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OK (but borderline hateful) kit lens

Started 11 months ago | User reviews thread
m100
m100 Senior Member • Posts: 2,048
Re: I once ...

Jon_T wrote:

m100 wrote:

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I did buy the lens and spent time testing it.

It is not just the corners. That lens is all over the place ! ...

How? 100% Pixie Pixel Peeping the OOC JPG's?

The PP RAW images provide images with 8x10 inch prints I done with the 24-105mm STM I have as I noted in my previous post.

... I should have believed the internet reviews.

In doing a online search for 24-105mm STM found over a dozen reviews that disagree with your subjective opinions; e.g., several reviews:

the-digital-picture.com
photographyblog.com
cameralabs.com

Apparently to get optimum IQ from the 24-105mm STM, may need to shoot/ PP RAW images as noted in a couple of the RF 24-240mm lens:
Dustin Abbott
Scott Kelby

If your images are as bad as you say, maybe you have a bad sample, which could be the source for the Canon Refurbished 21-105mm STM lenses.

Jon

I recall it working better at some focal lengths than others.

Gave me flashbacks of my first zoom, Nikkor 43-86MM ,  such a nice build ! 

I still have it.

PL5 could fix that lens up too ? I have not tried.

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