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Canon 24-240

Started Feb 19, 2019 | Discussions thread
Alastair Norcross
Alastair Norcross Veteran Member • Posts: 9,874
Re: Its Probably A Blah Lens...

dmanthree wrote:

DavidIllig wrote:

LensSodomist wrote:

This lens is for the soccer moms, not people with a passion for quality photography.

One risks making a fool of oneself when writing of something one knows nothing about. That’s where you are with this lens that you haven’t seen, much less used. I’m betting that you’re dead wrong and that many people will be making exceptionally fine photographs with this lens. Most of those people will be blissfully unaware of, and unencumbered by, any supposed technical shortcomings the lens may have.

Agreed. It's always fun to hear someone speak with complete authority from a position of complete ignorance.

Not really a surprise, given the username of that poster. I see that the post now shows up as from "unknown member".

As for those kind of lenses, I agree that you can get great results from them. I have the EF-M 18-150, which has given me some really nice shots on my M6. That's pretty much the crop equivalent of the 24-240, though the R lens starts even wider. I'm inching towards getting an R camera (tempted by the price drops for May). I'll probably go for the 24-105, but I'd certainly look carefully at the 24-240, if it were available when I buy. I had the original 24-105L, and used it a lot on the 20D, 50D, 7D, and 7DII. I loved it. It eventually died (the repair would have been about 60% of the purchase price), and I didn't replace it.

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