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I was playing with the Canons 24-105 f4 today along with Nikon 24-120 f/4 lens. I am confused on why the Canon gets 4 stars for mechanical and the Nikon gets 4 and a half. If anything, the Nikon ought to be 3 and a half and the Canon 4 and half. Unless of course there is something about the Nikon that I don't know about?

Also, the 2 and a half star rating for the optical, I am not so sure... it has less distortion at the wide end, of course it is countered by pincushion at the long end. the vignetting, unless I am reading the charts wrong, isn't far off than the canons (even considering the extra contrast Canon's Jpegs have).

The bokeh on the Canons seems to be much worse too. The Nikon has a lot of lateral chromatic aberrations, but of course it is easily fixed.



I think should update the ratings (Full frame) to:



Canon 24-105 f/4

Optical: 3

Mechanical: 4 and half

Value: 3 half



Nikon 24-120 f/4

Optical: 3

Mechanical: 3 and half or 4

Value: 2 and half or 3 (due to the price drop)