Canon RF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM Lens, Black – 2963C002
$1,299.00
Price: $1,299.00
(as of Jan 15, 2025 01:31:54 UTC – Details)
The RF 24-105mm f/4L is USM from Canon is a wide-angle to short telephoto zoom characterized by its constant f/4 maximum aperture. Ideal for use in nearly any situation, this zoom is aided by a five-stop-effective image stabilizer to minimize the appearance of camera shake for sharper handheld images.
Compact, high-quality Lens with broad zoom range for the EOS R system
Bright, constant f/4.0 zoom Lens
First L-Series Lens with Nano USM
Control ring for direct setting changes
Optical image stabilization at up to 5 Stops* of shake Correction
Customers say
Customers find the camera lens to be a great all-around lens with excellent image quality and fast focusing speed. They appreciate its sharpness throughout the zoom range, even wide open. The lens has a great range of focal lengths suitable for short and long-range shooting. Many customers like its weight and image stabilization. However, opinions differ on whether it offers good value for money.
AI-generated from the text of customer reviews
FloridaPhoto –
Love this lens!
Great lens. I am a Professional Photojournalist with a local 3 county newspaper. Even though it isn’t an f/2.8, it’ll work for my needs. (I already have the RF 24-70mm f/2.8) I plan on using this lens for bright outdoor events and inside events with a flash where I need just a bit more reach than the 24-70. I like that it is lighter, yet has 35mm more reach in locations I work in, this should “almost” replace my 24-70 as my go-to lens. As any RF lens, it is wicked sharp and fast on the focusing and accuracy. Another RF L lens for my growing arsenal of lenses.
Amazon Customer –
Fantastic lens
This lens is incredibly sharp all through the range, image quality is amazing. I started building my Canon RF kit with primes and the 70-200mm, all good decisions and great lenses. Doing it again, though, I would have started with this one.
Wannabe Guru –
Excellent Quality Lens for Cannon R8
With an upcoming trip to Yellowstone National Park, I reached out to a friend who’s a full time photographer to help me (an aspiring hobbyist photographer) pick out a diverse lens that would do Yellowstone justice. Without hesitation she recommended the Canon RF 24 – 105mm as a excellent “workhorse” lens.Delivery/Packaging: The delivery and packaging was excellent, safe, and was shipped with care. We received it promptly and were able to get it all ready prior to our trip.Quality: As with all Canon products we’ve ordered, the quality is top notch. The lens is heavy enough to be “felt” in the right way, and came with a nice protective cover which we used when traveling.Use: We found the lens to effectively fit our needs in Yellowstone, looking at far off mountains and waterfalls and then up close and personals with Bison grazing with their young. The features and zoom worked excellent, and we’re thrilled to develop our pictures to remember our amazing trip.Overall, I’d HIGHLY recommend this lens. In fact, when buying the Canon RB camera, we selected ONLY the body and went with this lens as the stock lens that comes with these cameras can’t stand next to this! Excellent buy.
Amazon Customer –
Amazing lens
The brand and model speak for itself, you wonât be disappointed.Awesome seller!
Rodrigo Garcia Berguecio –
There is a God.
I come from a Canon Family. I was raised with the A1 from my mother. Twenty years ago I switched to Nikon. My dream to abandon crop sensors became an urge. Two months ago my mom came into my thoughts and melancholy made me close the circle and return to Canon. Too fast too good; one month ago I moved to full frame. The EOS R8 picked me and I needed a lens to travel to Chile next week. After many options, this lens showed up. This lens will walk with you without needing to be replaced. You can’t go wrong. Ideal for portrait and one-lens travel.
tlinn-com –
Good lens. Don’t buy from Amazon.
The RF 24-105 F4 L is a good lens. Like all of the new RF lenses, the RF 24-105 F4 L gets high marks for aesthetics. It looks great. And it feels solid and smooth in use. The tapered zoom ring makes it easy to find by feel. The customizable control ring makes it easy to control a setting of your choice. (I find it useful as a quick way to adjust white balance when shooting video. I have it set to control other things when shooting stills.) Auto focus is fast and relatively silent. No complaints at all.In terms of image quality, the RF 24-105 F4 L is arguably the best zoom available with this zoom range. The Sony 24-105 F4 is close and may be better in some respects. The Nikon F-mount equivalent is not close though there is a Z-mount 24-105 on Nikon’s roadmap that is likely to be very good when it is eventually released.That said, the RF 24-105 F4 L is not perfect. It is consistently sharp in the center across its zoom range. It is noticeably less so in the corners. This comes with the territory when designing a 24-105 lens so it is hard to complain too much. The RF is at least as good, if not better, than the competition in this respect. Bokeh is decent. No complaints there either. The one characteristic that I find unacceptable is longitudinal chromatic aberration. (To be clear, this is not the easy-to-correct lateral CA that is often seen around tree branches in the corner of images.) It is most visible toward the long end of the zoom range. I’ve never shot with a lens before where LoCA was noticeable enough to be objectionable but it can be with this lens. Photograph white text on a black background at 105mm and expect to see purple bokeh in one direction and amber bokeh in the other. It is hard to believe that Canon considers this acceptable but two separately sourced copies of the lens exhibited the same issue. (To my surprise, Canon’s higher end RF 24-70 F2.8 L seems to have the same problem.) Fortunately, high contrast black and white images shot at 105mm are a worst case scenario. In most shooting situations, LoCA is not a noticeable problem.What is a problem is buying photo gear from Amazon. I feel compelled to record unboxings for *every* Amazon order that includes an expensive camera body or lens. I do this because it seems like every year there is a story about someone ordering high-end camera gear from Amazon and finding a brick inside the box instead of a body or lens. To be fair, I’ve never had this problem personally, but I did experience something almost as bad with the RF 24-105. In what marks a new low in shipping standards, Amazon shipped my RF 24-105 to me in an unpadded envelope. Three of the manufacturer box’s corners were bashed in. It had clearly been dropped at least twice. I love Amazon in general but order your cameras and lenses from a company that knows the proper way to package them.The bottom line is that the RF 24-105 is a good lens that I do recommend but it falls just a little short of the image quality I’m getting from my other RF L-Series zooms. Overall, Canon is to be commended for their lightweight F4 L series of lenses that combine a relatively small, lightweight form factor with high IQ. For whatever reason, other manufacturers (some more than others) seem unwilling or unable to maintain a commitment to top quality optics in a zoom that isn’t F2.8. This characteristic of the Canon lens systemâboth EF and now RFâis a solid reason to go with Canon’s new mirrorless R system over another brand.
Justin –
Amazing autofocus, great range and dont really need anything else unless youre low light
Im used to shooting with the EF 24-70 mm and this is clearly a huge upgrade because of the responsiveness in focus. I doubt I will ever use the other lens again unless Im doing low light photography.Side note: I read other reviewsa and Amazon did a great job packaging this.Using this with an R5 seems intended and despite having a 10K arsenal of lens, the versatility this provides makes it my go to. The only thing I wish you can adjust is the friction in zooming in and out. It seems like sometimes it jitters when I try to zoom out slow and smooth.
Guatamom –
Excellent lens
My son is in to photo and he loves these filters.
Prakash Gopalakrishnan –
Amazon packing is always the best. They make sure to pack your purchase with utmost care. I got mine like one. Haven’t began using the lens to it’s full potential, however, I feel, that it would give me wonderful results for the purpose I invested in it for. More review will follow.
Manolo Rivas –
En combinación con la R7 que tiene doble ranura de memoria, se obtiene un equipo todo terreno, yo lo uso para eventos socialers.
Edward –
If this lens was under £1000 I would probably give it 5 stars. Iâm just not impressed with the image quality compared to much cheaper options Iâve used in similar focal ranges.When I bought my R6 I had the choice of getting a converter and an older EF series lens or getting a new RF lens. I wish I chose the converter with an older lens. Iâve had Tamrons under £600 produce better images than this.Pros:- Great build quality- Great image stabilizationCons:- Not great sharpness for the price- Some focus breathing in my R6- Overpriced
dipak dash –
I got this lens for my new Canon R6. This is the most versatile and suitable all purpose lens. Much needed during travel, holiday trip and day to day photography needs for a enthusiastic photographer like me. Build quality is awesome. Feels good in hand. Pictures are very sharp even at low light conditions. Thanks to the IS both inside lens and R6 body. Color and contrast is the best. This is a L lens and is weather shield. I got all I needed. And a constant f4 is very valuable. The zoom range is so practical that covers most of my needs. Comes with the original Canon hood in the box and a lens pouch. Thanks to Amazon for timely delivery. Packaging was good. Got the warranty card inside and registered the product in Canon Edge website and the warranty was showing little less than 2 years but sent email to Canon India support and rectified the same. Now got full year warranty. The product is new and genuine.
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