DPReview.com is closing April 10th - Find out more

60mm/2.4 vs Canon macro vs future Fuji macro?

Started Aug 8, 2017 | Discussions thread
Peter Foiles
Peter Foiles Senior Member • Posts: 2,389
Re: 60mm/2.4 vs Canon macro vs future Fuji macro?

pauldb126 wrote:

Sjak wrote:

Peter Foiles wrote:

Why the "only 2.8" comment, there are very few macro lenses that are faster than 2.8 and you will be more concerned about stopping down for dof in any event.

Indeed; on the 2nd pic I posted above, shot at 2.8, only the eyes of the fly are in focus.

If I wanted to get a complete fly in focus, I needed to step down for a pic of fly+flower, which was taken a bit later at (I think) 5.6 or 8.

By "only 2.8", I'm guessing the OP was referring to the fact that it's a Canon EF lens used via an adapter and so s/he would be unable to change the aperture.

Ahh, you are right, I hadn't read it that way. Lack of aperture control would be a complete non-starter for me.

 Peter Foiles's gear list:Peter Foiles's gear list
Sony a1 OM-1 Fujifilm X-H2S Fujifilm X-H2 Sony a7R V +23 more
Post (hide subjects) Posted by
(unknown member)
Keyboard shortcuts:
FForum PPrevious NNext WNext unread UUpvote SSubscribe RReply QQuote BBookmark MMy threads
Color scheme? Blue / Yellow