The New EF 24-105mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM

[Hardwire]

Am I alone in feeling sad about this? I have not had a 24-105 F4 L for a couple of years, and never really looked back since getting the 24-70 2.8 II

HOWEVER, I still have this fondness for the old lens, maybe because it was my first "red ring" lens or just that it covered so much usable range with IS....damn it was a fine travel/holiday lens and coupled with a teleconverter was very useful when traveling light.

If only the 24-70 had IS.....

 

[Khalai]

This could be a very interesting lens... a lightweight 'kit' lens, especially suited to the 6D.

Lightweight and 'decent' build.

STM AF (not as good as USM, but notably better than non STM/ non USM AF).

Very useful 4 stops IS.....

Canon have yet to make a bad STM lens... and I trust / hope this lens follows suit.

Paul

Exactly my thoughts. If this lens is designed to be "cheap and light" kit lens for 6D or for others FF bodies on diet (i.e. not meant for serious abuse like 5D or 1D lines), it makes complete sense. Look at Nikon, they have their 24-85/3.5-4.5 VR lens for this as well. If this lens is cheap enough, sharp enough and light enough, it may just be a good starting lens for someone, who moves up to FF realm and cannot affort hefty L lenses (although this is relative, considering the 2nd hand market price of 24-105L).

 

[bholliman]

I suppose this lens will fill a niche as an inexpensive "starter" FF general purpose zoom. For a still shooter, a gray market 24-105L is probably still the better option for just a little more $$.

 

[ritholtz]

I suppose this lens will fill a niche as an inexpensive "starter" FF general purpose zoom. For a still shooter, a gray market 24-105L is probably still the better option for just a little more $$.

6D with this lens and printer bundle for $1500, would be a nice price to switch to FF.

 

[joejohnbear]

Didn't Sigma release a competing 24-105L replacement? Sharper and everything? I never understood the desire to own a 24-105L other than its cheap price. My guess is that if this 24-105 IS STM is anything like the 18-55 IS STM, it should be sharper than the 24-105L that it replaces, like the 18-55 IS STM is sharper than the tamron 17-50 in the corners. I tried a 24-70L f/4 IS at work and the f/4 aperture really turned me off, tbh.

Am I alone in feeling sad about this? I have not had a 24-105 F4 L for a couple of years, and never really looked back since getting the 24-70 2.8 II

HOWEVER, I still have this fondness for the old lens, maybe because it was my first "red ring" lens or just that it covered so much usable range with IS....damn it was a fine travel/holiday lens and coupled with a teleconverter was very useful when traveling light.

If only the 24-70 had IS.....

 

[cellomaster27]

Woohooo!! the year of the lenses!!!

I mean sigma lenses 8)

haha! you have to give credit to canon though... they are releasing alot of lenses this year. not just canon dslrs but for the m and cine.

 

[mackguyver]

I bet this lens will fly off the shelves if the IQ is good. The aging 28-135 IS was very popular in its day and for those just getting into FF with the 6D, this could be a great general purpose lens.

 

[Skywise]

This could also be a decent transition lens from cropped to FF. You could do video with AF on a cropped body right now then upgrade to FF with a 6D II next year?

(I checked and, no, the 6D can't do video AF with STM)

 

[Haydn1971]

This is great news, reinforcing a commitment to replacing very old pre/early digital age lenses such as the 28-135mm, I'm hopeful of a similar, maybe 20% increase over the 28-135mm which means the new 24-105mm would be about £400 in the UK.

The non-L range is tired, to push FF into budget markets requires new low cost FF glass, roll on a range of non-L lenses, an ultrawide 17-40mm replacement, perhaps a 24-135/200mm, an improved 70-300 with AF that works, all fitting with the expanding range of non-L primes... Wait, where's the new 50mm & 85mm non-L's ?

The new lens will cost much less to produce than the L version, providing an opportunity to generate a better profit margin on potentially greater sales numbers - that's a shareholder win

 

[x-vision]

Is it just me, or does this seem like a lens for a body that does not yet exist: a budget dual-pixel AF full-frame camera? Otherwise, given that the f/4L is available for such a good price, has ring USM, has constant max aperture and has "red ring" cachet/build quality/sealing, I don't see the point of this new lens. Maybe it's intended for 70D or 7D II use, but it does not seem like a very useful focal length range for crop sensors.

Or, they could be planning to update the 24-105L and price it higher - say $1400.
In that case it makes sense to have cheaper alternatives - like the 24-70/4L and the 24-105/STM.

 

[paulc]

This is pretty remarkable, I had considered non-L full frame zooms to be all but dead. When was the last one they put out? The non-L 70-300?