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New R6 user. Availability RF 24-105 F/4L?

Started Dec 2, 2020 | Discussions
Brammel New Member • Posts: 1
New R6 user. Availability RF 24-105 F/4L?

Bought my Canon Eos R6 last week together with a RF 35mm 1.8 lens after using my 50D for a long time. Great upgrade in low light performance, auto focus and operation of the camera in general.

I was planning to buy the kit with the 24-105 L lens, but unfortunately it’s not available anywhere here in the Netherlands. Also the separate lens in sold out. I noticed this is a worldwide problem. Does anybody have an idea when this lens will be available again?

It will take some time before I rebuild my lens collection. Most of the lenses I have are ef-s (10-18mm, 15-85mm, 60mm macro, sigma 30 1.4) so I will sell them and buy new RF glass. The 50mm 1.8 and the 70-300 f/4-5.6 are usable on the R6 as soon as I’ve received the free adapter from Canon (which seems also not available?), although the lather isn’t very sharp so I might be disappointed when using this lens on my R6.

 Brammel's gear list:Brammel's gear list
Canon EOS 50D Canon EOS R6 Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM Sigma 30mm F1.4 EX DC HSM +4 more
Canon EOS 50D Canon EOS R6 Canon RF 24-105mm F4L IS USM
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Steve Balcombe Forum Pro • Posts: 15,571
Re: New R6 user. Availability RF 24-105 F/4L?
Emile15 Senior Member • Posts: 1,768
Re: New R6 user. Availability RF 24-105 F/4L?

I have been waiting for this lens since March 2021. It is not available in Germany or The Netherlands and the Hong Kong on-line store provides only a false lead (R6 with 24-70). Why is this barely touched upon by anyone? Canon celebrates 35 years of EOS but is incapable of delivering such a ‘standard’ lens. Shame.

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Fujifilm X100T Fujifilm X-T4 Canon EOS R5 Canon EOS R7 Fujifilm XF 55-200mm F3.5-4.8 R LM OIS +12 more
Jos van Eekelen Regular Member • Posts: 463
Re: New R6 user. Availability RF 24-105 F/4L?

In the 2nd half of 2020 I decided to go for this lens + an EOS RP if the price would drop below € 2000. When it did I waited a bit too long. In the meantime my 5D broke and I decided to buy an R6 + RF 24-105 f/4L. Until recently I did not see this lens available and the price has risen to € 1474. I had the EF version of this lens repaired and calibrated instead. I'll use that for some time and wait for other lenses to appear.

Same problem with the wideangle lens. RF 14-35 may be good but is quite expensive. Other options like EF 16-35 f4/L have gone up in price as well. I may consider a 17-40 f/4.0L although I went the mirrorless way in order to have better/cheaper wideangle lenses.

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Canon EOS R6 Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM Canon RF 50mm F1.8 STM
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