range over the 24-70mm f/2.8 GM and gives up an f-stop. For many users, that's probably a sweet spot in this segment and at around 1300 USD/EUR, it's at least not painfully expensive by today's pricing standards (...). This Sony only has electronic manual focus-by-wire, while the Canon has a real direct-connected manual focus ring with instant manual override — no menus or digital foolishness needed as with this Sony.

Other than that, I haven’t really done enough image postprocessing in Lightroom to warrant a strong opinion on this, and so I’ll trust the experts on this particular issue. Fast Shooting Speed Of course, if I really wanted exposures longer than 1/5th of a second or even 1/4th of a second, then it probably exceeds my ability to hold still for that long without inducing camera shake effects. This 0.3-second long-exposure photo of Boulder Falls was taken without a tripod, but I did lean on a tree for some help This basically means that the information conveyed through the lens would be larger than the camera sensor’s area, which essentially leaves out or “crops” the image thereby causing a “zoom” relative to the full size of the image. The Sony SEL24105G FE 24-105mm f/4 OSS G Lens sitting on a postal scaleAs for image quality at 105mm, it's great. Center sharpness at F4 is very good. Corner performance is impressive, albeit a bit less impressive than the corner performance at 35mm and 50mm, but pretty similar to the corner performance at 70mm. If you want slightly better corner performance, you should stop down to F5.6, F8, or maybe F11, although F11 has some diffraction. This 24-105mm lens is much easier to carry all day and zooms much more easily, makes tighter macro shots, has less flare, adds optical stabilization and zooms 50% longer — and costs half as much. So the thing is - there's an urgent need for something good and reasonably affordable in their standard zoom lens lineup, and maybe

Indeed, it’s nice to have this capability without feeling like I need to burden myself with the weight, bulk, and time-to-setup involved with bringing a tripod to steady the camera while shooting. Low Minimum Distance For Autofocus To Work There's some barrel distortion, especially at 24mm, but it's not significant and is easy to correct. In many cases, it's unlikely to be especially noticeable. If it is, lens correction profiles are effective. Here's an image shot wide-open at 105mm, and it's ultra-sharp corner to corner. You can't ask any more of a lens than this: The Sony's ergonomics are much better; it's easy to zoom while the Canon has a very stiff zoom ring which is a pain to move after a day of shooting. The Sony FE 24-105mm F4 G OSS delivers excellent sharpness throughout its entire focal length range, even when shooting wide open at F4. Corner performance is good throughout, although it is noticeably better away from the extreme ends of the focal length range and improves as you stop down to F5.6 and F8. Throughout the range, diffraction is slightly visible at F11 and quite noticeable at F16 and beyond.The 24-240mm OSS is a less expensive, lighter-duty lens that weighs a little more, and has over double the zoom range. Indeed, this combined with the OSS further enhances my ability to take sharp images without a tripod. This Sony FE 24-105mm f/4 G OSS is the world's best midrange zoom. It offers spectacular optical performance as well as first-rate mechanical construction at half the price of similar lenses, and it's smaller, lighter and has better ergonomics than the more expensive lenses. It is a superb lens at a reasonable price, a weather-resistant baby version of the huge 24-70mm f/2.8 GM. So I know firsthand that the Sony SEL24105G lens is not waterproof, but it does have sturdy and tight construction to make it moisture- and dust-resistant.