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Awesome lens for the money

Started 1 month ago | User reviews thread
drsnoopy Senior Member • Posts: 1,216
Re: Awesome lens for the money

Fjzk wrote:

I am looking for a lighter, walkaround alternative to my heavy rf 24-105 f4…the new 24-50 would save me 3 cm in length and about 100g in weight compared to this lens, at the cost of losing 55mm in reach…does not seem a worthwhile sacrifice…as redundant as it is I might just add the lighter 24-105 to my kit for daytime photography.
Or…do the right thing: listen to my wife, control my GAS and just use my M kit for that.

I don’t know where you get your figures from, but the new RF24-50 weighs just 220g, and the RF24-105/4 L weighs 695g, a considerable saving of 475g.  Even if you mean the 24-105 f4-7.1 STM, that is 395g, so a saving of 175g.  As to whether it would work for you, that’s a personal decision!

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