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Beautiful lens with a great focal lenth, canon 100mm

Started Sep 19, 2017 | User reviews
imranphotos
imranphotos New Member • Posts: 1
Beautiful lens with a great focal lenth, canon 100mm
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Here are some test shots with this lens.  Great focal length for portraits and obviously a rocking macro lens.

canon 100mm

canon 100mm

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Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Telephoto macro prime lens • Canon EF • 4657A006
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Dave
Dave Veteran Member • Posts: 6,231
Re: Beautiful lens with a great focal lenth, canon 100mm

Amen.

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BlueRay2 Forum Pro • Posts: 14,816
Re: Beautiful lens with a great focal lenth, canon 100mm

i wonder how this lens will fair in IQ next to the "L" version?

mkphoto79 Regular Member • Posts: 450
Re: Beautiful lens with a great focal lenth, canon 100mm

A lot of the reviews I've read say this and the L lens have identical image quality.  The old real notable differences is weather sealing, IS, and off course the price.

This is one lens that is on my radar for sure.

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BlueRay2 Forum Pro • Posts: 14,816
Re: Beautiful lens with a great focal lenth, canon 100mm

mkphoto79 wrote:

A lot of the reviews I've read say this and the L lens have identical image quality. The old real notable differences is weather sealing, IS, and off course the price.

This is one lens that is on my radar for sure.

i am EF 100 is a good lens but i always believe in "L" quality and construction. i was really thinking about getting this lens but i had some extra cash at the time so i opted for zeiss 100 f2.0 makro, which will blow this lens right off the water in IQ, IMO. i have used my zeiss 100 only once for portrait and my jaw almost fell on my knees looking at the out put of this lens! i have no doubt that canon 100 L has an amazing IQ, as well, but unfortunately i haven't used it, yet YMMV.

Abu Mahendra Veteran Member • Posts: 5,312
The L is plenty sharp...
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>> I'm already lovin' my Canon 35IS lens! <<

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Macabron
Macabron Regular Member • Posts: 121
Re: Beautiful lens with a great focal lenth, canon 100mm
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100mm macro, about f8 with flash.

If you can afford it, the L is better just because of the IS and the weather sealing. The IS is extremely useful when doing available light macro.  Optically it is so close as to be irrelevant.  For portraits the canon 100 f2 is better, because it focuses faster, and the 135L is even better for portraits ( faster focus and much nicer bokeh)  and it focuses very close. I realize the Zeiss is sharper, but manual focusing really slows me down. Especially with live creatures (human or otherwise).

Roberto 21 Regular Member • Posts: 221
Re: Beautiful lens with a great focal lenth, canon 100mm

Test shot with the 100 L.

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short243 Veteran Member • Posts: 4,343
Re: Beautiful lens with a great focal lenth, canon 100mm
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Hi, I like it. Not a heavy crop but still cropped. It was a little windy so I cranked up the iso and shutter. Was and are happy.

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Rick Wilkinson
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Dave
Dave Veteran Member • Posts: 6,231
Re: Beautiful lens with a great focal length, Canon 100mm

Do you think you could have gotten in even closer?

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short243 Veteran Member • Posts: 4,343
Re: Beautiful lens with a great focal length, Canon 100mm

Dave wrote:

Do you think you could have gotten in even closer?

Hi, Sure could have.

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Rick Wilkinson
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Karen Schmidt

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