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Canon 28 105mm f3.5

Canon 28 105mm f3.5

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Synthesized from 15 reviewer sources · Analysis as of Sep 1, 2026 (today)

What do reviewers say about the Canon 28 105mm f3.5?

As of September 2026, among the 15 reviews we compiled, optical performance drew the most discussion: 80 claims from 14 of them, which we read as 29% positive, 17% neutral, 54% negative.

Synthesized from 15 reviewer sources for Canon 28 105mm f3.5. Optical performance draws the most discussion: 23 positive, 14 neutral, and 43 negative across 80 sentiment markers. The most criticism lands on AF for video: 34% positive, 33% neutral, 33% negative across 15 claims.

What are the Canon 28 105mm f3.5 specifications?

Focal Length Mm105 mm
Max Aperturef/3.5

specs: designation

What do reviewers praise and criticize?

Optical Performance
23 pos · 14 neu · 43 neg
“The sharpness at the corners is pretty bad.” — Juljan Skurani
Build Quality
3 pos · 0 neu · 4 neg
“build quality the 28 through 105 wins by far there's no doubt about that is a much better built lens than the 50 millimeter F 1.8 now the 50 is often called The Plastic Fantastic because it is one of the most plasticky lenses Canon has ever released now that's not necessarily a bad thing that makes…” — JordanPhotoAudio
Mount Compatibility
6 pos · 10 neu · 2 neg
“uh they're actually worth using on an RF Mount camera cuz if you can get a cheap body you know a secondhand R8 like this or R6 even if you want to go crop get an r10 r100 or something like that then you can get these lenses Dirt Cheap so we'll go take some images see what we get” — Grandads Reviews
Price & Value
14 pos · 8 neu · 5 neg
“Check out the video description for updated price.” — MR-Max Tube
Weight & Portability
4 pos · 3 neu · 2 neg
“not a bad range and look how small it I mean it's on a viltrox adapter so I can use it on my Sony a7r II but uh but it's relatively small said you know small lightweight I mean it's not super light or anything but you know it's uh it's definitely lighter than a 70 to 200 or a” — Modesty Photography with Dr. Scott

More detail — 9 additional axes
Distortion
0 pos · 1 neu · 4 neg
“couldn't shoot with that lens anymore but I've also kept my R5 because it's such a good platform for adapting vintage lenses but this 28 to 105 does not suffer from that kind of distortion as far as I can tell I am shooting it on an apsh so slightly cropped sensor camera I wonder how much of a…” — Nicholas Hornbrook
Vignetting
0 pos · 5 neu · 2 neg
“move on and look at vignetting and Distortion they are most notable on a fullframe camera so that's where I'll be testing at 28 mm the lens suffers from some very strong Barrel Distortion indeed at f3.5 unsurprisingly the corners are not ably dark you'll want to use peripheral illumination on your…” — Christopher Frost
Chromatic Aberration
0 pos · 0 neu · 2 neg
Bokeh
1 pos · 1 neu · 3 neg
Color Rendition
1 pos · 0 neu · 1 neg
Filter Thread
0 pos · 1 neu · 0 neg
Dimensions
0 pos · 2 neu · 1 neg
Handling
2 pos · 0 neu · 0 neg
AF Noise
3 pos · 2 neu · 1 neg

Which reviews is this based on? (15)

Every claim above traces to these original reviews. We don't write opinions — we synthesize theirs.

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