• Reviews around focus (3.62 of 5)

    Canon EF-S 24mm f/2.8 STM Lens

    • The focusing is not as fast as USM, but fast enough, quiet as you'd expect from STM, and perfectly accurate
    • Sharp focus, quiet movement
    • is that, although description claims "STM motor that enables silent and smooth focus tracking ", it in fact makes an audible sound you can hear in the video
    • Also, the autofocus is not as quiet as all the reviews pointed out amd the manual focus is not as soft and it makes a noise as you are turning the lens to focus...
    • But, neither of those are F2.8 lenses, and the ones that are F2.8 are very expensive and lack silent focus.
    • It worked fine for 15-20 pictures, then it started making whirring sounds in manual focus and at times would not even manual focus at all.
    • Always in my bag shoots very nicely focus could be quicker but it does the job well.
    • Fast focus and quiet with the STM motor if you want to use for video.
    • The focus is very slow.
    • It's also excellent for video's and has a crazy quiet focus motor
    • I bought this lens three months ago, and sometime between then and now the manual focus stopped working - I have used mostly AF.
    • On the 80D, the continuous focus is smooth and quiet; works great (dual pixel AF FTW).
    • Getting the focus/blur effect with this lens is super easy and a lot of fun
    • I have a 7D with a 50mm f1.4 and have had some soft focus issues with it, so I decided to spend the $150 on a smaller, low-risk lense
    • Very crisp photos and quick focus on low light shoots.
    • Quiet focusing great for video work
    • Lightning fast focus and VERY sharp, it is my go to for indoor sports on my 80D.
    • Anything that will require a fast shutter though, will also require a fast focus.
    • The focus is fast, and it does well in most indoor lighting situations without cranking up the ISO too much
    • On the positive side, it does have sharp and pretty quiet focusing.
    • The electronic focusing is really poor
    • Focus is great and fast (faster than the kit lens for sure)
    • Manual focus on the lens did not work at all.
    • Its only problem is that the focus ring is electronic and not mechanical, so manual focus is difficult
    • Fast focus
    • Smooth transitional focus that is so quiet your mic won’t pick it up.
    • Sharp, great depth of field, nice bokeh, fast and quiet focus, and barely bigger than a body cap.
    • it had a very smooth auto focus.
    • It's also excellent for video's and has a crazy quiet focus motor
    • It's incredibly frustrating to take a photo only to realize the focus is entirely messed up once it's on a large screen.
    • On the T3i, well, this model predates the continuous focusing for video that later models have (T4i and on).
    • But, neither of those are F2.8 lenses, and the ones that are F2.8 are very expensive and lack silent focus.
    • The focus is fast enough to keep up with my toddler
    • Manually focusing is near impossible
    • but it's a bit noisy when it auto focuses.
    • A quick note for stills – STM is meant for silent and smooth video focus, but is just fine for most photography.
    • Nice and fast focus in low light
    • It's zoom enough =) I love the really short focus on this lens, it doubles as a decent macro lens and a stellar portrait lens on crop sensor cameras
    • Smooth auto focus
    • I have not had any trouble getting proper focus with this lens even when shooting quick moving subjects like my dog running around at the dog park
    • I have not had any trouble getting proper focus with this lens even when shooting quick moving subjects like my dog running around at the dog park
    • It has a fairly quiet auto focus, and the ring is really smooth for manual focus
    • But the focusing is quite slow, even when paired with the 70D.
    • This lens is an odd looking, thin APS-C Format "pancake" lens that has one aspherical element, a single step motor for quiet auto-focus, and a seven blade diaphragm
    • I am very careful with all of my equipment, however this lens no longer has a usable auto-focus or focus detector
    • The images are sharp and clear and the f-stop/focal length combination is phenomenal
    • It performs great a s a walk around lens as well, though you dont have a zoom range like on a traditional walk around lens it gives great wide angle shots as well as close ups second to none