07-18-2012, 07:10 PM
Before you come to any hasry conclusions, I suggets you check whether any of these two lenses need MA.
The 50 F/1.4 should easily beat the 24-105L, and the 24 F/2.8 should be as good if not better. Yes they are fairly old designs, but they certainly aren't bad at all. Their major "flaws" are the focusing mechanisms, the micro-USM of the 50, and the Arcdrive of the 24, plus the relative slow max. aperture of the 24, but other than that, they should really stand their ground.
Compared to the 24-105, the 24 should have less distortion and less vignetting, and it also is a very transparant lens due to its low number of elelments (5), and hence it should be more contrasty than the 24-105, even wide open.
Because of coatign differences, I would expect the 24-105 to render colours warmer than the two primes do. In case you're loooking at jpegs, I'd suggest you up the saturation level in-camera a bit, one or two points or so. It should get very similar in that case.
BTW, if you really want the best, I'd suggest you'd try and save up for a few L-primes. Those will be distinctly better than the 24-105. Considering the 24 F/2.8: you might consider a 24L Mk I (used), which should be about the price of the two lenses you got now together, for a good copy. If you like the 24-105 at 24, that lens will suit you well, I would think.
HTH, kind regards, Wim
The 50 F/1.4 should easily beat the 24-105L, and the 24 F/2.8 should be as good if not better. Yes they are fairly old designs, but they certainly aren't bad at all. Their major "flaws" are the focusing mechanisms, the micro-USM of the 50, and the Arcdrive of the 24, plus the relative slow max. aperture of the 24, but other than that, they should really stand their ground.
Compared to the 24-105, the 24 should have less distortion and less vignetting, and it also is a very transparant lens due to its low number of elelments (5), and hence it should be more contrasty than the 24-105, even wide open.
Because of coatign differences, I would expect the 24-105 to render colours warmer than the two primes do. In case you're loooking at jpegs, I'd suggest you up the saturation level in-camera a bit, one or two points or so. It should get very similar in that case.
BTW, if you really want the best, I'd suggest you'd try and save up for a few L-primes. Those will be distinctly better than the 24-105. Considering the 24 F/2.8: you might consider a 24L Mk I (used), which should be about the price of the two lenses you got now together, for a good copy. If you like the 24-105 at 24, that lens will suit you well, I would think.
HTH, kind regards, Wim
Gear: Canon EOS R with 3 primes and 2 zooms, 4 EF-R adapters, Canon EOS 5 (analog), 9 Canon EF primes, a lone Canon EF zoom, 2 extenders, 2 converters, tubes; Olympus OM-D 1 Mk II & Pen F with 12 primes, 6 zooms, and 3 Metabones EF-MFT adapters ....