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  | sent on 10 Giugno 2025 Pros: Overall quality, consistently accurate AF, excellent stabilization, L-series construction, focal range Cons: Sharpness even at f8 Opinion: When I bought this lens I already knew what I was going to buy, a great product from canon super reliable all-rounder but... Let's start with the pros: the construction is indisputable, like a true L series, excellent materials, no play, the lens does not escape if hung around the neck as many have complained .... the lightning fast and always precise af, stabilizer what can I say, perfect... Let's start from the fact that in the kit I own 2 lenses of the level of the 50 sigma art and the legendary 70 200 f2.8 ii version, a real blade even at 2.8 from 70 to 200, so the cons described above is to be understood, but I thought it was really sharper, even closing at f8 it does not reach at all either the 50 at 1.4 and the 70 200 2.8, it's as if it had a sort of patina that doesn't let you see that clear photo... Now I've moved on to the canon 24 70 f2.8 ii and boy, an abyss... |
 | sent on 26 Giugno 2024 Pros: Quality and reliability Cons: Weight & Cost Opinion: After many years of using the sharp Tamron 17-50 f/2.8 I switched to this high-end Canon lens with a different focal range. The first impressions after a week of use are: Weight: its 700g are felt but so much weight should also guarantee a lot of sturdiness and reliable materials Sharpness: here I am finding some doubts, the previous Tamron was a blade and also having a larger aperture the MAF was always perfect. The Canon for now seems to give softer images that require, in some cases, a more pushed PP work precisely on sharpness. It's not a final judgement but for now I still have some doubts, I had also suspected a back focus problem but I don't think I'll fall back into this problem. Portraits: at 100mm and around this lens proves to be suitable for portraits, the bokeh is pleasant and "modern" Landscape: undoubtedly on an APS-C it is not a wide angle so it is not the best lens for "postcard" photos. For travel photos for me it is a great all-rounder that allows close-up shots while remaining at a distance as in fact this lens is a medium telephoto lens. Conclusions: overall it is an excellent lens, its cost places it in the very high range of optics but hopefully it will last over time. |
 | sent on 15 Agosto 2022 Pros: Sharpness, constant f4, tropicalization, blurred with 10 slats, silent and fast focus, contained distortion and aberration, 4 stop stabilization. Cons: Slightly the weight, the chromatic aberrations and the lower sharpness at the edges with wide-angle millimeters and TA. It weighs a lot, and the price lately is a bit too high... having spent almost 1500€ plus 2000 for the 5D Mark IV weighed on me in every sense. Opinion: Excellent all-rounder L series, robust and performing, without "wow" effect, but certainly good in all aspects, those who can not sin. If you want to take with you only one lens this is the right one: it is good for both portraits and general photos, the millimeter and the constant f4 aperture guarantee good versatility, combined with a good autofocus, an excellent stabilizer and a very good sharpness, even at the edges from f5.6 upwards. Chromatic aberrations and distortion acceptable, and completely correctable in postproduction, surprisingly pleasant bokeh, perhaps also thanks to the 10 slats! Combined with the 5D Mark IV, and for now never again detached. Even if they weigh so much...! A full 9. |
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| sent on 29 Giugno 2022 Pros: Versatility, latest generation IS, fast, precise and silent MAF, Construction/robustness/tropicalization. Cons: None, considering that weight/cost/bulk are justified. Maybe the cost is slightly excessive, maybe it could cost 10-15% less. Opinion: I wanted Canon's best all-rounder zoom, and I'm increasingly convinced that this is. Until the last I racked my meninges between this and the 24-70 f/4 IS USM, in the end I chose this simply because the 24-70 stops at 70mm, and I would have found myself with a "hole" between 70 and 100mm, considering that I have the 100-400 "L" in my sights, and also that pseudo-macro function of the 24-70 does not interest me. In the meantime I cover the medium-telephoto/tele focal lengths with the fabulous white 70-200mm f/4 "L", which is clearly higher than this from 70mm onwards, but I do not always have the time necessary for the canonical procedure "turn off-machine/remove-optics/put-optics/turn on-machine" (and then vice versa), either for the material time, or for the weather weather (wind / sand / beginning of drizzle and the like), you want because there are those cases for which going out with only one lens is convenient and preferable. I specify that I deliberately waited for this couple of months abundant shots, before launching into this review, which I now consider unequivocally more reliable. I emphasize that I mount this optics on 6D MarkII, that for the haste to take it the kit (ca. 3 years ago) with the counterpart 24-105 f / 3.5-5.6 STM because my shopkeeper did not have available the similar series "L". The differences I found?... the STM to be honest is not bad, indeed (at that price and weight then), I must admit that I was surprised in positive the fast AF and the latest generation IS, but the thing that bothered me was the variation of the maximum aperture of the aperture as the focal length changed: the STM at 50mm already goes to f / 5, at 70mm it already goes to f / 5.6, and this, especially indoors and / or with little light (as you also know well) is not ideal, while I love to work in priority of aperture and definitely prefer a diaphragm with constant maximum aperture. With hindsight I can say that this (in comparison to the STM) is much more solid, tropicalized, the AF is slightly faster, the sharpness is higher, not so much in the center of the frame (the other is also excellent) as in the mid-frame and especially in the periphery of the frame, and also I notice more vividness and fidelity in the colors. I call it a N.Q.B. (Sharp Enough), because it is clear that if at 35mm I want the "maximo" of sharpness I mount the 35mm f/ 2 IS USM (as in general the fixed ones are always sharper than the zooms at a specific focal length), or after the 70mm I mount the "white", if such changes I consider necessary and I have the time, otherwise, this is a great optics at almost all focal lengths. WEIGHS?... I don't think it weighs too much: we are talking about a tropicalized 4x with a latest generation IS, and all the "L" series, as such, weigh (the 24-70 f/ 4 IS "L", for example, which stops at 70mm, weighs only 195gr. less, and is shorter, with two groups of lenses less and one lamella of diaphragm less). COAST?... all "L" series cost, and for obvious reasons. In short, last but not least, my vote is a full 9.3. Objectively speaking. |
 | sent on 05 Dicembre 2021 Pros: Tropicalization, stabilization, weight, constant f4, AF Cons: Nothing Opinion: Purchased as a handyman so as not to have a lot of different lenses, I liked it right away. Good construction, right weight, sharpness much more than satisfactory. The stabilization amazed me, coupled with my 5d iv allowed me to shoot freehand. It must be specified that I resold it, I switched to the Tokina 50mm 1.4 opera (guys who lens) and to the Tamron 70-210 f4. If f4 constant suits you I do not see defects in this lens, perhaps the price from new, but on the used is also at 700, a figure for me more than reasonable. |
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 | sent on 11 Maggio 2021 Pros: f4 constant on all focal lengths Cons: everything else Opinion: I purchased this goal, new, on the net and after reading and rereading numerous excellent reviews and having thought about it for a long time... what to say? Hooked to my 80D maybe I happened to have a faulty model but for me bad in everything... bulky, heavy, supplied with a hideous case and to be honest ugly even aesthetically... Soft to f4? Yes, too much! As well as f5.6 up to f9... Bad bokeh! Bad AF! Horrible in my opinion ergonomics... not soft the ring of the focals and just as rigid that of the manual maf.... in short, I just couldn't find a feeling and I made it after a few days out of despair! Replaced excellently with the 24-105 Sigma art... to calibrate, it's true... but it's a whole other world!!! |
  | sent on 20 Aprile 2021 Pros: Excellent quality. Cons: nobody Opinion: I bought it years ago because I couldn't afford the f2.8 version. Never well spent money. Wonderful lens to do everything, excellent especially for portraits. Fantastic colors and great details. Used in many shotting and private shots, it never disappointed me. From Aps-c to FF itself color rendering. I didn't mind the 24mm vignette, I also added it on LR. |
 | sent on 04 Dicembre 2020 Pros: All-rounder of great construction quality. Cons: Chromatic aberrations at 24mm. Opinion: It is a very heavy and economically demanding all-rounder objective. These two characteristics, however, are commensurate with the great constructive care. My specimen shows at 24mm at the edges marked chromatic aberrations. Perhaps staying on a 28-105 f.4 would have had greater optical quality and less weight. If flanked by the 16-35 f.4 there would have been no problems covering focal distances. The stabilizer is appreciable. It's a great piece of optics. |
 | sent on 06 Luglio 2020 Pros: All-rounder, quality,Bokeh Cons: Maybe the price Opinion: Great all-rounder, best for Canon. Used for over a year I can say that you can do from landscapes to portraits. Really good optical quality to have a great focal excursion. At f4 already good but at 5.6 really the maximum. Goal to have if you want to exit without changing Too many fixed. Autofocus good and great stabilization. |
 | sent on 04 Agosto 2019 Pros: Versatility, build quality, stabilizer,boken Cons: A little soft TA, chromatic aberrations, 24mm distortions Opinion: A versatile lens with the classic range of focals that on FF allows you to cover many needs. Excellent build quality and excellent stabilizer. I have never tried the previous version so I can not say what the improvements are. Soft to TA, it suffers from chromatic aberrations and 24mm distortions. It's definitely the classic "all-rounder" lens that allows you to go out with a "minimal" body-goal set, which I needed for the "daily" and "holiday" outings. Obviously my assessment of quality is very influenced by the fact that I do the comparison with the surrender of the 16-35 f/4 IS, a monster of sharpness from board to board also to TA and poor distortion. |
 | sent on 06 Luglio 2019 Pros: Versatility, robustness, construction, optical quality Cons: Weight Opinion: Compared to the first version, those ugly dark 24 mm corners have disappeared, the optical quality I judge it more than good, not only, but to perceive differences with more ephaly ephaly opticals, such as. The 24-70 2 8 II, you have to enlarge a lot and does not always come out to the worst: the 24-70 I owned but I preferred the most compromised solution between the two. Often I find myself traveling only with that optics on the 6D2: the perceived quality of the images is definitely satisfying and even the blurred, if used at f/4 is pleasant, of course you can not expect the same bokeh of the 85 superlumbosis. Impeccable autofocus, excellent construction and excellent stabilizer. Only the weight was in favor of the old version. |
 | sent on 04 Aprile 2019 Pros: Sharpness, no deformation at 24 mm, excellent focus on the entire frame. Cons: A bit soft at f 4 and slightly on the outer corners. Opinion: I use it with 6D Mk. II for about 3 months both in the open and in the studio. Considerable improvement over everything compared to the previous series. Excellent yield also to f 4, but it gives the best of itself from F 6.3. Great focus on the whole frame. Very efficient Stabilizer. I Would say it is a great compromise between price and quality. |
 | sent on 03 Gennaio 2019 Pros: Sharpness, versatility, stabilizer, material quality, robustness, construction, tropicalization. Cons: In my opinion NO! Opinion: I say it is my favorite lens and I believe that anyone who owns a reflex (professional or amateur) should have it in his kit! I think the lens is all about doing 90% of the shots you want to take. Great focal excursion for landscape photos, panorama, mountain, close-ups and portraits, weddings and creams, street... It goes without saying that the f/2.8 would be better, but already having the f/4 in your hands I think is MORE than enough! I mean, I'd recommend it in a thousand!!! |
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| sent on 24 Giugno 2018 Pros: Versatility and effectiveness Cons: Footprint Opinion: I have not tried with diagrams or things like that, but after more than twenty years of photography though amateur, I can make a judgement. It's a great lens to do the dirtiest jobs. From 24mm to 105, it covers the overwhelming magigornanza of applications, a decidedly high-level mechanics, an excellent optical yield, considering the object and very good in absolute terms, an effective stabilizer, a brightness that... ok not the best But for a 4x that starts from 24mm an F 2.8 is not prpprio to be proposed: weights and encumbrances would be unmanageable. I have sharper lenses, nicer, and plastic I don't deny it. However this is a lens that makes it pretty good in the embodied and even the Greens are very beautiful. Colors are affixed! It has no poetry, this is normal for a zoom like this. The opening on the Shadows is generally good, by the standards of a product like that, but the blurry is really valuable. It denotes a general quality of respect, both mechanically and optically. So it is a professional lens in all respects and should not be considered as the poor child of an excellent class of Canon lenses, it is not so! Inside the bag of a he manages to make sense and finds its space when it needs an operational ease and at the same time a good yield, without having to go down to the compromise of a stinking optics to be able to do something very difficult. Undoubtedly an exceptional lens for the photographer who looks for a good quality, a truly professional object and a zoom to make us all with the least effort. I made a good buy! |
 | sent on 11 Marzo 2018 Pros: Sharpness, Stabilization, Versatility, Boken Cons: Nobody Opinion: I have not had a chance to make a direct comparison with the predecessor but I am fully satisfied with this perspective. Versatile and of great quality. On the whole excursion returns shots of absolute level. Convenient the latch on the lens body. Latest generation technology that is well integrated with the most recent machine bodies. The boken is extraordinary. Excellent all-rounder that hardly detaches from the car body. Recommended. |
 | sent on 07 Marzo 2018 Pros: It has been improved a little bit compared to the predecessor, but above all the sharpness, stabilization and the ugly distortions in the corners. Cons: The only thing that hasn't changed since the old version is that bit of chromatic aberration. Opinion: I can't understand why this lens has had bad reviews in the past, maybe for the price it cost? Even the DXO charts do not give a positive judgement... because maybe they are not part? Or maybe Canon has done in the meantime technical adjustments? To the practical Act I was very satisfied by the sharpness returned, the AF precision, the excellent stabilizer, the excellent construction and the lack of distortion/elongation in the corners at 24mm. The only cons, but acceptable, is that wire of chromatic aberration at the edges in the strong contrasts that has not been solved. The price for me is no longer a cons because the web is quietly located from €680 to €800. I speak from one that went from Canon 24 105 f/4 L IS USM to Canon 24-70 F/2.8 L USM II (for here I was not for the absence of the stabiliser and for those more 35mm in my travels) to this Canon 24-105 F/4 L IS USM II. Maybe (but I do mainly landscapes) what I miss compared to 24-70 2.8 is only the 2.8. |
 | sent on 07 Settembre 2017 Pros: Complete in everything! Stunning sharpness. It is a blade at all focal points Cons: Only one! Weight. Opinion: I had the previous version, which 105 mm did not like much. This instead of any focal point is exceptional. It has an inexpensive construction, and a fantastic stabilizer. Not to mention the colors it gives. What the hell out of the way. I can not understand who is talking to him impetuously. For me one of Canon's best lenses. |
 | sent on 16 Agosto 2017 Pros: All Cons: Nobody Opinion: Taken this lens as a handyman for my 6d and I can say I did not go wrong as a very convenient and very versatile lens for the focal lengths from the wide-angle to the canvas. As Canon's own series L construction, also the very large and fast focusing and zoom ringers, the focus is very fast. I would highly recommend it. !! Good light at all !! |
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| sent on 25 Luglio 2017 Pros: Very convenient in maneuvers, good handle, more than good sharpness, covers almost every need. Cons: If positioned at 24mm, by shoulder strap, tends to move to 105 mm by increasing the bulk, probably the weight exceeds the friction of the screw. I hope the "flex" for this extra work will not be used and will break before the expected. For now I have repaired with an elastic brake. The shoulder strap could be improved by increasing the "grip" on the shoulder. (Sic) Opinion: An "honest" lens that does his job well. The price is in line with the quality offered. Undoubtedly if the lens's incisiveness was that of the old canon fd 100 mm f2 it would be excellent. But not always the high incisiveness is a good thing. For prints on paper up to 20x30 between a Leica elmarit and a canon 24-105 there is no difference. Perhaps canon seems even more engraved. With prints over 50x60 Leica says the law with its "plasticity". Yes, I know it is only adjectives, but the difference is visible. You must have STAMPARE.rn |
  | sent on 17 Luglio 2017 Pros: Construction, tropicalization, comfortable and wide focus and zoom ring Cons: for the moment none, maybe a little price Opinion: it would be a little early for me to review this zoom as I took it from a few days. Of the previous one I had 3 to I appreciated the comfort of the excursion and I also saw the defects at 24mm and the not exhilarating definition to f4, after a trip or holidays , to bring only one lens, I always sold them. However, I do not think I resell this series because the advantages, related to the excursion and therefore to the only really all-rounder lens in Casa Canon, remain all. To these well-known advantages I have to add a more well-groomed construction and not only for the anti-stretching lock and the attachment of the lampshade. Even the hike, the path of the zoom seems to me lower, like that of a 24-70. It all seems to me to be much improved, the feeling of solidity by maneuvering the dials, for example. Optically and especially to diaphragm a little closed, frankly it seems to me better than the previous one especially in the rendering of colors. What else to say, for now I have only seen pleasant things and I am very happy with the purchase, then we will see... Don't forget the very effective stabilizer. I vote 9 only as a precaution but it seems to me a product of considerable quality, I absolutely do not share the average vote too low resulting from the votes of the users, by the way, if I have to judge by the reviews so far I do not seem all dissatisfied, how come so many people break this lens without even motivating their vote? By the way I see a lot of confusion between this new L II and the previous L I, even some reviews present here I think refer to the previous model and should be moved. Even in the market there are ads that clearly refer to type L I mixed with those of type L II increasing the confusion between the two models. Update: After intensive use during a holiday period I would confirm the goodness of the product only if the price fell to the level of the previous one, there is nothing that can justify buying it at a double price. I recently researched this lens (September 2019) and found it at a price of less than 700 euros new with European guarantee and I would say that now it is definitely worth it, it is cmq a great all-rounder that allows you to start on the road with only one lens and lead to house beautiful photos. |
 | sent on 25 Giugno 2017 Pros: Construction from true L, tropicalization, beautiful and large focus and zoom ring Cons: Weight, a real brick! Compared to the first 24-105 series gains a bit more sharpness on the edges but is not exciting, unfortunately it loses sharpness in the center especially at 105. Let's say now the gap between edges and center is less obvious, but it's normal to lower the sharpness to Center instead of improving more that at the edges? Opinion: Several years after the release of the previous one I expected something better than Canon. I was not satisfied with the gearbox, I also have the 24 70 f4 which fortunately has a significantly superior quality. Pity on the 24th 105 would have the most interesting focuses for a matrimonialist ....... Then the weight, a real brick and even the size have greatly increased. Mah! I expected more in everything. |
 | sent on 20 Giugno 2017 Pros: Sharpness, colors, L series design, versatility, speed and AF precision Cons: Nobody at the moment (just bought) Opinion: Surely I will be shocked by all the purists, but I just replaced my 24-70 f.2.8 L USM II with this optic that I find, despite the lower brightness, much more versatile for the kind of photos I do. I used this optic with a Canon EOS 5D MK III and I did not see any loss of quality and made in the shots made. Vote 9 |
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| sent on 24 Marzo 2017 Pros: Sharpness, portability, focal Cons: Nobody Opinion: This lens was my first quality lens. I purchased it as "do everything" thanks to the excellent zoom range, without any repentance. The quality of the L-series lenses is always great, certainly a great investment for those who, like me, need a very flexible lens with a great quality. |
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