This lens is VERY rugged. I have used it for the last 3 years hiking the desert and mountains surrounding Phoenix Arizona, with no issues. I have dropped the SL1 it is attached to, thrown it in the back of a Subaru, and at a wide range of temperature extremes. All with flawless photos.
I love this little lens. Just slap in on a camera, leave everything else at home (including camera strap) and you are low-key carrying a lot of quality in a very small package. As a bonus, it works quite well for environmental portraits of my cat!
Unfortunately, it is impossible for me to tell. I have no knowledge of your exact intentions towards me and you have not been usefully providing a single detail of said intentions for me to even have the slightest idea what the d means to you.
I really love all of your reviews! They are the best on RUclips, in my opinion. I have made so many purchases based on your reviews alone. I really hope posting these reviews are worth your time and good for your business because I selfishly don't want you to stop doing them.
There is only about 1 stop advantage compared to the kit lens but there is also often unsaid benefit: your viewfinder will get roughly 1 stop brighter too and it's more pleasant to shoot like that :)
Another wonderful review. I love the format and formula you use, and how it's the same in every video. It helps that you take nice pics and seem to have a good idea of how it all works. So many reviews miss important things out, but you do a great job every time.
Been using this lens all week while on vacation in Texas. It's been great for group photos on my 750D/Rebel t6i! Been perfect for grab shots as I walk about the streets too. Figure 150$ U.S. Brand new. VERY well made too. Makes the camera look cool and you'll never bash it into any door frames either... Phil4:13 my friend!
I just got this lens today and tested it. It is sharp, good focusing and makes my 1200D more portable. Its AF is not noisy. At least not on my copy. the chromatic abberation and vignetting are gone with two mouse clicks in Lightroom. It is not as sharp as the Sigma 17-50 F2.8 but still very nice indeed. Greetings from the Netherlands and keep up the nice work. Its very helpful.
So excited for my very first lens outside the standard! So much going back and forth between 50mm, 35mm, offbrand 35mm, etc. and this seems like the best compromise as far as pricing and needs for my 6ti!!
A review very well done, CF. Thank you for that. I'm a big fan of pancakes. They help in making the leap in taking your gears out for a shoot on any day. Perfect for travels. I would say, 80% of the market out there are photo enthusiasts and do not need the higher cost, higher performance lenses. The pancakes would do most of the job. It's always better to work within your constraints than to focus on the have-nots in your gears.
Fantastic lens for its price. Its size will make it fit into any bag for on the go. Also you can do some decent macro shots with it. If you use any of the EOS R models with an ef adapter you can even use it for full frame without a Problem. Definitely a no brainer to pick this one up.
Watched a lot of reviews of lenses over the years. Yours are short, concise and well done. Especially like the same target being used to show different lenses real world performance. You help a lot Thanks Chris
I picked up one of these during a summer sale, simply couldn’t refuse a 35% discount. I wasn’t sure about how I’d use this lens, as I generally walk around with the EF-S 18-200 or the EF 35mm IS USM, so it sat in my bag for about a month. Then we went on a family vacation, and I decided to give it a proper try. This lens is probably the best daytime street/vacation lens I’ve ever tried, always extremely sharp, useful field of view, quick and quiet AF, small and light, and has nice bokeh if you decide to go really close for a macro shot. If your camera body has digital IS, it can be used for video too. The only real weakness of this lens is that it lacks built in image stabilising, and this, combined with the f2.8 maximum aperture, will make it quite challanging to take handheld pictures after sunset. Absolutely lovely lens for the price, especially if one can catch a nice discount.
I bought this lens and got it as soon as it was released for my Canon t3i and agree with everything you said. It allows me to take pictures of subjects closer to me better than my plastic fantastic 50mm lens does, and it doesn't distort people enough to make it undesirable for that purpose. I got some pretty Bokeh with it when photographing things close up.
Nice review. That lens really is just amazing, we used it mounted on an 80D as main lens for our whole music video. Excellent quality for that price range!
I see Chris as one of the best in terms of review, because he will give details of everything about the lens, and he is very objective, pls keep up the good work :)
This video definitely takes the cake! I was wondering about getting this lens for a better videos in my room. Lighting, and the feeling to being "too close" in my kit lens made me say... THATS IT! lol Thanks for the video ^_^
Excellent review. This lens is now on my shopping list as I have an APS-C camera -Canon 70D- and when using my 50mm sometimes I have to get far away from certain subjects. I´m looking for a lens that is sharper than the 18-135mm kit lens, lighter in weight, affordable and that is as close as a 35mm on a Full Frame Camera. This one seems like a winner! Thanks Christopher.
I got it a few days ago as my first lens for the EOS 70D (didn't buy the kit lens). It's great for street photography - small, and VERY light (body+lens+lens cap=888 grams). Probably the best bang for a buck for Canon, maybe except the Nifty Fifty STM.
HI. I have just tried it with a 13mm wired extension tube on a 5d MK1 and it is a very interesting macro setup with only slight viqnetting in the corners when not focused very close. It is also a good tool to show you how dirty your sensor is.
For some reason, it actually works very well with the 0.64X speedbooster On GH5 even though the lens is an APS-C lens. Have to remove the black plastic piece that prevents mounting on the back.
Holy reviews batman! That was quick also first comment! Thanks, love your reviews. They are less whimsical and quite detailed. Also how is the image quality compared to the 40mm stm?
Great review! I am also interested into a comparison with the 40mm - how is the sharpness and which is the difference in the FOV? I own a canon 100d with a canon 40mm stm, but the FOV is a little bit too narrow for my needs - It is worth it to buy this new lens? Thank you in advance!
Christopher Frost Photography Thanks for the review! Just purchased mine online last night so I still have to wait a week or two but I am now positive I made the right decision. I should have pulled the trigger a month ago when it first became available for pre-order but wasn't sure about it. I can't wait for my lens! Thank you for another great review!
Christopher Frost Photography I did go through your review on the 40mm stm. You were very positive on the performance of the 40 mm lens even wide open. I tried the 40 mm after I saw your video and I was impressed with the results too, which is why I value your opinion on this. You don't seem to extend the positiveness to the 24 mm stm and that leads me to believe that it is not as good as far as sharpness is concerned. They look remarkably similar though so I thought they might share similar optics.What is your opinion when you compare this to the kit 18-55 stm and the 40mm stm in terms of sharpness? Again your videos are amazingly thorough. Keep up the good work...Cheers
The lens can also be used now on Sony E mount with a suitable adapter eg MBones and is a very small package even with the adapter. It is or can be similar to the Sigma 30mm f2.8 or the Samyang 35mm f2.8 which is physically tiny but neither have the close focus ability of the 24. Not sure if the FOV with the slightly more zoomed duo will make up for the close focus ability of the 24mm.
It’s a good lens, I have had mine a few months and does very well even night time with street lighting. A 22mm would be perfect, but this 24mm looks nice and even 38.4mm equivalent with no obvious fisheye on my crop sensor Canon 70d. So it’s for sure a keeper!
I just inherited 2 canon dslr's from my late father. The bodies seem so bulky from the mirrorless sonys that I'm used to.im looking forward to trying this lens to cut down on the size.
Got it today for around 115 £ new. I am done with primes for some time 24, 50 stm and 85 f/1.8 USM are in the bag. 24 stm is little slow AF but nothing problematic. Its more quiet than 50 STM.
Another awesome review. As I have a Pentax camera (and Pentax and Canon share a similar formula for their 40mm pancake) I hope something like this releases for us, too.
I'm still considering to purchase it as an alternative to purchasing a Sony QX10 because I already got the EOS 650D/Rebel T4i. I normally use it for filming trains and train journeys
One thing I still don't get. This lens is optimized for crop sensor cameras, right? Do you still multiply by 1.6? (For canon). Also, great review. Been watching reviews, yours included, about lenses all day. I think I have finally decided to go for this one. I am a beginner photographer, so I want to start with something that doesn't completely break the bank. That'll come later
Yes. the mm focal length translates to field of view(FOV) on a full frame camera (most cameras and lenses indicate effective focal length if mounted on a full frame camera even if they aren't designed to be mounted on full frame, wierd? I know).So on your crop it will look similar to what a 38.4mm lens would on a full frame camera. Also the aperture would need be multiplied by 1.6. so a f2.8 on 1.6x crop has roughly similar depth of field as a f4 on a full frame
Mahanth Kumar Beeraka although this comment is old, this is not true, aperture goes unchanged whether it’s on crop or full frame. The only thing that changes is the focal length due to the crop sensor/full frame.
@@nesswatch7935they’re talking about depth of field alone. It has nothing to do with the amount of light going in to the sensor, of course your shutter will remain at the same speed. But because aps-c covers a smaller area than full frame, to capture the same fov using the same focal length you would have to compensate by standing further back, which makes your depth of field deeper. Similar difference in dof as going from f2.8 to f4, again, on full frame, without changing anything else. Complicated, I know. But this is why full frame is said to give shallower dof, or why aps-c needs faster lenses to match that dof
Great video. That was a really fast turnover time for the video to be made. I'm a little sad the autofocus motor isn't completely silent, or super fast, but it's pretty sharp wide open with low CA, so I'm excited to add this to my bag when I get the chance.
This lens is VERY rugged. I have used it for the last 3 years hiking the desert and mountains surrounding Phoenix Arizona, with no issues. I have dropped the SL1 it is attached to, thrown it in the back of a Subaru, and at a wide range of temperature extremes. All with flawless photos.
I love this little lens. Just slap in on a camera, leave everything else at home (including camera strap) and you are low-key carrying a lot of quality in a very small package.
As a bonus, it works quite well for environmental portraits of my cat!
I have this lens and I really like it. It's so small that it makes my 700D feel like a compact camera that I can take everywhere.
You are definitely my go-to guy on youtube whenever I need info. LOVE your videos. Thank you SO MUCH for this!
i do. i suppose all u need is a hobby tho.
Unfortunately, it is impossible for me to tell. I have no knowledge of your exact intentions towards me and you have not been usefully providing a single detail of said intentions for me to even have the slightest idea what the d means to you.
you're not too bright, are you.
I really love all of your reviews! They are the best on RUclips, in my opinion. I have made so many purchases based on your reviews alone. I really hope posting these reviews are worth your time and good for your business because I selfishly don't want you to stop doing them.
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Nice review. In the future it would be nice if you paused the music when showing the focusing noise while shooting video.
The lens is a prime it doesn't zoom
Maybe he would have said "focusing" :-)
tx, fixed it.
I own this lens for my SL2. I love it. I picked this over a kit lens being my first lens and I'm so glad I got this!
Damn man I love the sl2 kit lens. I'd get both plus three 50mm and a 70-200
@@StarmenRock what do you love about it?
@@cindymeS2 its motorized so its super smooth! For comedic zoom timings its the best,plus it works super well with the autofocus.
There is only about 1 stop advantage compared to the kit lens but there is also often unsaid benefit: your viewfinder will get roughly 1 stop brighter too and it's more pleasant to shoot like that :)
I just bought this one and the 50mm STM f/1.8 for taking photos of my new baby, due soon. :)
Another wonderful review. I love the format and formula you use, and how it's the same in every video. It helps that you take nice pics and seem to have a good idea of how it all works. So many reviews miss important things out, but you do a great job every time.
Been using this lens all week while on vacation in Texas. It's been great for group photos on my 750D/Rebel t6i! Been perfect for grab shots as I walk about the streets too.
Figure 150$ U.S. Brand new.
VERY well made too. Makes the camera look cool and you'll never bash it into any door frames either...
Phil4:13 my friend!
I just got this lens today and tested it. It is sharp, good focusing and makes my 1200D more portable. Its AF is not noisy. At least not on my copy. the chromatic abberation and vignetting are gone with two mouse clicks in Lightroom. It is not as sharp as the Sigma 17-50 F2.8 but still very nice indeed. Greetings from the Netherlands and keep up the nice work. Its very helpful.
I use this on my 80D. My lens says macro on it and I can indeed focus very closely with it. I love this lens.
I just bought a 24mm lens today. This review helped me in choosing so thank you.
So excited for my very first lens outside the standard! So much going back and forth between 50mm, 35mm, offbrand 35mm, etc. and this seems like the best compromise as far as pricing and needs for my 6ti!!
A review very well done, CF. Thank you for that.
I'm a big fan of pancakes. They help in making the leap in taking your gears out for a shoot on any day. Perfect for travels. I would say, 80% of the market out there are photo enthusiasts and do not need the higher cost, higher performance lenses. The pancakes would do most of the job. It's always better to work within your constraints than to focus on the have-nots in your gears.
Fantastic lens for its price. Its size will make it fit into any bag for on the go. Also you can do some decent macro shots with it. If you use any of the EOS R models with an ef adapter you can even use it for full frame without a Problem.
Definitely a no brainer to pick this one up.
Watched a lot of reviews of lenses over the years. Yours are short, concise and well done. Especially like the same target being used to show different lenses real world performance. You help a lot Thanks Chris
I love your voice for you sound so calm and it soothes my ears
I picked up one of these during a summer sale, simply couldn’t refuse a 35% discount. I wasn’t sure about how I’d use this lens, as I generally walk around with the EF-S 18-200 or the EF 35mm IS USM, so it sat in my bag for about a month. Then we went on a family vacation, and I decided to give it a proper try.
This lens is probably the best daytime street/vacation lens I’ve ever tried, always extremely sharp, useful field of view, quick and quiet AF, small and light, and has nice bokeh if you decide to go really close for a macro shot. If your camera body has digital IS, it can be used for video too. The only real weakness of this lens is that it lacks built in image stabilising, and this, combined with the f2.8 maximum aperture, will make it quite challanging to take handheld pictures after sunset.
Absolutely lovely lens for the price, especially if one can catch a nice discount.
I have a Canon 4000d and bought a 50mm and a 24mm. I am very satisfied with my choice.
Would there be a difference in sharpness on on the 70D versus the FF 24mm IS for Canon?
I don't think so. The only noticeable difference would be in stabilization.
Great review Chris! That's the way all review videos should be done: informative, graphically impeccable and decision making helpful. Thanks!
Another super and "focussed" review. Your videos are always so very accurate and a treat. Thank you !
I bought this lens and got it as soon as it was released for my Canon t3i and agree with everything you said. It allows me to take pictures of subjects closer to me better than my plastic fantastic 50mm lens does, and it doesn't distort people enough to make it undesirable for that purpose. I got some pretty Bokeh with it when photographing things close up.
This was so helpful for me, thank you so much!
Great review dude! Especially liked how you showed the increase in sharpness as the lens is stopped down to f/4 or f/5.6.
Nice review. That lens really is just amazing, we used it mounted on an 80D as main lens for our whole music video. Excellent quality for that price range!
I see Chris as one of the best in terms of review, because he will give details of everything about the lens, and he is very objective, pls keep up the good work :)
Thanks man!
Did you know your videos are in the amazon product description? Love your videos I never buy a lens without watching your review. Thanks
Fantastic video man, very well informed and great review.
This is funny since this guy is called Christopher frost. And another Photography channel is called Chris winter. Christopher/Chris Winter/Frost.
This lens is awesome. I did not realise just how much i loved it until I sold it! New one being bought very soon
Excellent video as always, Chris. Looks like a must-have lens for me.
This video definitely takes the cake! I was wondering about getting this lens for a better videos in my room. Lighting, and the feeling to being "too close" in my kit lens made me say... THATS IT! lol
Thanks for the video ^_^
I have this lens and it sits on my camera 90% of the time. It is an awesome little lens and cheap as chips
Thank you for your videos.
Work that you made is very rare material on youtube !!!
Dude the extension tube idea is mint. Thanks for that
Best reviewer on RUclips and nice product placement.
40mm f2.8 STM with a speedbooster in my Canon M50.
Can get 27mm (equivalent) FOV with an F2 aperture.
Excellent review.
This lens is now on my shopping list as I have an APS-C camera -Canon 70D- and when using my 50mm sometimes I have to get far away from certain subjects.
I´m looking for a lens that is sharper than the 18-135mm kit lens, lighter in weight, affordable and that is as close as a 35mm on a Full Frame Camera.
This one seems like a winner!
Thanks Christopher.
Love your reviews honest and reliable. And what a great little lens this is for very little money.
I bought this a while ago and wasn't sure if I liked it. love your review! I will play with it some more and take it with me on my upcoming trip!
THE BEST REVIEW CHANNEL straight to the point!! 🙏👌
awesome little lens, hoping to add one of these to my kit, thanks for the in-depth review and video examples
I got it a few days ago as my first lens for the EOS 70D (didn't buy the kit lens).
It's great for street photography - small, and VERY light (body+lens+lens cap=888 grams).
Probably the best bang for a buck for Canon, maybe except the Nifty Fifty STM.
I watch a lot of your content...this was really helpful and educational regarding the extension tube etc. Thank you !
EXCELLENT REVIEW! thank you!
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Your lens reviews are always helpful before buying. Always love the book choices... lee strobel was my fav so far ;)
Congratulation. This is another great review! I got the 40mm pancake and I love it.
HI. I have just tried it with a 13mm wired extension tube on a 5d MK1 and it is a very interesting macro setup with only slight viqnetting in the corners when not focused very close. It is also a good tool to show you how dirty your sensor is.
The info was magical... I mean.. It was calm and I got what I came for.. Thank you man
damn i love your reviews man they're entertaining and easy to watch keep it up
For some reason, it actually works very well with the 0.64X speedbooster On GH5 even though the lens is an APS-C lens. Have to remove the black plastic piece that prevents mounting on the back.
Thanks for this review! Been waiting for one ever since this lens was announced.
I was umming and arghing. Pulled the trigger after watching your review. Thanks mate.
Your latest subscriber.
Holy reviews batman! That was quick also first comment! Thanks, love your reviews. They are less whimsical and quite detailed. Also how is the image quality compared to the 40mm stm?
Great review!
I am also interested into a comparison with the 40mm - how is the sharpness and which is the difference in the FOV? I own a canon 100d with a canon 40mm stm, but the FOV is a little bit too narrow for my needs - It is worth it to buy this new lens?
Thank you in advance!
Ovidiu Frasie
Check out my review of the 40mm lens, there's tonnes of info on there.
Christopher Frost Photography Thanks for the review! Just purchased mine online last night so I still have to wait a week or two but I am now positive I made the right decision. I should have pulled the trigger a month ago when it first became available for pre-order but wasn't sure about it. I can't wait for my lens! Thank you for another great review!
Christopher Frost Photography I did go through your review on the 40mm stm. You were very positive on the performance of the 40 mm lens even wide open. I tried the 40 mm after I saw your video and I was impressed with the results too, which is why I value your opinion on this. You don't seem to extend the positiveness to the 24 mm stm and that leads me to believe that it is not as good as far as sharpness is concerned. They look remarkably similar though so I thought they might share similar optics.What is your opinion when you compare this to the kit 18-55 stm and the 40mm stm in terms of sharpness? Again your videos are amazingly thorough. Keep up the good work...Cheers
The same problem from me... I own a 40mm and that's way I am interested into a direct comparation between them, from the sharpness point of view.
I just placed in an order for this today! I can't wait to use it!
was it good xdd
great review Chris! love your videos when it comes to my purchases!
Nice comprehensive review Christopher, thanks.
The lens can also be used now on Sony E mount with a suitable adapter eg MBones and is a very small package even with the adapter. It is or can be similar to the Sigma 30mm f2.8 or the Samyang 35mm f2.8 which is physically tiny but neither have the close focus ability of the 24. Not sure if the FOV with the slightly more zoomed duo will make up for the close focus ability of the 24mm.
Thank you. Thinking about adding this lens and your video has sold me on it!
Thinking about picking up the 24mm and 40mm pancake lenses for dolly work on a canon cinema camera with continuous dual pixel auto-focus.
It’s a good lens, I have had mine a few months and does very well even night time with street lighting.
A 22mm would be perfect, but this 24mm looks nice and even 38.4mm equivalent with no obvious fisheye on my crop sensor Canon 70d.
So it’s for sure a keeper!
I don't share your excitement I find this lens very loud on video. Especially with manual focus.
I just inherited 2 canon dslr's from my late father. The bodies seem so bulky from the mirrorless sonys that I'm used to.im looking forward to trying this lens to cut down on the size.
List of pancake lenses for 35mm SLR, RF and mirrorless cameras:
lens-db.com/pancake-lenses/
Christopher, thank you very much for your work! Good Luck!
Just the review I was looking for, Thank you 👌🏼👍🏼
Another very helpful review. Will be bagging this lens for sure!
Yeah the canon's 40 mm was immensely popular ! Thats why its so hard to find in stores or with any users !!
Really Love your Jazz BGM 💕
Your videos have really helped me, thank you and keep up the good work!
Thanks for the awesome work, Christopher! I'll be adding this to my kit for those claustrophobic interior video shoots. ; )
This lens is good enuf for me. Yours and other reviews sold me. Using with 80d
Still shooting with 700D + 24mm pancake (along with kit lenses).
Great review! And you have an excellent speaking voice as well might I add!
Got it today for around 115 £ new. I am done with primes for some time 24, 50 stm and 85 f/1.8 USM are in the bag. 24 stm is little slow AF but nothing problematic. Its more quiet than 50 STM.
Fun little lens. I snagged one up for €75 That's about half of current retail prices in NL.
Loved the review, heading off to buy it now 👍 Thank you.
This is an awesome review Christopher, thanks very much mate. I am using it for videos on my Canon Rebel t3i (EOS 600)
All I can say is that was an AWESOME Chalice !!!!
A very helpful review. Great work 👍
Another awesome review. As I have a Pentax camera (and Pentax and Canon share a similar formula for their 40mm pancake) I hope something like this releases for us, too.
Reminds me a pinhole ...
Thanks alot for awesome reviews , i bought 2 lens based on your reviews and very happy about it
Thanks for the great review, Chris. Cheers
Great review as always!
Great review, thanks for your hard work!
Thank you very much for a very informative and detailed review.
I'm still considering to purchase it as an alternative to purchasing a Sony QX10 because I already got the EOS 650D/Rebel T4i. I normally use it for filming trains and train journeys
Thanks for the excellently done review of this new lens :)
Does this lens do autofocus in video mode on the Canon Rebel EOS t5 (which doesn't autofocus in video mode on it's own?)
This, the 40mm 2.8 STM or the 50mm 2.8 STM?
Khalil Ramos The 50mm f/1.8 STM
Thank you Christopher, very nice video!
There must've been a firmware update that changed the focusing settings, because you can now manually adjust focus on AF and MF modes.
Great reviews !!
Well done videos and amazing organization
One thing I still don't get. This lens is optimized for crop sensor cameras, right? Do you still multiply by 1.6? (For canon).
Also, great review. Been watching reviews, yours included, about lenses all day. I think I have finally decided to go for this one. I am a beginner photographer, so I want to start with something that doesn't completely break the bank. That'll come later
Yes. the mm focal length translates to field of view(FOV) on a full frame camera (most cameras and lenses indicate effective focal length if mounted on a full frame camera even if they aren't designed to be mounted on full frame, wierd? I know).So on your crop it will look similar to what a 38.4mm lens would on a full frame camera.
Also the aperture would need be multiplied by 1.6. so a f2.8 on 1.6x crop has roughly similar depth of field as a f4 on a full frame
Mahanth Kumar Beeraka although this comment is old, this is not true, aperture goes unchanged whether it’s on crop or full frame. The only thing that changes is the focal length due to the crop sensor/full frame.
@@nesswatch7935they’re talking about depth of field alone. It has nothing to do with the amount of light going in to the sensor, of course your shutter will remain at the same speed. But because aps-c covers a smaller area than full frame, to capture the same fov using the same focal length you would have to compensate by standing further back, which makes your depth of field deeper. Similar difference in dof as going from f2.8 to f4, again, on full frame, without changing anything else.
Complicated, I know. But this is why full frame is said to give shallower dof, or why aps-c needs faster lenses to match that dof
This gonna be great with celestial photos
Great video. That was a really fast turnover time for the video to be made. I'm a little sad the autofocus motor isn't completely silent, or super fast, but it's pretty sharp wide open with low CA, so I'm excited to add this to my bag when I get the chance.
very useful review. thanks a lot