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R7 and Macro

Started 1 month ago | Questions thread
koenkooi Contributing Member • Posts: 920
Re: R7 and Macro

dwkdnvr wrote:

Steve Balcombe wrote:

I see you've used Olympus before - it would definitely be worth checking out the OM-1 before you decide. More expensive though.

It really does seem that the R7 and OM-1 are the 2 bodies to look at if you're considering the areas where crop has advantages or at least where the downsides are mitigated - telephoto/wildlife and macro. The OM-1 is more expensive, but has the very good Oly 60mm macro available which evens out the pricing if you're pairing the R7 with either of the 100mm lenses.

I'm considering the R7 + RF 100-400 + a macro, but was considering the EF-S 60mm on an adapter. Probably not close to the performance of the 100's, but at $300-ish used it's an easier first step and it does seem to be one of the better regarded EF-S lenses.

My copy of the EF-S 60mm is sharper than my (now sold) copies of the EF100 non-L and EF100L, when used on an M6II. I sadly didn’t compare it to the RF100L when I rented an R7.

The EF-S 60mm is an older lens, from a time where Canon had significant copy to copy variations, so YMMV.

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