Hmmm...I don't seem to be reaching for my 24-105L all that much...

I find myself going for the 16-35LII much more often. And when I use it, I use it on mostly the 16mm and 35mm ends.

I mean the 24-105L a great, versatile lens, but is it a special one?

Heck, I might even grab my 85/1.8 more often! Not sure about that.

Has anyone else experienced this?

I think I am going to do my next trip with the 24-105L only and see if I can warm up to it a little more or at least try to find out which FLs I am using most of the time with it. If i find out that I am using it primarily on the wide and/or tele ends most of the time, then I might sell it for a prime or two, like the 35L and/or 135L.

Why do you need to force yourself into using certain lens? I can relate to how you always go for the ultra wide or the 85 (look at my sig). On trips, the 16-35 is the main lens, 85 gets a little play here and there and the 35L is almost always in the bag.

You never need a longer lens? I guess it depends on what you shoot. I don't have a 16-35, but I do have a 17-40 and IMO when it comes to versatility the 24-105 wins. No contest.

The lack of use is what prompted me to sell my 24-105. It wasn't a bad lens at all, I just found myself rarely using it and more often than not and picking a prime instead.

i feel the same about my 24-105. f/4 is not very to play with
i might end up getting a 35L

If you don't use it, sell it. I've hung on to lenses for YEARS just because "oh I already have it"...and used them once a year or whatever...then not long ago I realized this was a silly way to do things and started selling everything and am down to three lenses, two of which are for sale...in a week or so I hope to be down to a Canon 16-35L II and my Tamron 70-200 VC USD...sure, I'm missing a chunk in the middle and won't have a fast prime anymore (I've owned 2 50 1.8s, 2 50 1.4s and an 85 1.8...rarely used any of them), but I'll have two lenses that do EXACTLY what I need them to do in the ranges I use the most.

I think I've used my 24-105L once in the last six months, but I'd never sell it. Why? It's the one lens I use for travel or if taking loads of kit isn't an option. It's a cracking lens, sharp, good colour/contrast and the IS is genuinely useful in situations when there just isn't enough light, for example, inside churches etc.

I am enjoying the simple carry pleasure of just the 16-35 II and 24-105. My 24-105 is a reasonably good copy and produces wonderfully.

I use my 24-105 a lot when shooting landscapes. Great coverage and good quality when stopped down.

If you don't use a lens, sell it. Really does not matter what anyone else does with the lens. If it is not for you...get something else.

the 24-105 is on my 5D most of the time. Im just like the versatility.

While the 24-105 isn't something i use everyday it's a great lens when you need that range. I think that now i've paid for it it would be silly to sell it as i know down the line i'd miss it and want it back.

Alot of folks eventually feel like the OP after owning numerous lenses whether the lens was purchased on buyers impulse [Got to Have it !] or not. I know i have been quilty of that !


Regards ,

I used to use my 24-105 as "The" walkaround lens... outdoors, it was wonderful.. then, I picked up a job at the newspaper and I was shooting a lot more indoors... and I didn't use it nearly as much... ended up selling it to get a 24-70... which is great for indoors... but outside, I miss that extra range... on a trip to DC with the 24-105, I used it for everything from Wide Architecture shots to close up shots of animals at the zoo... can't do that with the 24-70... for shots just for me... shots that I'd take when my wife and I went on little trips and adventures, 'd leave the house with nothing but the camera and the 24-105.... now, at the very least, I'm carrying my bag with the 8-16, 24-70, and 70-200...

If I could justify doing so.... I'd have the 24-70 and the 24-105....

SchnellerGT wrote in post #11825899
Has anyone else experienced this?

Sometimes I find I dont use a certain lens for awhile. It comes and goes. I haven't found myself wanting to sell a lens because of it yet. Maybe that will come later if I get overlapping FLs

I was feeling the same way about my 24-105 lately and then I took it out and used it and feel back in love with it. Its a great lens and covers a very nice FL.