've always been a telephoto shooter until now.

I'm having fun playing!

I love my 24-105, and, yes, the optical corrections do improve it at 24mm.

Whats this about spring flowers? We had 5 inches of snow Monday morning. That put the tulips and Daffodils about 4 inches under, as they are just starting to come up.

I definitely won't be able to test my new 5D MK III on spring flowers next week!

Sometimes they are higher than the snow in the spring

 

[Daniel Flather]

Yes, I forgot how wide a 24mm lens was too after suffering 4 years with a xxD camera.

 

[Cali_PH]

Thanks for sharing, I was wondering how effective that 5DmkIII feature would be. I use a crop body and my 10-22 EF-S is my favorite lens, so of course I run into similar issues. I was hoping if I moved up to a 5DmkIII & 17-40L/16-35L the issue would be reduced, so glad to hear it's at least somewhat effective!