This can be had for as little as £602 on the store that starts with A, yet its £999 here and you have to factor in the cost of paying for it weekly too, so you are looking at over double the price.

Canon introduced the 24-105mm L lens in 2005. The L stands for luxury, but the reality is that L lenses use low dispersion glass, which is optically far superior to standard glass. It runs about $1100 brand new retail, but most of them can be had new for $650-800.. 2nd hand $600-650.

Weathersealed, sharp, great color, Excellent Image Quality; Image stabilization, Great Value

Plastic; not 2.8 aperture; hood design with filters; loose distance ring

Replaced the 28-135 - image quality, especially sharpness, significantly increased. I am very happy...typical Canon quality.

Excellent Image Quality; Easily Interchangeable; Fast / accurate auto-focus; Consistent Output

This lens, though not nearly as sharp as my Canon EF 24-70 F2.8 II USM lens, is an excellent not too expensive, not too heavy, but a very good picture quality choice for a go everywhere, shoot anything glass. Image stabilization is a big plus too.

I bought this zoom in 2005. I did not like the 24-70 F2.8 to walk around. To big. The IS is incredible, IQ is oke and I love the range. That 35 mm extra at the end is very nice. I still think this is the most versatile zoom there is. Go on holiday, take this zoom and a EF 50mm F1.2L with you.

Very nice relative small and light walk around lens with perfect range on FF; If you chose one (zoom)lens to take along this is maybe the one; IS is nice

Nothing special, F4.0 but that why it is small and light; Construction failure, my copy creeps like mad; I put an elastic string around the zoomring, that helps; But a lock would have been nice

Pro-spec, full-frame standard zoom with three-stop image stabilisation

Great all-round performance; Well built; Image sharpness; Versatility; Price

Slight vignetting in the corners of images at the minimum focal length of 24mm

Though it is a kit lens, this is one of the best general purpose lenses that you can have for a canon. With great focal range and constant aperture of 4, this lens is great in moderate light situations.

I use this lens on a 50D and find the focal range to be alright however on the 1.6x crop of the 50D means that it's more of a short telephoto, but for a travel lens you really can't get better. The quality of the photos is brilliant and sharp.

Easy to use; Build quality

First, I wish I could give this lens 4 1/2 stars but the ratings won't allow it. The only reason being, since it's a zoom, it can't be perfect. No zoom really is though some are closer than others. This one is close and though some may be closer, it boasts a good range and of course IS.

Of the lenses that I own, this one spends the most time on my camera bodies. Whether on full frame or cropped sensor, the images this lens produces are spectacular. It is wide (and sharp) enough at 24mm to shoot landscapes, especially on an FF body.

walk around; commercial