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RF 24-105/4 vs 24-240 for hiking

Started May 24, 2021 | Discussions thread
tkbslc Forum Pro • Posts: 17,522
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christ0f wrote:

Hi! I'm about to get a lens for my R and 16-35/4 setup. Quite tempted with the L, but maybe the 10x zoom is not that bad. Long reach is something I like to have, but I can not sacrifice the quality on the 24mm that I'm going to probably use a lot despite having wide angle as second one. It's not only about the sharpness cause I value good contrast a lot and what I saw in YT the 24-105 will suit me, I'm not sure about the other one.

Any advices?

Thanks!

Well I've owned both.   24-240mm is pretty good, if you use software with a proper lens profile.   But the weak points are at both ends.  24mm is pretty mediocre due to the massive corrections needed.  It's not "bad", but it isn't at the 24-105 level.  And The 24-240mm gets fairly week past about 150mm.     I stuck with the 24-105L because it is very consistently good through the range.    24-240 going from mediocre at wide end, to stellar in mid range, to mediocre at long end.

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