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OK (but borderline hateful) kit lens

Started 11 months ago | User reviews thread
RDM5546
RDM5546 Senior Member • Posts: 3,654
Re: OK (but borderline hateful) kit lens
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thunder storm wrote:

sportyaccordy wrote:

thunder storm wrote:

The moral of this story: It's hard to find a satisfying 24mm in a standard zoom anyway.

Some of my best shots were taken with the ancient 24-85mm at 24mm. It wasn't razor sharp all the way out to the corners, but it was better than this 24-105. So it's doable if the lens maker prioritizes it.

The rf 24-105 lens prioritizes telephoto reach and performance over wide angle performance. 85mm is less challenging, and the 70mm of the 24-70mm f4 L eliminates distortion at 24mm even better.

Lots of zooms do not perform at the extremes of wide angles as well as the center FL.   The extreme long end can suffer over the center as well.  Hopefully 24-105 will be used more 35-90.

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