Resurrected 24mm f2.8 prime. A good surprise!

Just want to share this. I bought 10 years ago a used 24mm f2.8 on ebay. Not bad condition but when I tested the lens on my 20D, the lens was very very soft. I've never really used it. Then last year I tested it on my newer t3i and worst, the lens showed some nasty doube edges in the highlights, a real dog. biark.

I've just tested the lens on my 6D and, behold! It's not bad at all. Then to compare I mounted my 15-85mm (at 15mm) on my t3i and the 24mm on my 6D and took an indoor comparative shot; The 24mm is just as sharp as the 15-85mm. Obviously the ISO noise and full frame resolution make the difference here. One surprise though, the 24mm is wider by a fair margin. I would say a good mm.

I've just won myself a very usable lens! Pretty happy about it and I'm going to bring it tomorow on a little trip.

That's all! Happy happy joy joy!

Congrats and enjoy!!!

That's odd. But good score!

I might just have found why it was so bad... it require -20 of MA!! Still, It's kinda fine with the MA. No wonder the poor guy sold it...

when you get the chance post some photos

I will!

congrats!
the 24 2.8 is a fine lens. it used to be my go to prime on my rebel xt when i first started photography.
brought it to so many places and always got good results

It's a nice, compact little lens. Post some of the photos in the lens sample photo archive when you take some. I seem to be one of the last regular users of this lens.

I bought one of these a year or two ago, and use it on my 5DMk2. It has less distortion by far than the 24-105 when set at 24mm, and the extra stop is also useful.

I soon will have my 1DMk3, and i am interested to see how little 24mm performs on a 1.3X crop. I have never tried it on my 7D; I have a 17-55 f/2.8, so I see no need to do so.

Maxdave

Earwax69 wrote in post #15589897
Just want to share this. I bought 10 years ago a used 24mm f2.8 on ebay. Not bad condition but when I tested the lens on my 20D, the lens was very very soft. I've never really used it. Then last year I tested it on my newer t3i and worst, the lens showed some nasty doube edges in the highlights, a real dog. biark.

I've just tested the lens on my 6D and, behold! It's not bad at all. Then to compare I mounted my 15-85mm (at 15mm) on my t3i and the 24mm on my 6D and took an indoor comparative shot; The 24mm is just as sharp as the 15-85mm. Obviously the ISO noise and full frame resolution make the difference here. One surprise though, the 24mm is wider by a fair margin. I would say a good mm.

I've just won myself a very usable lens! Pretty happy about it and I'm going to bring it tomorow on a little trip.

That's all! Happy happy joy joy!

I found that it did well for some close indoor work but even on APS-C is left me wanting for landscape work. Even my Tamron 17-50 2.8 and 28-75 2.8 zooms delivered noticeably better results for that sort of work.

You mean your 28-75mm is sharper than the 24mm prime? or just more versatile?

I got few shots yesterday with the 24mm but very soon switched to the 35mm/135mm combo. When zooming I had the impression it was not as sharp as the 35mm. A hell lot wider though!! I will check on the computer screen tonight after work. Hard to judge from the small LCD screen.

Here you go! I though the sharpness was not adequate but seeing it in big, at f8, it's pretty good.

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com …/24246728@N05/8​464795996/

Would it benefit from sending to canon for calibration and cleaning?

tkbslc wrote in post #15589917
That's odd. But good score!

it's not odd at all with different bodies

Earwax69 wrote in post #15589921
I might just have found why it was so bad... it require -20 of MA!! Still, It's kinda fine with the MA. No wonder the poor guy sold it...

Bingo, that was my guess when I read the first post.

A bit OT but I can't find the information anywhere. How do I insert a photo from Flikr in a post? I just joined Flikr and I'm attempting to attach a photo with my 24/2.8. I managed to upload it to Flikr but no idea where to go from there!