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Started 10 months ago | User reviews thread
bigshledge Contributing Member • Posts: 596
Re: Something is Wrong...

EOSSpeedLite wrote:

bigshledge wrote:

EOSSpeedLite wrote:

Either your testing is flawed, or you got a bad copy of the RF 24-105L f4. And you will not find even 1 professional review that would agree with your findings.

The truth is, and rating from bad to best:

  1. EF 24-105L f4 Mark I
  2. EF 24-105L f4 Mark II
  3. RF 24-105L f4

You will not find a better 24-105 zoom than the RF model.

Don't be too sure about that, multiple reviews have pointed out it's optically close to the EF versions. Different story if comparing the EF and RF 24-70s, but the RF 24-105mm is definitely one of the weaker RF lenses.

Likely OP has a bad copy, a good copy isn't going to be massively different to their previous EF.

I've had all three, and I found that my copy is noticeably better than the EF's, especially the EF Mark I.

The RF version gets hit on far more than it deserves. I just used my in Maui, for several hundred captures, and it performed fantastically...and this coming from an owner of the RF 28-70L f2, and both RF f1.2 primes.

I'll trust the reviews on this one.

I've also tried all 3 versions myself, they were all quite similar. Sharp, but the RF was nothing overly groundbreaking in comparison. Any optical improvement was minute at best. Ended up getting a Tamron 24-70mm f2.8 instead.

I seen a huge jump in quality when I got my RF 28-70mm.

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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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