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Focal Length Description 24-105 millimeters
Lens Type Telephoto
Compatible Mountings Canon EF
Camera Lens Description 4

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  • 24-105mm standard zoom lens with f/4 maximum aperture for Canon EOS SLR cameras, Macro Focus Range : 0.45 m
  • 1 Super UD glass element and 3 aspherical lenses minimize chromatic aberration and distortion
  • Ring-type USM system delivers silent but quick autofocus (AF); full-time manual focus
  • Image Stabilizer technology steadies camera shake at up to 3 stops; weighs 23.6 ounces
  • Dust- and moisture-resistant; measures 3.3 inches in diameter and 4.2 inches long; 1-year warranty
  • E7Magnification - Extension Tube EF25 II - ¹ Only compatible at tele.

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What's in the box

  • EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM Lens
  • Lens Case LP1219
  • Lens Hood EW-83H
  • Exclusive Instruction Book
  • One Year Limited Warranty Card
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    Product Description

    Product Description

    L9) Canon 24-105Mm F/4 L Is Usm Lens. The L-Series Is Canon'S Flagship Professional Lens Range, Representing The Best In Precision-Designed Ef Optics. L-Series Lenses Combine Superior Performance With Superlative Handling, And Are Resistant To Dust And Moisture. The Ef 24-105Mm F/4L Is Usm Features Canon'S Three-Stop Image Stabilizer (Is), Making It Ideal For Handheld Work. Is Permits The Use Of Shutter Speeds Up To Three Stops Slower Than Normal, With No Perceptible Increase In Image Blur From Camera Shake. E7Magnification - Extension Tube EF25 II - ¹ Only compatible at tele.

    From the Manufacturer

    Dust and moisture resistant and incorporating Canon's very finest standards of precision optics, the EF 24-105mm f4L IS USM is designed for reportage, event, travel, and celebrity photographers looking for a lightweight and maneuverable lens with minimal image quality compromise.

    Complementing the EF 17-40mm f4L USM and EF 70-200mm f4L USM, the lens completes Canon's f4L-series zoom lens range. These lenses are designed for professional photographers requiring a light zoom lens with a fixed aperture throughout the zoom range. For outstanding camera-shake reduction, Image Stabilizer allows shutter speeds of 3 stops slower than would otherwise be possible, with no perceptible increase in image blur.

    The L-series is Canon's flagship professional lens range, designed to include outstanding image performance, ultimate operability, and weather resistance. The EF 24-105mm f4L IS USM offers a lightweight alternative to the renowned EF 24-70mm f2.8L USM.

    Image Stabilizer
    Image Stabilizer (IS) dramatically reduces image blur caused by camera shake. Gyro sensors detect unwanted vibrations, triggering the corresponding movement of a correcting lens group perpendicular to the optical axis. This alters the light path, returning the image to its correct position on the sensor or film plane.

    The 3-stop advantage means that photographers normally shooting a 105mm lens handheld at 1/125 second can obtain a shake free result with a shutter speed as low as 1/15 second, for vastly extended options in low light conditions.

    Superb autofocus
    The ring-type USM motor found in the EF 24-105mm f4L IS USM employs ultra-sonic frequency vibrations to drive autofocus with unrivalled speed and near-silent operation. A powerful CPU and improved AF algorithm contribute to speed performance. Good holding torque stops the lens with precision and accuracy, the instant it arrives at the correct focus point and without overshoot. Photographers can choose manual focus instantly and at any time simply by moving the manual focus ring without first having to switch out of autofocus mode.

    Constant f4 aperture from 24 to 105mm
    The EF 24-105mm f4L IS USM offers the highest possible optical quality with no change in aperture over the full focal range of the lens. This allows photographers to set exposure at the widest aperture and zoom all the way through to 105mm without having to vary the shutter speed. It is the perfect lens for professional photographers looking for a lightweight and extended zoom alternative to its EF 24-70mm f2.8L USM counterpart. The lens employs an almost perfectly circular barrel aperture, helping create attractive, defocused backgrounds.

    Image quality
    To limit lens size and improve image clarity over the total image area, an Ultra-Low Dispersion glass (UD) element is used to eliminate the secondary chromatic aberrations that otherwise reduce sharpness and introduce color fringing. Aspherical lens elements correct spherical aberration for crisp, high-contrast, corner-to-corner quality. By optimizing Super Spectra lens coatings and lens element shaping, Canon's engineers have been effective in suppressing flare and ghosting--more prone to occur with digital cameras due to reflection off the image sensor. By increasing light absorption, coatings reduce reflections off lens element surfaces to deliver crisp, undistorted images with natural color balance.

    EOS system integration
    The EF 24-105mm f4L IS USM includes distance metering information, providing compatibility with the E-TTL II flash system of late-model cameras such as the
    EOS-1D Mark II N and EOS 5D. When used in conjunction with Canon's range of EX Speedlite flash units, the lens passes distance information to the flash algorithm for markedly improved flash exposure metering. To match the weather resistance afforded by EOS-1 professional camera bodies, an O-ring seals the lens against the lens mount and numerous seals around the lens' moving components provide protection against the ingress of dust and moisture.

    AF Mode and IS switches have been reshaped, making them less susceptible to being engaged or disengaged accidentally.

    The EF 24-105mm f4L IS USM comes with a bayonet mount lens hood EW-83H and soft lens pouch LP1219. In keeping with Canon's Kyosei philosophy of living in harmony with the environment, the lens features only lead-free glass.

    What's in the box

    Canon 24-105mm f/4L IS EF USM AF Lens, E-77U 77mm Snap-On Lens Cap, Lens Dust Cap E (Rear), EW-83H Lens Hood, LP1219 Soft Lens Case, 1-Year Warranty.

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    4.4 out of 5
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    Customers say

    Customers like the quality, value, image quality and sharpness of the lens. They mention that it's a great investment, takes good photos in all light conditions and that it retains its value well. They are also satisfied with color, and appearance. However, some disagree on focus and weight.

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    179 customers mention157 positive22 negative

    Customers like the quality of the lens. They mention that it works well, is a great all-purpose walk-around lens, and is suitable for full-frame cameras. They also say that the build quality is great and the images are ultra sharp.

    "...The IS works well and is much quieter than the newer IS in the Canon EF-S 17-55mm...." Read more

    "...The circular aperture of this camera works well and allows you to get the depth of field you want with out the annoying jagged edges in out of focus..." Read more

    "...IS works great as far as it being noisy, I don't really notice it compared to my Canon 100-400 L.weight is not an issue, AF is pretty fast...." Read more

    "...On a full-frame camera it's a great all-purpose walk-around as well as a great portrait lens...." Read more

    162 customers mention153 positive9 negative

    Customers are satisfied with the sharpness of the lens. They mention that it is supper sharp, delivers images razor-sharp, and has good sturdy build. Some say that they have not found any problems with sharpness. Overall, most are happy with the quality and performance of this lens.

    "...This one, however, will be an excellent anchor lens for most small-number lens sets...." Read more

    "...L series quality produces great colors, is sharp, comes with the Petal hood and pouch (Typical for L series)..." Read more

    "...-frame camera it's a great all-purpose walk-around as well as a great portrait lens...." Read more

    "...It's very sharp and the colors are great. You can tell a difference in the colors of photos taken with this lens and cheaper lenses...." Read more

    108 customers mention105 positive3 negative

    Customers are satisfied with the image quality of the lens. They mention that it produces crisp, colorful, and full of detail images. They also say that it is excellent for landscape photography and that it improves clarity and color over the Canon EF 28-135mm I. Customers also say it is great for portrait or event photography and can be hand held at 1/50th of a second.

    "...The EF 24-105L not only takes good photos, it takes beautiful ones, notably nicer than several other well-regarded lenses in the same price..." Read more

    "...as the wide angle is really a wide angle, and the picture quality is just awesome. There critics! What do you have to say now?" Read more

    "...And I remember why.This is great for portrait or event photography. I also like to take nature and fauna pictures...." Read more

    "...The images are sharp, with awesome colors. They have an almost 3-D like quality about them!..." Read more

    47 customers mention37 positive10 negative

    Customers like the color of the lens. They say the colors and contrast are excellent, the L series quality produces great colors, and the saturation of colors is impressive. The lens is sharp and allows in a fair amount of light.

    "...Speaking of F4 it lets in a fair amount of light, I have not noticed any Vingeting at any focal length, but shooting on a 1.6 sensor crops out the..." Read more

    "...The key features of this lens that I love are:L series quality produces great colors, is sharp, comes with the Petal hood and pouch..." Read more

    "...puts into L lenses makes your pictures more saturated and true to life in color, and the L lenses will deliver professional results...." Read more

    "...It's very sharp and the colors are great. You can tell a difference in the colors of photos taken with this lens and cheaper lenses...." Read more

    41 customers mention30 positive11 negative

    Customers like the value of the camera lens. They say it's an amazing investment, it retains its value well, and is a great lens. Some customers also mention that the lens offers up IS and is relatively cheap.

    "...This combination not only provides the best bang for the buck but also provides the best all-round kit...." Read more

    "...autofocus is quick...I've had this lens several times and it retains it's value well..It feels much better than any kit lens as well....." Read more

    "...The cons are what you'd expect: it's a large, heavy, expensive lens, with only a maximum aperture of f/4...." Read more

    "Great Price, fast shipping. I contacted the seller twice to ask questions and both times I got a response in under five minutes...." Read more

    40 customers mention40 positive0 negative

    Customers are satisfied with the appearance of the lens. They mention that it is sturdy, cool, and well-built. The lens also makes them look and feel professional, and is a perfect compliment to their 40D.

    "...Bokeh is not bad, obviously it's not the same as a f/2.8 lens but if you use a 12mm extension tube, you can get great results...." Read more

    "...The lens itself looks great but it's fraud for Amazon to sell WHITE box items removed from a kit without describing them as such...." Read more

    "...The plus of this lens are it's very solidly built, looks nice and feels nice on the camera. The zoom is pretty decent...." Read more

    "Looks Good/Well-Built and a useful range on Full Frame..Less so on APS-C as the "wide" end becomes 38mm..." Read more

    70 customers mention43 positive27 negative

    Customers are mixed about the weight of the camera lens. Some mention that it's light weight compared to its 24-70 f/2.8 cousin, while others say that it was much heavier than they thought they would be able to handle for a camera.

    "...the oomph I'd expect for 80% of the price of the EF24-105L. It's lighter-weight and has a wider angle, and the IS is a newer generation, but..." Read more

    "...weight is not an issue, AF is pretty fast. great zoom range...." Read more

    "...However, two things worked against it for me. It was much heavier than I thought I would be able to handle for a full day, and the extra speed would..." Read more

    "...Although not cheap, to me it's well worth every penny." Read more

    43 customers mention28 positive15 negative

    Customers are mixed about the focus of the lens. Some mention that it has a quick and quiet autofocus, while others say that it's slow and has dificulty locking on to focus in low light.

    "...Both the IS and autofocus features can be turned off in response to special photographic circumstances...." Read more

    "...Therefore, candid shots were challenging due to the inability to focus quickly.I decided to purchase the Sigma 18-200...." Read more

    "...I see no degradation as of yet when using this filter. Focusing is swift and quiet...." Read more

    "...The only benefit of it is it's low minimum focus distance, but I plan to get a set of extension tubes next for the 50mm prime for macro photography...." Read more

    Amazing Lens!
    5 Stars
    Amazing Lens!
    This lens is miles above the 28-135 IS, its built much better feels better in your hands and the controls are a delight to work with. Your getting every penny you pay for this in quality and technology with this lens and rest assured it WILL preform.Of course we all could wish it was cheaper, but professional camera gear is just this way... when I go out to do landscape and wildlife photography my jeep triples in value as soon as I put the camera bag in the back.The Image Stabilization system in this camera is great, leave it on always, its sensitive enough to even help absorb the flicker of the mirror in your camera. You don't have to switch it off when you mount it on a tripod. While it will not save every shot and blur is always a possibility when you go below 1 60th of a second with any lens but I have had great luck using this to hand hold images down to as low as 1/4 of a second some of them turn out some of them dont but the fact that ANY of them turn out is impressive to me and proof the technology works.You need to know HOW to use the IS however, its important that you allow the internal gyros time to spin up before you take the shot this takes about a half a second. Learning to see the photo before it happens and anticipating the shot is all part of this process, allowing the lens a half second to spin up to speed will allow you to utilize the full potential of ISThe circular aperture of this camera works well and allows you to get the depth of field you want with out the annoying jagged edges in out of focus items that lenses with normal aperture blades will give you. Bokeh is a little weak but we are only at f4 so that is expected.Speaking of F4 it lets in a fair amount of light, I have not noticed any Vingeting at any focal length, but shooting on a 1.6 sensor crops out the edges...Compared side by side with the 28-135 on a rebel xti the shots taken with this lens are easily recognizable as more contrasty and sharper. (the 28-135 IS is STILL a great lens however)As with any lens this one has its own characteristics that you will need to get use to. Flare is very minimal in all but the most extreme lighting situations. However when you do encounter flare (usually only happens when your TRYING to get the lens to flare out on you) you usually get a sharp jagged object with a halo around it, If your trying to create a purposeful flare effect that looks good this is not the lens to use.If you just bought the rebel XTi this is the kind of lens you are going to need to utilize all ten million pixels on the camera.So if you buy this lens, congratulations you have just reached the top of technology and optical performance. If treated right this lens will provide you with a life time of images of uncompromising quality.
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    While this lens should not be considered an all-in-one lens, it comes close. Most serious photographers will have at least two and maybe three lenses to capture all the images that they may want to take, and not every photographer will need the same two or three lenses. This one, however, will be an excellent anchor lens for most small-number lens sets. Unless you have a special commitment to telephoto photography or ultra wide-angle/macro photography, this lens will probably take up to 90 percent of all the images you might ever want to capture. It is good for general wide-angle work up through short telephoto (ideal for portraits), and it even has a limited "macro" ability to shoot close-ups. In pure terms it is actually not a true macro lens, since that term defines a lens that will let you capture a life-size image of the object you are photographing; in a full-frame camera this would be a focused frame-filling image of an item about 1.5 inches wide and an inch high (reverse the dimensions if you are shooting in portrait mode). This lens is instead a close-focusing zoom that will let you take good photos of single flowers, but not get down inside to register tight images of pistils and stamens except with the largest blooms.

    The lens is one of Canon's "L" (or red ring) lenses, which are their best. It is an image stabilization lens, which allows you to shoot somewhat slower handheld shots than would otherwise be possible. Both the IS and autofocus features can be turned off in response to special photographic circumstances. If you are using a tripod, for example, you may wish to turn off image stabilization, which if left engaged can in some circumstances actually give you a softer image than a tripod alone. If you are shooting close-ups with a tripod, you may also wish to defeat autofocus in order to force the exact focal plane you want for the item you are recording.

    Canon makes a similar 24-70mm zoom lens that is an f/stop faster than this one, but it is heavier and doesn't have the focal range of this one. Evaluate your likely usage to see if that lens would be a better choice for you than this one. But I have to believe that this lens is probably the best central-range lens in a three-lens system for almost anyone.

    To set a context for my evaluation, my basic three-lens system consists of this lens, a 17-40mm zoom for very wide angle or interior photography, and a 70-300mm zoom for telephoto work. Since I am also a macrophotographer, I have a couple of dedicated lenses for that kind of image capture. I specifically chose individual zooms with overlapping ranges for general photography so that I could minimize lens changes if an image I wanted to take was right at the capture boundaries of two separate lenses. But Canon makes several different zooms, and picking a lens set with different focal length continuity is certainly possible for people who have different ideas about the best focal lengths for their image priorities.

    For individuals who prefer to buy a Canon camera body and lens individually rather than a complete kit with lens included, this is an excellent candidate for the first lens you should acquire to make a functional camera package.
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    Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2010
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    Despite all the technical metrics, the real measure of a lens boils down to the subjective question: does it take good photos? The EF 24-105L not only takes good photos, it takes beautiful ones, notably nicer than several other well-regarded lenses in the same price range.

    As an avid amateur, I don't make a living from my camera, but the results matter a great deal to me. After reading every review I could find, I bought three well-regarded lenses to try on my 
    Canon Rebel T1i . This EF24-105L, the new  Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM UD , and the very-well reviewed  Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM . Both of the EF-S lenses are newer models than the EF 24-105L and are designed for cropped-sensor cameras.

    The short: The 24-105 turned out warmer, more beautiful photos in both indoor and outdoor usage, capturing vibrant, accurate colors. The IS works well and is much quieter than the newer IS in the 
    Canon EF-S 17-55mm . While some sort of external stabilization is necessary, it works reasonably well for low-light photography. And the colors...grasses are green, skin tones look healthy, my cat's fur gleams, and every color pops. The best results of any lens I've tried on my Canon DSLR so far.

    On my cropped-sensor camera, there's very little visible fall-off in sharpness at max aperture of f/4 (although there is some softness); never enough that I found myself dialing down the aperture for that reason.

    As for the other lenses, I really wanted to like the 
    Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM , but it seemed to take unusually few "keepers" in similar shooting situations to the EF24-105L. The captured colors were a little cooler, and the IS comparatively very loud (audible without putting your ear to the lens). All of this was enough to offset the wider-angle and the bigger aperture, so back it went (at the thousand-buck mark, I want my glass to impress me!).

    The 
    Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM UD  was solid all-around but without the oomph I'd expect for 80% of the price of the EF24-105L. It's lighter-weight and has a wider angle, and the IS is a newer generation, but pictures were less rich and didn't pop the way the 24-105L's do. A great walk-around lens if I didn't have the direct comparison to the 24-105L, but only worthwhile if the price difference (or few ounces weight-difference) is make-or-break. I kept this one as a backup (or for travel), but find I never want to swap it in place of the 24-105L.

    I also considered the well-reviewed 
    Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM , but its lack of IS and much greater weight turned me away since much of my usage is handheld.

    And since the EF24-105 is an L series, Canon includes a lens-hood and a structured storage bag, both nice quality.

    The cons are what you'd expect: it's a large, heavy, expensive lens, with only a maximum aperture of f/4. It's big enough to draw comments when you take it out in casual settings. But, it's much lighter than other L lenses, and only few ounces heavier than EF-S lenses I tried. The aperture is a limiting factor in low-light photography (tripod or flash or other method required, even with the IS), but the results are consistently very good when properly stabilized. I've used it in a number of bars and other low-light situations.

    The EF 24-105L has pretty constantly stayed on my camera since I've had it, turning into my walk-around lens, my portrait lens, my landscape lens.

    Very well worth its price. Highly recommended.
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    Stewme
    5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent lens
    Reviewed in Canada on July 7, 2017
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    I've had this lens for many years now and love it. A very versatile lens with a 6D ff camera. I have other good lenses but this one I always have with me. Put a polarizer filter on it and you get some excellent results.

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    Perfect condition. Works perfect and very fast delivery. Thank you
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    Reviewed in Canada on February 22, 2019
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    Great lense with decent range for an everyday carry. Great picture and colour. It's turned into my everyday mount. At f4 it's not a great hand held shot in low light unless your shooting with a flash. A little barrel creep when hanging due to weight.