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Canon RF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM soft?

Started Nov 7, 2021 | Questions thread
bigshledge Contributing Member • Posts: 596
Re: Canon RF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM soft?

JamieTux wrote:

bigshledge wrote:

Again, don't use it at MFD.

It's very simple. Most lenses are not optimised to be sharp at MFD.

Where’s that come from?? I was highlighting that I would expect a prime to be sharper at its focal length than a zoom (thy is twice the price) and in my experience that was born out here too.

There’s no criticism of the 24-105 and no mention of mfd or any other info from my side, I didn’t ever user the 24-105 at MFD when I borrowed it from Canon… so I don’t think that explains the difference I am seeing but hey - feel free to correct what I haven’t written again 😅

It's from the topic itself, not you specifically - people complaining about sharpness on here when they're showing examples that are close to MFD.

Also yeah, primes are generally going to be sharper than most zooms, so no surprise there.

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Canon EOS R6 Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM Canon EF 8-15mm f/4L Fisheye USM Canon EF 100-400mm F4.5-5.6L IS II Canon RF 28-70mm F2L USM +1 more
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