Canon EF 24mm f/2.8 IS USM : Specifications and Opinions

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Peppe Cancellieri

sent on 10 Dicembre 2023

Pros: Weight, size, sharpness

Cons: Nothing apart from the f/2.8 but otherwise it wouldn't be so small and light.

Opinion: I used it for years on 6D, 6D2 and 5D4 and now on R6 it has always given me excellent results. Put aside several times in favor of other brighter ones like 24/1.4 L II and Sigma 24/1.4 Art and just as many times pulled out of the pile. Even with the necessary EF-RF adapter it maintains unbeatable size and weight and, once you realize that you have taken very few shots with the 24mm at apertures wider than f/2.8, you are preferred. The sharpness, obviously comparable only from f/2.8 onwards, is the same as the other two most emblazoned. Unlike the 35mm it didn't make me prefer the only available 24mm of the RF series so I keep this one.

Edobette

sent on 24 Maggio 2021

Pros: Sharpness, colors, stabilizer, lightness, construction, minimal focus, blurry.

Cons: Light flare backlight

Opinion: Let's start with the only defect: the resistance to flare in the backlight. Compared to my previous landscape lens, the 17-40 f/4 L, this 24mm doesn't show equal ability to handle strong frontal illuminations. It's not bad, but the 17-40 was definitely better. The nature of the 24mm f/2.8 IS is another. It's travel reportage. Between the super sharpness at any aperture, the exceptional stabilizer and its lightness, typical of fixed lenses, not excessively bright, make it the ideal lens to take around the world.

Giorgio Carlet

sent on 12 Novembre 2020

Pros: Robust, compact, fast autofocus, sharpness, price

Cons: flare and chromatic aberration

Opinion: bought used by a user here on juza a couple of years ago in the last year has basically become the main optics with which I shoot being focused on real estate photography, nothing to say about sharpness as confirmed by other reviewers is magnificent, used with the 6d autofocus with focus in the center is almost instantaneous in all conditions, while in other places it often struggles , but there the problem I think is more to the outdated technology of the 6d. The only sore notes I often detect are an annoying chromatic aberration in the parts a little more overexposed and flare in some conditions despite the lampshed, reading the other reviews I see that no one has complained of chromatic aberrations so I wonder if it is I who have exaggerated pretensions or if it is my faulty model, in any case nothing that is not easily recoverable in post production. For those of us who do not have ample financial resources, this objective turns out to be a magnificent compromise with a view to more demanding future purchases

Alessandro Di Meo

sent on 17 Marzo 2020

Pros: Exceptional sharpness

Cons: Nobody

Opinion: Optical with a sharpness (from f 4 onwards) that I have never seen with any other optics. Really great value for money. Small, light, but very robust and very discreet, the stabilizer compensates for its low brightness and also helps a lot for videos. Great for landscape and street. Instead of the usual zooms it helps you think and move your feet before shooting.

Alessiob

sent on 05 Giugno 2017

Pros: Excellent f4 sharpness, good at full aperture, interesting focal point for reportage-street-landscape

Cons: It needs practice to take advantage of it, but it does have good results once you've learned how to do it

Opinion: On this point I can say that it was love and hate at the same time, just bought after a week I wanted to sell it, but then just done a bit of practice made me think. At F4 the sharpness is excellent, 2.8 good, it is useful, the construction more than good from a feeling of robustness, quite compact. A good compromise between portability and quality (which is still medium-high). The only thing I'm being told is that it's not very easy to use because it forces you to better study the photo you want to do than a More "normal" focalty type 35-40 or 50mm. But for so many may be a good thing, you do not have to give up :-)

Remo

sent on 30 Maggio 2015

Pros: Lightweight and compact

Cons: The price of the hood

Opinion: Sold the kit lens and passed to this drive .... what about .... wonderful !!! It is lightweight, compact and excellent build quality. the hood cost much but it is essential. I've had it a little but I'm using the camera in ways that I could not even dream of me with the lens kit, not to mention the image quality that is GREAT !!!

Maurizio Junior Gabbi

sent on 25 Settembre 2014

Pros: Sharpness, weight and size, color rendering, materials, stabilizer, AF

Cons: Price hood, sharpness at TA

Opinion: I use it with a lot of satisfaction from approximately 6 months of APSC (60d). Got it used, but practically new from a member of the forum because I wanted a normal focal and fell in love with the fissi.rnL'ottica is very compact and lightweight, but the plastics are good. RNLA sharpness at 2.8 is not the best, but close enough if only one stop to get spotless images. The center of the frame offers great sharpness, but also on the sides there is a decay so obvious. The colors offer a good saturation, but at the same time are delicate and balanced. The AF is very fast, and allows the stabilizer, as stated by Canon, to recover up to 4 stops. On APSC is really a great advantage. Resistance to flare is good but not phenomenal for this (and for greater protection) I bought the original lens hood, at a discounted rate for luck: it is really expensive, but built with good materials; the attachment button is quick, safe and of good quality, and the inside of the petals is covered with velluto.rnAberrazione chromatic much reduced, even in conditions of strong contrast. rnMolto satisfied with your purchase, definitely recommended!

Luigi7642

sent on 27 Gennaio 2014

Pros: Great sharpness, light weight, stabilizer, construction

Cons: No lens hood, it would have deserved

Opinion: Taken from a few days at a price significantly lower than shown on the site, coupled to 6D really surprised me for the outstanding clarity and quality of immagini.rnPuò fit in your pocket, and it's really light. Well built and very suitable for travel reportage. At the moment I can not find fault, I used it just yet, but a small hood we could have had. It 'a fixed lens, you have to learn to use it, but to get a zoom with the same quality you have to spend at least double (if not triple).

Ubbi87

sent on 01 Luglio 2013

Pros: Very sharp between f5.6 and f11. Reduced distortion for the focal length, weighs very little.

Cons: hood enormous cost. loses much to 2.8 in every aspect. lack aperture ring

Opinion: Lens ideal for travel reportage or views where you need light weight and do not require extreme diaphragm openings. I've used it on 6d and behaves very well, fast and quiet autofocus, the stabilizer may seem unnecessary but tried doing his duty and is silent. rnil lens hood is not yet in europe and the unofficial orgiinale costs 45 euro ...

Mazzo62

sent on 06 Febbraio 2013

Pros: excellent: sharp, autofocus, IS, construction

Cons: hood sold separately at a price disproportionate, even if the price of optics demanding value for money remains high

Opinion: I needed a wide-angle high quality for the FF and I am very happy with this purchase: the results are to the highest level I could not compare it to the L series, but I am sure that apart from the 2 stop less, the comparison holds. rnEccezionale also on the film: I got very similar results to the 28-mm contax zeiss used anello.rnApprezzo the fact that Canon has produced fixed lenses at this level and highly recommend it to those looking for targets of this type rn