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Why would I ever get the 24-105mm STM over the 18-135mm 5.6 STM?

Started Apr 20, 2015 | Discussions
KikiamGuy New Member • Posts: 6
Why would I ever get the 24-105mm STM over the 18-135mm 5.6 STM?

Someone sell me this lens over the 18-135mm STM. It's not faster, it's not as wide NOR as long as the 18-135mm (obviously), it has the same STM technology, it's relatively bigger (therefore, less easier to handle). So, why would getting the 24-105 STM over the 18-135 STM be a good decision?

RS_RS Senior Member • Posts: 1,788
Re: Why would I ever get the 24-105mm STM over the 18-135mm 5.6 STM?
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KikiamGuy wrote:

Someone sell me this lens over the 18-135mm STM. It's not faster, it's not as wide NOR as long as the 18-135mm (obviously), it has the same STM technology, it's relatively bigger (therefore, less easier to handle). So, why would getting the 24-105 STM over the 18-135 STM be a good decision?

For FF use, just perhaps?

schmegg Veteran Member • Posts: 5,768
Re: Why would I ever get the 24-105mm STM over the 18-135mm 5.6 STM?
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KikiamGuy wrote:

So, why would getting the 24-105 STM over the 18-135 STM be a good decision?

It would be a very good decision if you only have a FF body, as the 18-135 will not mount on FF bodies.

...edit ... as RS just beat me to saying. Hehe.

Abu Mahendra Veteran Member • Posts: 5,312
Re: Why would I ever get the 24-105mm STM over the 18-135mm 5.6 STM?

Better IQ. The plots at SLRGear suggest that the 24-105STM will resolve more, have lower distorsion, vignette less and suffer decreased chromatic aberration. If true, that alone would get me, myself, personally, to choose it over the S lens. I bet the EF lens is a crackerjack on APS-C where its FF foibles are sharply mitigated, if not eliminated.
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