Canon RF 24-105mm F4L IS | Long Term Review on Canon EOS R5

The new RF 24-105 F2.8 perhaps?

Hello
Just an absolute informative video regarding the RF 24-105 f/4. This is still Canon’s Swiss Army knife or Leatherman of lenses. Your review helps me as I just purchased a Canon R6 MKII and was thinking about buying this lens. Since I have a 5D MKIV & 90D, I’ll adapt my older EF lenses until I can get my money right. I’m also considering purchasing the EF 24-70 f/2.8 (L) II USM and adapt it for the R6 MKII. The 90D works well with the MKII 24-70mm given its sensitivity to certain lenses and its pixel density. Well you’ve given me more data so I can make an informed decision.

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what do you think of the ef version used thanks,

It's awesome in daylight and sunny days. Not so much at night time and low light situations.

What lens would you suggest indoor video and photography with R5? I like to videography indoor events as well (dog shows etc..).

Not informative

I had the R and then upgraded to the R3, the 24-105 f4 is rarely off the camera

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24x105 How money

Considering that 80D with just one L lens (ef 100-400 mark2) and a few efs lens was my gear, I am pleased with the eos r and the rf24-105 L. I even tried Astro with it and at iso 3200, the resulting images were superb compared to the crop sensor option (efs 24mm). The larger sensor is impressive. I’ll keep using the r until it quits for my casual usage and will be buying the rf 70-200 f4L zoom soon. I h have not used my efs lenses with my eos r because of the loss of resolution. Thanks for your video.

How did this lens do in video mode?

Do you think its worth going for the 24-105F4L when I'm shooting around F8 with my RF24-240in terms of sharpness/image quality?

Had an eos R5, went to a sony A7RV, and now im back to the eos R5 and gonna stay at canon. I missed the lovely canon colors, and also the body, ergonomics etc.... Never gonna switch again!

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Best lens ever ♡♡♡

Hello Dustin, is the RF 24-70 2.8 much better?

This was a great review Dustin and I really appreciate it. I am an enthusiast and I love this lens. I purchased it with a Canon RP and together they produced some great pictures. I have a Canon R6 Mark II on order and I hope the lens works as well even though it doesn’t have the megapixels as the R5. Again, thank you for a thorough review.

I would like a cross compare with Nikkor Z 24-120 f4 S

It’s my first lense … just bought a R6II with it… had for 2 weeks and it’s been fun. Takes awesome closeups and depth is versatile

Bravo. Tell me please? what camera and lens do you use? Thanks in advance..

I almost never use my 24-105L EF lens because it was just never sharp. This one doesn't seem to be much better so you saved me some money.

Exceptional review, as always.

I have the EF lens with the Canon R body and adapter. Would I be better off having this lens? Not too happy with the EF performance with the R body. Thanks for any help.

How come you don’t just get the rf 24-70 2.8 over this 24-105 f4?

I purchased this lens in the EF mount and chose it over the 24-70 f2.8. I liked the extra reach and with my full frame camera the f4 aperture did not bother me. I think it is a superb lens. No regrets.

Another fabulous review. Thanks!!

I’m looking for a lens in the 24-70 bracket for landscapes , would you advise this or this for landscapes.. which has better iq for landscapes you think 🤔

Used it since 2019 got my kit with EOS R and its definitely best travel zoom that can't fall off anywhere and anytime. Canon rise up price for $200 last year...

Looking your Videos because i`m happy to see my old 10.- Deutsch Mark Scheins ... 🙂

I would love to see an RF 24-70 F4L IS t replace my EF version. Less zoom, but better IQ and a limited “macro” mode that sometimes cam be very useful.

Has anyone used this lens in light rain? Does it tolerate hours of use in rain/drizzle/ice and snow? ...always concerned about this with lenses that extend as they zoom. I generally shoot web content outdoors fairly close focus at the longer end of the zoom range (was not happy with 24-70 reach). Maybe better to use the RF100 macro on rainy days and be stuck at 100mm? My sensor is 20Mpix, so closeup at 105mm will hopefully be more forgiving of the long end closeup optical characteristics noted in this excellent review.

…I can see that’s a great allrounder, but I also see that’s kinda boring. Due to the slow apparature, pictures look a bit standard, might be ok for landscape photography but is a no go for portrait shooting imo…

Thanks！ This review is really helpful.

The whole RF lens line is criminally expensive!
Makes me want to stick with used EF lenses and use the $99 adapter instead…

Hi Dustin, I am professional Videographer and have recently switched to Canon from Sony. I have been reading alot about USM lens being noisy while focus shift as compared to STM lenses. Fyi I have bought Canon R6. What do you recommend?

Did you find the zoom was stiff or tight? I bought my Canon R5 kit with the RF 24-105 f4 lens about 2 months ago and I find it to be stiff or tight. Is this normal for this lens?

I have also found using this F4 lens has made me a better photographer. I love my primes 35/50/85mm primes. But using this F4 really makes me consider my composition more, and look at everything in the frame, and not just rely on blowing out the background.

I have this lens. A great all arounder really. I go between this and the 35mm 1.8rf as my travel lens. Depends on the weather and what I feel like that day.

not really important but are you shooting in clog and not color grading that much or is it just my monitor?

Thanks
Interesting review
How would you compare this lens to the canon EF 24-240?
I have a 24-240 as a walk around lens, and is actually quite impressed with that. Yes it's lens full of compromises, but I would rate is general iq a touch above the old EF 24-105 f4 L, but I sold it long ago so I can't compare directly. (I also have the RF 24-70 +70-200 2,8)

Please don't ever shoot fireworks on auto exposure again.

Can I ask perhaps a silly question...when showing us sample photos that you're showing the quality of the lens in question. I notice all your photos are .DNG files can I ask why?? Why not Raw or Jpeg?

Price plz

I have EOS R + EF 50 f/1.8 STM and EF 85 f/1.8 USM lenses for commercial photography. I need zoom for reporting and events. I can't decide between RF 24-105mm F4L and Tamron 24-70mm f/2.8 G2 I had experience with Tamron and liked it. Will the Tamron be faster and sharper?

Thanks for the follow up review. Very well done.

I'm really liking this long term reviews, now I'm getting curious to see the long term review of the Sony 24-105 G too! It's a bit old now but I think still holds up well as an all rounder lens.

Hi Dustin thank you for u informative reviews. HOW does this L lens compare at 35mm and 50mm compared to the non L rf 35 andc50 f1.8 in overall picture quality

I wonder how much the price increase (at least in the US) has affected the "value" of this lens. It went from $1100 USD at launch to $1300 USD a few months ago.