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Canon 24-105mm lens
Oct 16, 2017 23:37:46   #
pokokarin Loc: California
 
Can this lens be used with a crop sensor camera or is it specific for a full frame.

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Oct 16, 2017 23:43:56   #
Jakebrake Loc: Broomfield, Colorado
 
pokokarin wrote:
Can this lens be used with a crop sensor camera or is it specific for a full frame.


U Betcha! My go to lens for my 7D MKII & 80D. Tack sharp, and a wonderful lens.

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Oct 17, 2017 00:36:50   #
Retired fat guy with a camera Loc: Colorado
 
yep. I have used it on both. No problems. You are going to like this lens.

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Oct 17, 2017 00:49:08   #
markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ
 
EF lenses fit both full & crop. EF-S only fit Crop.
Mark
pokokarin wrote:
Can this lens be used with a crop sensor camera or is it specific for a full frame.

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Oct 17, 2017 06:26:28   #
sb Loc: Florida's East Coast
 
YES! It is a great lens. Possibly one of the best quality-for-the-money lenses out there! You can sometimes find them new "white box" - this is not gray market but one that came as a kit that was separated and the camera body sold separately. They run about $600 if found this way. There is a version II - I have not heard what the differences are - I consider the version I to be flawless! (I am not a professional, though...)

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Oct 17, 2017 07:00:45   #
Architect1776 Loc: In my mind
 
pokokarin wrote:
Can this lens be used with a crop sensor camera or is it specific for a full frame.


Works just great on my 7D crop sensor for many years now.
It just doesn't look as wide as it would on a FF camera but looks longer at the tele end.

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Oct 17, 2017 07:48:19   #
rmorrison1116 Loc: Near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
 
sb wrote:
YES! It is a great lens. Possibly one of the best quality-for-the-money lenses out there! You can sometimes find them new "white box" - this is not gray market but one that came as a kit that was separated and the camera body sold separately. They run about $600 if found this way. There is a version II - I have not heard what the differences are - I consider the version I to be flawless! (I am not a professional, though...)


I have both the original and the version II. The original is a really nice lens, for around $600 but not $1000. The Sigma Art equivalent lens is a much better lens in that price category. The version II is, in my opinion, every bit as good as the Sigma Art and better, especially for a "kit" lens, but your not going to find one of them for $600. I bought my EF 24-105 used for $500 a couple few years ago. I have passed a lot of light through that lens and have never been disappointed by it. My EF 24-105 II came as the kit lens to my EOS 5D IV. The newer lens (2016 vs 2005) is a bit heavier than the original but it has better glass in it, better coating and is sealed better. The II is also more bokehlishious than the original (better bokeh, yay) and has better image stabilization. Canon took a pretty darn good lens and made it better.

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Oct 17, 2017 09:52:18   #
b roll wanabee
 
A true benchmark for lenses.
Great on crop sensor or full frame.

Although 24mm is fairly wide it is begs for an ultra wide companion.

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Oct 17, 2017 10:18:45   #
Picture Taker Loc: Michigan Thumb
 
An "S" lens will only fit a non full frame camera a non "S" lens will fit both

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Oct 17, 2017 15:58:24   #
Clapperboard
 
Works very well on crop sensor. In bad light it has a slight tendency to dull colours. I know colours will be dull in bad light but this lens tends to dull them more than other lenses. Still a fabulous lens. I use mine a lot. See attached.

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Oct 17, 2017 16:00:54   #
Basil Loc: New Mexico
 
You can see my list of lenses in my signature. The 24-105 lives on my 7D2 unless I have a specific reason to use another lens. If I'm going on a walking tour around Old Town or Santa Fe and only want one lens - that's the lens I take.

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Oct 17, 2017 17:38:38   #
imagemeister Loc: mid east Florida
 
Not wide enough as a walk around truly versatile lens IMO .....but gets you by - especially if you have a full frame body also I suppose ....

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Oct 18, 2017 00:53:57   #
amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA
 
pokokarin wrote:
Can this lens be used with a crop sensor camera or is it specific for a full frame.


ANY Canon EF/full frame lens can be used and will work fine on ANY Canon crop OR full frame camera made the last 30 years.

All but the oldest (10D, D60 and D30... about 2004 and earlier) Canon APS-C crop cameras also can fully use ALL EF-S lenses.

It's only the full frame Canon cameras (and several older APS-H/1D-series models) that are limited.... they can only use EF lenses.

There are two versions of the EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens. The original 2005 version is still widely avail. new ($1000). Sorry, but that one never impressed me very much. The far less expensive EF 28-135mm IS USM (about $400 with hood) gives just as good image quality, focus performance, image stabilization and close focusing ability. They seem to be about equally reliable, too, although the 28-135mm doesn't seem as well built (it's more "plasticky" feeling than the L-series lens). Over the years I've had four or five of the 28-135s (most bought used for under $200) and one of them had an aperture fail. But the original 24-105L tends to have problems with flex cable failures. And its red stripe sometimes falls off (of course, that's merely cosmetic and doesn't effect performance in any way).

I haven't used the newer EF 24-105mm "II" (2016, $1100), so can't say from personal experience. I know it has improved IS and uses the new "Nano USM" focus drive, but all the reviews I've seen haven't been particularly enthusiastic about it's image quality.

There also is a less expensive non-L EF 24-105mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM lens (2014, and about $600). I've never use it, either. I think it's been sold in kit with the 6D.

Personally, I REALLY like the 28-135mm (1998, but still in production) as a lightweight, general purpose, walk-around lens on crop-sensor cameras where it acts as a "normal to moderate telephoto". For a lightweight hiking kit, I often carry it, an EF-S 10-22mm and a 300mm f/4 with a 1.4X. I also use a bigger, heavier 24-70mm f/2.8 at times and like it better on APS-C than on full frame... though I might feel differently if I were a wedding photographer. I imagine any of the 24-105s can be equally useful.

If you don't have a full frame camera or plans to get one in the immediate future, you also might want to consider the EF-S 15-85mm IS USM. It sells for about $825 (with separately sold lens hood), is more compact than any of the above, and it's image quality, IS and focus performance rival that of any L-series... Plus it offers a great range of focal lengths on a crop camera. Might not need an ultrawide zoom.

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Oct 18, 2017 03:06:10   #
Haydon
 
imagemeister wrote:
Not wide enough as a walk around truly versatile lens IMO .....but gets you by - especially if you have a full frame body also I suppose ....


Have to agree with you Larry. If there is no plans for a FF, that lens isn't wide enough for walk around use.

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Oct 18, 2017 04:05:44   #
canondave1 Loc: Houston, TX
 
pokokarin wrote:
Can this lens be used with a crop sensor camera or is it specific for a full frame.


Definitely! I used it on my 60D before I got my EOS 5D Mark III.

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