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Canon EF 100mm f2.8 Macro USM Lens
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Canon EF 100mm f2.8 Macro USM Lens
£629.00
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| Product code | CA32918 |
|---|---|
| Barcode | 4960999214238 |
| Barcode2 | 0082966214233 |
| Weight | 1.5 |
| Brand | Canon |
20 reviews for Canon EF 100mm f2.8 Macro USM Lens
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Maureen Jowett –
As a very amateur photographer, with a keen interest in nature, I did think about this for a while before buying as obviously it’s not that cheap. But I am so glad I did! I used it on a photography day for insects/reptiles and I have to say the detail was fantastic -much better than I was getting with close up filters and a bog standard lens. I also used this for a portrait photography class and managed to take some great pictures – so much so the tutor asked me if I had cropped them at all.I’m not an expert and I still have lots to learn but I love this lens. I can’t wait until the spring when all the insects reappear so I can get back outside to photograph. I’m hoping with the use of a tripod, which I have yet to buy, I will be able to see just how much detail this lens can give. Highly recommend.
William loving –
It’s on Black Friday deals 2017 at 799, but I purchased this lens full price from new (ClickElectronics) a few months ago for £685. So the deal price is £114 more than the normal price? Don’t buy it – wait for a better price.Token review: it’s a great lens, I’m on my second copy in 10 years, wouldn’t swap it for the world. Great for portraits, good in the studio, and wonderful for chasing pieces of dust or bugs if that’s your thing. As for me, this is a no-brainer for weddings and product photography.
Christopher J Milton –
This is a great lens – extremely sharp for macro photography. I toyed with the idea of buying the cheaper (non-L) version and also buying a Canon ring flash but I’m glad that I opted for this lens instead. The image stabilisation is really useful if you want to try to shoot handheld and you can get extremely cheap ring flashes that work really well.You can couple this lens to an extender if you also mount an extension tube between the camera body and lens. The cheapest canon extension tube is fine. This combination can increase the magnification for macro to greater than life size (on the sensor).I picked this up at a promotional price when there was also a cash-back offer from Canon, so it was ridiculously cheap. Definitely pays to watch out for offers, both from ClickElectronics and also from Canon.
Dr. M. –
First of all ClickElectronics are wrong to group all canon 100mm usm together as there is a big price difference between the three versions and I dont see a way of choosing the one I purchased . The superior one is l series and has IS . My budget at the time could not stretch to the more expensive one so I have the one without IS. Despite this its a great lens and i use it lots. Colours and details are fantastic . I wish Id saved up for the more expensive one though but Ill make good use for this now .
Travelgran –
Please note – some of the reviews here are for the non-L macro lens. Just to be clear, this is for the Canon EF 100mm f2.8L Macro IS USM Lens.This is, quite honestly, a stunning lens – and I write as someone who has several L-series lenses. Image quality is startling – better than my go-to EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM; colour rendition faithful and bright. (Of course, it is a prime lens, but even so.)As a walk-around lens, this has performed well for me as a medium telephoto – making me think about composition and using the “foot-zoom” has been fun. It is very well made and solid in feel without being heavy – as you’d expect from an L-series lens, build quality is excellent.But of course it is the macro performance that is the best feature of this lens. Close focus is excellent, and the (supplied) lens hood allows you to get very close to the subject without worrying about contact with the glass – a real benefit of the 100mm macro lens against those with shorter focal lengths. The aperture of 2.8 is fast enough for hand-held performance in decent light – of course, at this aperture depth of field is VERY narrow: see the picture of the caterpillar for an image captured at f2.8; the burnets were captured at f5.6 – you can see the wider depth of field; the (white and pink) Great Masterwort was taken at f20.In short, this is probably my favourite lens. I’d give 6 stars if I could!
Angela Fiore –
Stunning IQ – my favourite L-series lens.
Barb A –
What a lens.The IS helps a lot on this model if you like to wander round the garden (like me) and shoot hand held. Everything is smooth and creamy for macro, and pin sharp if you use it as a general prime lens. Probably one of the most versatile and best quality lens I have used, and I have a few L series lens for my 7D.
Margaret Juanita –
Beautiful lens, makes any shot a bit special. Am using as portrait lens at the moment but looking forward to tryng the macro out…update – having used this lens for a little while now I felt I should expand a little. The image quality is just superb. When I download my pics and go through them I instantly spot ones taken with this lens – even compared to my nice 70-400 f4 L. I guess you’d expect a prime to be very sharp, and it really is, and the bokeh is dreamy. I’m not a pro so don’t have years of experience, or a lot of other lenses, to compare it to, but I can say for sure it’s my favourite lens. I’ve heard good things about the non-L 100mm but never having tried it I can’t say whether it’s worth paying out almost double the money for this beauty… but on it’s own merits I’d say it’s worth every penny. One note of caution – depth of field is *very* shallow if you’re open wide, but I guess you’d expect that.Only played with macro a small amount, but results I got on those occasions were beautiful.A reviewer on here mentioned noisy AF. I haven’t noticed that but it’s not something that is an issue for me anyway. Sometimes I have noticed the AF struggling to seek, but it has been in situations where I would have expected that from any lens – eg close up of plants with many focus points, at many distances.Buy it!
Ecoronado –
Deal price is very bad!
Kmillo –
But I am so glad I did