Not sure if I should sell it
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I wanna buy one to shoot concerts and still have a decent aperture, especially on a constant f/4
Travel photos?
Just to have while traveling or walking. Doesn’t really excel in anything but also isn’t bad at anything. It’s like the Honda Civic of lens.
Lots of things. Badgers, mushrooms, snake…
I’m glad you mentioned the critical snake use case.
Sometimes I myself saying “ahh snake it’s a snake. Ohhh a snake” but I can’t take a photo because I don’t have a f4 zoom
My 24-105 f/4 is the lens that lives on my camera about 90% of the time. Unless I have specific shots in mind that require something longer, wider, or faster the 24-105 gives me the versatility to shoot pretty much anything I come across. I find it to be particularly well suited to being a do-it-all travel lens, which massively lightens the load when I’m traveling.
Yeah, it’s a pretty classic “Jack of all trades, master of none” lens. Even still, it does a great job 95% of the time.
Great travel lens if I don’t feel like bringing a whole bag along - although I use the 24-120 that Nikon offers. When I shoot events and some smaller-size sports, I often have it on a second body for wider angle usage or large groups and it compliments the primary body’s 70-200 pretty nicely.
I shoot Canon, the 24-105mm is my everyday, walk-around lens. It’s on my camera all the time.
24-105 for a long time was my “only take one” lens. If I was shooting at like conventions or something and I didn’t feel like carrying a bunch, didn’t need super shallow depth of field, and could use that extra bit of telephoto when I needed.
It is the walk-around lens. It’s also great for video.
I have thought about using it for events. Would it still be good indoors, or is a 2.8 or lower needed?
Especially where more modern cameras can handle cranking up the ISO higher without completely cooking the picture in low light. f/2.8 to f/4 is a loss of a single stop of light, it is now a relative non issue to bump up to compensate. Which even then, also worth considering how your images will be viewed. Even if there’s some noise, if how you share your images means someone is only going to see it as a 3x2" post on their phone screen, isn’t gonna matter a lick. You can even miss focus a little bit if that’s the case lol. Only other photographers are going to look that close.
It’s my walk around lens, I keep a 50mm or 24mm pancake in my pocket if I need the additional stop.
That was my walking around lens on my D700. Wide enough and long enough for almost anything I’d encounter and it would be sharp enough open to make carrying more lenses unnecessary unless I knew I’d need a UWA or longer tele. But if you’ve got other lenses that cover that range and don’t mind switching them on and off the camera, sell it.
Almost everything, it’s a great general purpose lens. Like a 24-70 f2.8 but giving up a stop of aperture for more zoom.
I used a Sigma Art 24-105 as my work workhorse for years (until I dropped it)
Never used one, but I’ve never heard anyone speak badly about it. I’m a prime guy, so it’s never been on my radar. My ‘do it all lens’ is a 35mm f/2 IS.
Last year I shot a Track & Field National Championship race with the same lens. I have a 24-70 f/2.8 now but I do miss the 24-105 occasionally.
That lens is good but I’d rather have a shorter reach and get a 2.8f.
It’s an all purpose type of lens. If I go out with my Nikon D750 and only one lens, it’s the nikon 24-120 f/4.