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

Started Nov 7, 2021 | Questions thread
KEG
KEG Veteran Member • Posts: 4,909
Re: Canon RF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM soft?
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Gearacquisitionsyndrom wrote:

bigshledge wrote:

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.

Yes primes are usually sharper but the 35 1.8 is a lot less expensive plus it's not an L lens. That should factor in too 😀

L or not, a f/1.8 will always beat f/4 lens, why do you think I have 35 and 50 and 24-105 stm instead of 24-105L?

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