#1 Stephen

Shouldn’t you be comparing it to the EF 24-70 f2.8L and the EF 24-105 f4L?  The 24-105 f4L has a wider range, same aperture and IS, and is half the price.  The 24-70 f2.8L is much brighter.  How do they compare in sharpness?  Is it really worth paying so much money for an f4 lens with limited range?

2:26 pm - Friday, January 18, 2013

#2 Mark Goldstein

Stephen, we’ll hopefully be testing both of those lenses soon.

3:45 pm - Friday, January 18, 2013

#3 nick192

I still prefer 24-105 L F4

7:49 pm - Friday, January 18, 2013

#4 Nick Gregan

I’ve been using the 24-105 F4 for about a year now and am extremely happy with it. I can’t find any reason to want to but a shorter lens offering less versatility. However I can see it is a nice lens but would always stay with the 24-105mm.

2:30 pm - Saturday, January 19, 2013

#5 Idiarto

how much the price in Indonesia?

4:21 am - Monday, January 21, 2013

#6 Gareth

It’s not fair to compare this lens against the 24-105L based on their current prices. The 24-105L is a very old lens and has been discounted for a very long time. Many copies are from bundled 5DII/24-105 combo packs and are sold in white boxes.
The 24-70/f4 L is a new to market lens and as such, it’ll carry a cost premium for a year or so. Remember to 70-200 f2.8 L IS II? In the UK they were selling for £2599 on launch, I paid £1599 for mine one year later. It pays to wait a bit.

1:20 pm - Monday, January 21, 2013

#7 Quazi Ahmed Hussain

Canon has been asking insane prices for its products released after the Fukushima Tsunami.  Perhaps they didn’t notice that version I of 24-70mm f/2.8L that’s still around costs less than this f/4 lens!

The reality is; sales has fallen sharply. The new lenses attract lot of attention albeit; fewer actual buyers.

Wake up Canon.

8:12 am - Wednesday, January 30, 2013

#8 David

I did paid around $1850 for 24-70 F/2.8 II which is insane amount but I wanted a F/2.8. 

This lens, when I can buy a slightly used 24-105L IS for under $700 these days, SHOULD BE a failure at the price they are offering it.

6:45 pm - Thursday, January 31, 2013

#9 andry

I buy it..and use it as my everyday lens..it is sharp, 77 mm filter, having 4 stop image stabilizer…from landscape to macro shooting..it never fail…shooting in 1/5s is possible…i have another 17 40L and 100L to compare. to landscape, image from 24 70 is usm is far superior to 17 40 L in center, in edge, in colour, but if i compare it with 100L in macro mode..the colour is ok but sharpness is softer than 100L.  highly recomanded

2:46 pm - Monday, March 4, 2013