CANON MACRO LENS 100MM MANUAL
When shooting at macro distances, manual focus will often work best. The available settings are 1' - 1.6' (.3m. I can let part of my fingers drag to the side of the ring (on the barrel) to add a variable amount of damping to the movement. I find the flush-mounted focus ring to be especially useful when fine-tuning manual focus. The focus ring is nicely placed and sized - and is very smooth with no play (even smoother with less play than the original EF 100mm macro). The Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM Macro Lens' AF is powered by Canon's excellent Ring USM (Ultrasonic Motor).ĪF is internal, fast, quiet and accurate (the original 100 macro was very similar in this regard).įTM (Full Time manual) focusing is provided. This is an easy-to-use and easy-to-take-with-you size and weight. Though it gained IS, weather sealing and L-designation over the non-IS 100mm macro lens, the 100 L IS macro gained almost no size or weight. Review a size/weight comparison chart below. If you don't like the hood, you can always remove it.
On the other hand (and more importantly), because of its shape, the lens hood is very protective and very useful for this lens.Įspecially at short macro subject working distances - though the lens hood is easy to bump or scare the subject with at these short distances. The long, narrow installed hood (included) makes it very difficult for me to access the lens cap.Īdjusting a circular polarizer inside the hood is nearly impossible as your hand completely blocks the light.
CANON MACRO LENS 100MM UPDATE
What isn't new is the old standard Canon side-pinch-only lens cap.Ĭanon really needs to update this design to the center-and-side-pinch caps used by most competitors. This finish is definitely more scratch resistant - or scratch hiding at least. Keeping them looking pristine is near impossible for any lens that gets much use. The second thing I noticed upon taking the 100 L out of the box was the textured Canon ET-73 lens hood.Ĭanon's smooth, shiny hoods have long been scratch and fingerprint magnets. You are not bumping the lens into the subject by adjusting focus.
When focusing at the very close MFD (Minimum Focus Distance) of a macro lens, this is a great feature. Obvious from the above images, this lens does not move with focusing (and filters do not turn). Have a look (use the mouseover links below the lens image) and compare this lens to others: The 100 L Macro is very comfortable to hold and use. I like the smooth, straight design of this lens - including the flush-mounted switches. The attractive finish helps with the quality feel.īuild quality overall is very good - and includes weather sealing. So, the 100 IS macro lens does not have that cold, hard feel, but it feels solid nonetheless. The focus ring, lens mount and name plate are made from aluminum, and other parts are basically made with engineering plastic." (Chuck Westfall, Canon USA) "The official reply from Tokyo is as follows: What I first noticed upon taking the Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM Macro Lens out of the box was that the body was not made of the normal-for-an-L-lens metal. The estimated street price was not bad for a 2009-era L lens either. This lens promised to be extremely sharp even wide open. I don't regularly include Canon's theoretical MTF charts in the reviews, but this one is drool-worthy. My less-enthusiastic-than-they-should-have-been expectations were lifted by the fact that this was an L lens.Īnd, the Canon MTF chart (the higher the lines, the better the expected image quality) was looking great.
While it has great build and image quality, could really use a new AF system - and IS would be especially helpful at this longer focal length.Īlas, Canon has delivered us another 100mm macro lens. The Canon EF 180mm f/3.5L USM Macro Lens, With fast AF and excellent image quality. The current-at-review-time Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM non-IS Macro Lens was already a great lens What surprised me was that it was a 100mm lens. That Canon introduced a new macro lens in the second half of 2009 was no surprise -Ī prior press release announcing the new HIS (Hybrid Image Stabilization) set our expectations for such an announcement. The 100 L was mounted to a Canon EOS 5D Mark II.
CANON MACRO LENS 100MM ISO
The above hoarfrosted leaf was captured handheld (1/25 sec, f/2.8, ISO 100) between very strong wind gusts at the top of Cadillac Mountain (Maine). It combines excellent image quality with a useful focal length, a relatively small/light body,įast/quiet AF with 1:1 (1x) macro capabilities - and HIS (Hybrid Image Stabilization). The Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM Macro Lens is an extremely fun lens to use.
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