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100mm f/2.8 macro - repair or just replace?

Started Apr 5, 2014 | Questions thread
Lemming51
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Re: 100mm f/2.8 macro - repair or just replace?

Will CH wrote:

... So, yesterday I became aware of the fairly noticeable chromatic aberration with one of my photos taken with the 100mm. I also noticed that Lightroom has been using the wrong default lens profile. It has been using the 100mm f/2.8 not the 100mm f/2.8 Macro.

? All three of the EF 100 f/2.8, EF 100 f/2.8 USM, and EF 100 f/2.8L IS USM lenses are Macro.

Even when I manually adjusted the lens profile it did not change the amount of fringing. It is quite severe. So I went back through all my digital photos that I have shot with this lens and it I was able to detect fringing (viewed at 1:1) on ALL the photos. It does not matter what type of lighting or what aperture I used. I was truly surprised and even more surprised that I somehow didn't notice it until now.

Is it worse than demonstrated in this review?

http://www.photozone.de/canon_eos_ff/489-canon_100_28_5d?start=1

Is it noticeable in your pics when viewed/printed normally and not looking for it by viewing at 1:1?

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