Comments on: Canon 24mm f/1.4L II review, on a 50D

By: srjdan sucevic

srjdan sucevic — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:04:08 +0000

Eric, this is an excellent review. based on it i purchased the lens. i own 7D and paired it with 17-55 2.8

it took quite a bit to get use to this lens. Somtimes the day time images are just too bright. Any advice? Night time (no flash) images are excellent. particularly the still ones.

What mode do you usually use with this lens on your 50D?

By: Stephen Battey

Stephen Battey — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 06:43:25 +0000

Thanks for this review, have been researching and I like the idea of the 24 on a crop.

On my 7D I loved the sigma 30 but I always wanted it to be a bit wider. I found my 10-20 to be too wide, even at 20mm. So I have been thinking of the 24L to replace both, and I think I have finally made up my mind.

By: Val

Val — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 01:02:05 +0000

Thank you so much for this review! I have look everywhere online for information about the 24mm on my 50d camera but have been unable to find anything about it. I was debating between the 24mm and the 35mm but now I am pretty confident that the 24mm is the right choice.
Thanks again!

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 05:17:22 +0000

I am using it on a 7D, and it’s awesome!

By: omkar

omkar — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 23:48:11 +0000

Great review and I also appreciate it in regards to a crop body. I have a 60D and I am considering this lens. I’m most interested in using it for pictures of a newborn baby. I think my 50mm would be too long for use in a hospital room. Do you think the 24mm would be useful in that setting? Have you noticed any typical wide angle issues with it?

By: tem

tem — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 15:26:55 +0000

Hi Erik, Thanks for your review. I am also a 50D owner and planning to buy a 24LII. Your review, with the sample pictures, was just what I needed.

By: erik

erik — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:09:44 +0000

I’m glad you found it useful Dave, and congratulations with your new lens!

I think many of the challenges in dance and child photography are the same – they just don’t stand still. At f/2 you should get some benefits from a 1-stop shutter speed advantage over f/2.8, and you probably won’t have as much trouble hitting focus as with f/1.4. Still, especially when you’re up close, focusing is going to be tricky with moving subjects, and I suggest you use the 50D’s ability to crank up ISO and hi-speed continuous shooting to improve your chances. IS is not really an advantage here, because it doesn’t help with subject movement.

I use my 24mm mostly between 1.4 and 2.8, and I love it. The images somehow looks a lot better than with my 17-55, and I definitely don’t think the perspective is too extreme.

I think you’re going to love this little prime on your 50D. I keep mine on the camera most of the time, and only switch to the 17-55 if I need the ability to zoom.

Have fun!

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 10:26:16 +0000

Finally, a review from someone who was evaluating this lens specifically for a crop body! I, too, have a 50D and a 17-55 as my walkaround (and, so far, best) lens. I have two small kids (ages 5 & 3) that are the subjects in most of my photography. I have been frustrated in trying to get the elusive pop and “wow” of tack-sharp portraits with shallow DOF on the 17-55. An accomplished artistic portrait photographer told me the only way to get there is with a fast L prime. I was torn between the 35L and the 24LII, mainly because I was afraid the 24L might render a perspective a little too extreme and start giving ALL my images the same look and feel. On the other hand, my Nifty Fifty is too long to use in the house all the time, and I didn’t want to find out after spending big money on the 35L that it was still too long for indoor use on a crop body.

I won’t exactly be shooting “dancers,” but I suspect I’ll have the same challenges in shooting kids at f/1.4 as you have with dancers. I’m hoping that the focus challenge will be relieved at f/2, and the images I get at f/2 on the 24L will still be head-and-shoulders above the images I can get with the 17-55 at f/2.8, since the 24L will be stopped down and the 17-55 will be wide open. Obviously the IS comes into play here in favor of the 17-55, but I’m hoping the 24L will still be noticeably better. Given that you’ve had both for a while, what do you think?

My 24L arrives today; the UPS tracking information shows it has arrived locally and will be out for delivery soon

By: Pakistani Wedding Photographer

Pakistani Wedding Photographer — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:04:50 +0000

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