The 24-105 F4 is the ONLY lens you need for travel! 5 reasons why (Canon RF 24-105 F4)

The RF24-105 is a future hall-of-famer 👍👍👍

"Why travel hundreds of miles if your just going to blur out..." Great great point! Always appreciate your real world perspective and lens comparisons

I actually use this lens for practically everything on my R6 except very low light situations where I need to freeze fast action. This is coming from someone who has shot prime lenses for almost 20 years, with a complete arsenal of primes (EF 24L II, 35L, 50L, 85L 1.2 II, 100L, 135L, and RF 16 2.8, 24 1.8, 35 1.8, 50 1.8, 85 2). With high ISO being so good these days, I rarely use my primes now. Sometimes I miss the extremely shallow DOF look (such as on an 85L), but most of the time they tend to all look the same and do not given any context to where the subject is. It is much more fun composing with a deeper depth of field and while playing with foreground to background ratios on a zoom lens like this. At 105 and f4, you can still manage to get a similar look to primes if you know how to position your subject relative to the foreground and background elements. Also with Lightroom's new lens blur option, you have the option of making your backgrounds even blurrier while still achieving a credible image, which I suspect will only get better with time.

I'm so glad that I bought the 24-105 f4 L as my first ever RF lens back in 2019. It really is a great all-rounder that produces spectacular, tack sharp images. And on the R8 it's a powerhouse. Thanks for this video reminder! I'll definitely throw it into my kit bag the next time I take a trip!

I agree that 24-105 is a versatile focal length. I usually travel with a G7 X mk iii (24-100mm equivalent) for portability, and I'll carry my RP with 35mm f/1.8 for low light and macros.

Love my 24-105. My next trip is the south of Spain. Your vid reassured me this the only I need. Cheers!

Great video, i was thinking to change my lens and as your subscriber this video showed up and i loved your suggestion❤

The video is well-done with the many examples of beautiful photographs.

Great review James! I’m glad I picked up the RF version back in January for my Mexican trip. Totally worth traveling light. I actually rarely use my 24-70 2.8 RF L and have thought about selling it. I use my 15-35 2.8 RF mostly for indoor shoots and talking heads.

Very nice and cool Photos. I like your style and am often inspired by it!

Very nice video, James! I own the Canon R8 and I used in the last few months, with Canon RF 24-105mm f4-7.1 (the cheaper little brother). The focal range of 24-105 I found perfect for me as well, in my holidays so far. Just like you, I love to walk on old towns narrow streets, when 24mm (or around) is perfect, and also having the range of more than 75mm whenever you are on a vista point, having no worries about the rich. Even I recently added the Canon EF 70-200mm F4 L (with adaptor), I still take with me in every vacation the RF 24-105mm. I completely agree with you that being in a vacation it is worthless having the stress of changing lenses every time (prime/not prime, faster or not...). I would add also another aspect - taking photos inside, interiors of a church, or cathedrals, when you have low light even during the day. Yes, even at f4 it could have high ISO. But, as you mentioned, modern cameras (and my Canon R8 included) handle very well the high ISO. I love how good the shots be at ISO 6400, 8000 or even more. I end up saying that the Canon RF 24-105 F4 is one of my dream lens, but I don't know if really worth it comparing with mine 24-105mm f4-7.1 taking into consideration the price, as a travel lens, taking memories from holidays, and not making any money with it 😁

I was surprised by this lens, initially it was a stop gap until I got the 24-70 or 28-70, but I used it for so many shoots, and for brand lifestyle you want a bit more context so F4 is fine. I have the 50 1.8 which is also so light, it ends up coming with me. It's like a perfect combo. I also like that I can punch in with the 1.6 crop in the camera to get even more reach, which is handy for composition rather than cropping after the fact - the file size is still decent enough for printing. Great video as always James. 🤙

Bro, i dont even have a canon camera (im on the other side) and yet im watching your videos. Good video. Thank you for sharing and explaining the capabilities of this lens. Hoping you a happy and successful life brother!

I'm glad you're so positive about this combination, as I own the Canon r6 II with the Canon RF 24-105 F4 and the Nisi ND. It's very useful and the stabilization is really helpful. However, I'd like a light, small, high-performance AF lens for gimbal video and bokaliciousness. But I'm certainly reluctant to buy the huge F2 version or even the F2.8, which has less range and much more weight and bulk.

thank you James. I've just buyer a rf 24-105 f4 with a Eos r6 mark ii and I'm in loving with the results.

Great shots! Given some of Canon's odd/cool ranges on new lenses, it would be cool if they ever put out a version starting at 22mm or 20mm, all other aspects generally equal.

Great vid thanks! Subbed.

Your photo composition is 👌

i use it to cover events, party in general, amazing!

I had nowt but a 28mm f/1.7 for six weeks in France and Italy last year and was very happy with that choice. I then used 20-70/4 for two weeks in Aotearoa and found that to be a better fit for my needs than the 24-105/4 that remained at home.