CANON 24-70mm F/4 L

[neuroanatomist]

Rick and Eldar. Great to hear such positive reports on the 24-70 f/2.8 II.

+1. I'm becoming much more inclined to pick up a 24-70/2.8L II...

[Photog82]

Why would you want to buy the 24-70 f/4 when you can buy the 24-105 f/4 and have a little more range? My 105 is super sharp. I understand if you wanted f/2.8 then you'd go with that model and focal range.

[Kayaker72]

Why would you want to buy the 24-70 f/4 when you can buy the 24-105 f/4 and have a little more range? My 105 is super sharp. I understand if you wanted f/2.8 then you'd go with that model and focal range.

It is slightly sharper, slightly lighter (70 g), slightly smaller (0.5" in length, same width), has a much shorter MFD (7.9" MFD compared to 17.7" for the 105), is near macro (0.7x) and if you own a 70-200 or 70-300 lens, you already have the 70-105 mm range covered. But my biggest concern is how much longer the 24-105 is going to be available (just idle concern on my behalf).

That said, if I were buying today, I'd get the 24-105 f/4 IS.

[ahab1372]

[...] and if you own a 70-200 or 70-300 lens, you already have the 70-105 mm range covered.

Even if you do own a 70-xxx zoom, it is still useful to have additional zoom range on your walk around lens. I certainly prefer not to change lenses to get from 70 to 100mm, and then back, and probably would just crop in PP instead.