Comments on: Canon’s Controversial 24-70mm f/4 Lens Now Available

By: Dave Palmer

Dave Palmer — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 04:49:00 +0000

$1149 is what BH has it listed as.

By: kiefer printy

kiefer printy — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 20:47:00 +0000

lets pray this thing ships as a kit for a medium format eos mount. makes as much sense as anything else given the reception.

By: Jr Miller

Jr Miller — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 18:11:00 +0000

…odd commentary. Some photographers live in the 4-22 aperture range in the studio. It will be nice to have a low cost alternative to the larger aperture lens. The 24-105 is a lens I’ve owned. Twice. While it’s great for a broad range of apertures I was never happy at the long and short ends of it.

Canon could have updated it to new IS system and coatings as well as other improvements. Since they didn’t I have to assume the new 24-70 F4 is meant as the new kit lens standard on the middle and upper end bodies and we’ll see the 24-105 shipped out.

By: Iñaki Llopis

Iñaki Llopis — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 18:05:00 +0000

and image stabilization

By: PeterGekks

PeterGekks — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 09:56:00 +0000

why not buying the tamron?

a stop better.. cheaper… good image quality.

By: PeterGekks

PeterGekks — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 09:53:00 +0000

you have to be VERY close to your subject to have the macro functionality.
that is not very usefull.

it looks good in the feature list but the reviewer were not that impressed.

By: Spy Black

Spy Black — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 05:09:00 +0000

I work in a studio where we shoot with existing 24-105′s, and while overall it’s a not a bad optic, it suffers from one really bad malady, and that is chromatic aberration. It is absolutely hideous on this lens, and I’ve learn to spot this lens a mile away. A while back there was an article here about someone doing some rather cool stuff with cityscapes, and I knew the lens and camera used before reading a single line of text, and this was with web-res images! Nasty, nasty, nasty.

If Canon finally addressed this blatant shortcoming in this lens, then the new version can only be a good thing.

By: George Socka

George Socka — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 04:11:00 +0000

us shakey old guys will like image stabilization, but it wont get me to replace my 24-105 at that price. Why bother?

By: Joshua Gonzalez

Joshua Gonzalez — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 03:51:00 +0000

If the MTF charts are to be believed, it’s incredibly sharp (although “the germans” may have proved otherwise…). I think we’re seeing an update of the whole lens line to provide a higher level of resolving power in advance of a mega-megapixel release later in 2013. One of the major hangups many have seen with the D800 has been the relatively short list of lenses that can resolve all 36 mp. If Canon really is going into the 40+ range, that thing is going to need some incredibly sharp glass.

By: Kevin Lannen

Kevin Lannen — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 01:53:00 +0000

This lens looks ideal for someone who wants macro capabilities out of their standard lens. If you already have a macro I don’t see why anyone would get it though.