My very best images in Paris were captured with this lens.

With this lens and a monopod, I got 'perfect" exposures (1/6th - 1 second) and perfect images.

Colors are rich and I had never had the desire to manual focus before, until now, and believe when I say I intentionally blur my images for the soft blur of this lens is gorgeous

she cannot shoot easily, almost not at all, at night because both her 24-70 NON-image stabilized canon 'L' shakes at lower shutter speeds, and this lens (which she owns) falls flat at night as i've explained.so much for the canon lens legend.

f/4 USM Lens produces very sharp images.

It produces great images, autofocus is smart and very

I am able to take satisfactory images in a landscape

and it made wonderful images, so if you're going to be moving to full frame in the future and can deal with the lack of wide on the end for now, go for it.

I was told "an adjustment of the circuit board was incorrect causing the focus to operate incorrectly"I received my lens back and, $290 later, got the same poor images: not sharp, almost hazy

After trying and trying and getting only lousy images, I sent this lens to Canon for a service

Not the most ideal choice for low-light situations unless there's little to no motion of course, but if your camera controls noise decently you can get usable images by upping the ISO

Just a casual observation and comparision to my EF-L 70-200 IS lens' images confirmed my suspicion

The name of the game here is portability, flexibility, and good but not incredible image quality

It's very versatile, light and produces great image sharpness throughout the range

As with most lenses, there are some reviews about it being soft or people having issues with it, but just with my initial tests outdoors and on kids, it produces some really sharp images, and I believe (haven't confirmed since I just purchased it), that the markiii has some built in compensation for it at the wide end

Always a sharp image.

My $75 50/1.8 lens far outshines this one in sharp, crisp imaging.

only, 17-55 2.8 image stabilized canon efs lens

It have very crisp images when mated with my Canon 6D.

On a full frame camera this lens provides a very usable focal length range and superb image quality

The images are clean and sharp on my Canon 7D and on my wife's Canon 5D Mark II.

I paired this lens with my 7d, and they produced some really sharp images

I've found that I can "cheat" the old 1/focal-length rule and can get sharp images while shooting at 105mm at 1/50th or even less.

Conclusion: 24-105 is a very nice image stabilized lens covering most important focal range

I cannot rely on this lense to take crisp images like my other lenses.

F4 through all the range, great range by the way, Image Stabilization, very versatile, light, sharp, and fast

It has fast focus, sharp--very sharp-- images and a nice D.o

The images of people around the tables are great

I bought this lens as a trial and after shooting 100 frames and looking at the results on the screen, I was blown away by how much better my shots looked and how crisp my images were

Excellent build quality, good optics, and great image results.

The images are reasonably sharp and have decent contrast (although inferior to the aforementioned lenses), and the image stabilization is really useful in 70-105 range indoors

The lens produces some excellent images in a very useful general purpose range

And of course, that is not to mention the superior images that the higher quality lens delivers.

Colors are beautiful, images are sharp

Image is tack sharp and focus is QUICK.

This lens will bring you such a sharper image as well as an incredibly quick focusing system

The glass is L quality, producing sharp vibrant images.

But add up the cost of a 24mm, 28mm, 35mm, 50mm, 85mm, and 105mm, and see if perhaps the value of having them all in one lenses doesn't tip the scale in favor of a lens perhaps not perfectly sharp, in favor of something you will likely be able to render many images without fumbling and breaking the bank

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

it's superb image quality and

I have taken nearly 20,000 images in these past 6 months, and continue to be astonished at the super sharp images, very low chromatic aberration, and fast focus lock

Love the images this is producing.

I rented the 24-105mm F4L this past week for a trip to the Eastern Sierra and the images are stunning

I was able to take better images on my 40D with a Tamron wide angle with virtually no distortion.

The calibrated lens now provides very sharp and contrasty images, even wide open at f4 for 24-85mm.

The 17-55mm almost had me, with its wide angle, light weight, and amazing image quality

Even when I lower my f stop below 10, my images was still not as crisp as I would like it to be

The images seem soft, not sharp.

I don't know/care about QC, I just know that it was uber-upsetting to see such terrible images coming from such an expensive, highly regarded lens

The 24-105 produces much better images than the 70-200

light| Good Image quality| Decent

Not the most ideal choice for low-light situations unless there's little to no motion of course, but if your camera controls noise decently you can get usable images by upping the ISO

I was told "an adjustment of the circuit board was incorrect causing the focus to operate incorrectly"I received my lens back and, $290 later, got the same poor images: not sharp, almost hazy

It's a sizeable lens, and makes my 6D fairly heavy, but the combination of being fast enough (f/4) when wide open, the very solid image stabilization, and the 6D's clean high-ISO performance make this a great party and indoor all-around lens, and the very useful zoom range is just icing on the cake

In all my years of photography I have never seen images so crisp,colorful,and full of detail

The images are sharp, with awesome colors

I don't see alot of bokeh unless I zoom in, however the images usually look great

I had to bump up the clarity level pretty high in camera raw to get my images to be sharp, but doing so also gave me some unwanted changes to my images

Not as sharp as the 70-200mm f/2.8L lens (it also costs half as much), but sharper than the kit lens and the 55-250mm lens that I had with my T1i, requiring less post-processing to get a sharp image.

: I really wish Canon would deliver a wide/normal full-frame zoom that delivers images as amazing as their 70-200mm lenses.

It is light and fast focusing with very good image stabilization

With "only" a 4X zoom function, this lens is able to achieve excellent image quality throughout its range, while maintaining a size and weight which are a joy to use

Shooting with a 6D, can't complain too much, although f/4 is well avoided if possible as it produces appreciably softer images

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

It's images are very good in the middle of the zoom range, particularly when stopped down a bit; however, at both zoom extremes it gets very soft

and I expected sharp clear images....there were many

I have pulled sharp images out of the camera without sharpening them on CS3 or LR2.

It's light, very versatile, and produces great image sharpness throughout its range.image stabilization helps you to get the perfect shot in lower light situations without a need for a tripod

The image of the pictures are amazing

If you want to buy canon lens, definitely go to L series lens which guarantee great image quality, especially this 24-105

I've done long exposure with it as well, and the images are fantastic.

The IS on this lens is fantastic, taking perfectly sharp images down to 1/15, and if you have steady hands, sometimes 1/13 or 1/10

In that case just bump up the ISO and use the terrific IS and you will produce fantastic indoor images.

The lowest you can go is f5.6 to get a clear image

The color of 24-105mm looks just weird at this focal length, and the image is not sharp (I want to say poor).If the score of 50mm is 100, then this lens is 50.Candidate #3: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II

The images were richer and sharper with the "L"-as it should be, considering the cost factor, but it's still surprising given the supposed superiority of primes over zooms

It's rock solid, great images and great IS.

Silky smooth zooming and focusing, very sharp and detailed images with excellent color and saturation - the experience if using the 24-105 is entirely positive

Sharp images ...best walk around zoom for the dollar

Great lens that takes beautiful images

The focal range is extremely useful, images are very sharp - especially considering the price of this lens, IS works great, and the versatility is second to none

It only took a few moments for her to (correctly) deterine which lens had produced a superior image and it wasn't the 24-105.I usually read "internet reviews", especially from non-pros, with a small "grain of salt."

Very good Image stabilization

Does not compare to the 70-200mm f/2.8l for sharp crisp images, but if the kids are dragging you to the park or zoo you can't beat this lens for the price now that the price has come down

While it's heavier than the 18-85 Kit lens, and it isn't quite as wide angle, it does produce a superior image and the extra latitude of f/4 throughout the zoom range is a blessing, especially when coupled to Image Stabilization(IS)

If you get that one, you'll get inferior image quality and much less effective stabilization.

As long as my subject is not moving too fast, I can shoot in very low light and still get very sharp images.

I have found that it produces an awful video image at f4.0 and will NEVER look in focus no matter what you do

A beautiful normal lens with great image quality.

I am still looking for a wide angle zoom for full-frame format that delivers killer image quality in the same league as the 70-

The image stabilization helped produce sharp images

The image is not twice as good with the EF 24-70.

I like all my images tack sharp.

When I shoot portraits though in controlled lighting environments, times when I need tack sharp images and creamy bokeh, the 24-105 stays in my bag

I kind of regret not holding out a little longer cause I would have chose the white box

I shoot a lot of images where I want the out of focus areas (bokeh) to be glassy smooth and creamy (for weddings, macros, portraits and such) and you cannot get that with this lens as good as you can with the 24-70 f2.8

I do own the 135 f/2L, as well as the 85mm f/1.8 and the 50mm f/1.4 - but the versatility of the zoom range here makes this one my usual go-to lens.

The blur it produces may not be as sweet as that produced by some of the other lenses, but we're talking about f/4 as wide open here.

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Canon 28-135/3.5-5.6 IS+ lighter (540g vs. 670g)+ much cheaper ($200 used)+ slightly more telephoto range-- 28mm vs. 24mm-- older and less effective IS-- variable aperture-- zoom creep and

; 70mm is short-- heavier (825g)-- expensive ($1300)-- slightly slower AFTamron 28-

(910g)-- expensive (~$1200)-- prone to misalignment with impactsCanon

510g)-- no VC-- lackluster build and haptics-- 28mm vs.

; 70mm is short-- heavier (805g)-- expensive ($2200)Canon 24-70/2.8 L