24-70 vs 24-105 (Great Debate!?)

[Maleko]

If I had only one lens, this would be the one.


-Bryan

I looked at both when getting my 50D, i had to get the 24-105, simply being the longer focal length!


It always works perfect for indoor photogrpahy, i use mine for weddings all the time, works a treat! (My mate also uses the same lens for weddings as a full time wedding photographer).

[peety3]

If I had only one lens, this would be the one.


-Bryan

I looked at both when getting my 50D, i had to get the 24-105, simply being the longer focal length!


It always works perfect for indoor photogrpahy, i use mine for weddings all the time, works a treat! (My mate also uses the same lens for weddings as a full time wedding photographer).
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Bryan said it well: if you had only one lens, it'd be 24-105.


However, you have another lens, a 70-200, so I'd go with the 24-70. It'll serve you incredibly well until you have enough bodies to become a prime shooter.

[Sinh Nhut Nguyen]

To me sharpness is not really important when it comes to comparing one L lens to another, I think both the 24-70 and the 24-105 are really sharp for most of the stuff people do, one may be slightly sharper than the other, so what? To me what important is detail, you and I can easily increase the sharpness in photoshop, but you and I cannot add more detail to the image...The detail may be a little soft, but it's available, you can't enhance something that isn't there. L lenses have the amazing capability to capture details.

[Jon Ruyle]

To me sharpness is not really important when it comes to comparing one L lens to another, I think both the 24-70 and the 24-105 are really sharp for most of the stuff people do, one may be slightly sharper than the other, so what?

Well said.


And anyhow, they're much closer to each other than to primes in the focal length range.


I wouldn't use iq to decide between these lenses. It's the speed of the 24-70 vs the IS and extra reach of the 24-105.