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If You Get A Good Copy It's AMAZING Locked

Started Dec 9, 2020 | User reviews thread
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highdesertmesa
highdesertmesa Senior Member • Posts: 1,241
Re: If You Get A Good Copy It's AMAZING

bernie r wrote:

The RF 24-240mm is only £899, why are we assuming it's L series quality in optics and build quality? It's surprising it's this good for starters, it's a nice budget option... However, there is the fact that you can buy a Sigma 150-600 5-6.3 for only £770...

Obviously a non L series £899 lens will be soft in places.

I don't think any of us have an issue with the non-L design compromises of the past, but the extent to which the 24-240 leans on software correction to produce a *usable* image is something new for Canon. Leica does this with the Leica Q/Q2/Q2M, but the Q lens optics itself and it being a prime help it still look pretty good. That's a $5K-$6K camera we're talking about there, and only a few reviewers were bothered by the software correction, but literally zero users ever complain because the output is so good. Canon is just pushing the boundaries of software correction a little to far for a $900 price point, IMO. $450-$550 seems like a more appropriate kit-lens-type price for it.

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