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Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM II : Specifications and Opinions

The Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM II is a standard lens for FF and APS-C, manufactured from 2016 to 2025 (discontinued). The focus is done by Ultrasonic AF Motor (Ring-USM), it has image stabilization. The average price was 1309 €;

85 users have given it an average vote of 9.1 out of 10.

MOUNT

This lens is available with the following mounts:

Canon EF: this lens is compatible with reflex fullframe and APS-C Canon EF.

Specifications
Focal lenght	24-105 mm
Angle of view	84.1 - 23.3°
Format	FF, APS-C
Max. aperture	f/4
Aperture blades	10
Lenses/Groups	17 elements in 12 groups
Min. focus distance	0.45 meters
Reproduction ratio	0.24x
Features
Zoom type	Ring, external
Stabilization	Yes (built in lens)
Focus	Ultrasonic AF Motor (Ring-USM)
Internal Focus	Yes
Built and notes
Tripod ring	No
Extenders	No
Filters	77 mm
Lens hood	Yes, supplied
Weather sealing	Yes
Weight	795 g
Dimensions	77 x 118 mm
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Danylele

sent on June 10, 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...

Daguerre

sent on June 26, 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.

Davide Perri PH e VM

sent on August 15, 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.

Donato Longo

sent on June 29, 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.

Fraul2000

sent on December 05, 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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