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reviewswhat are people saying
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars by 443 users at B&H Photo Video |
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"I was hesitant at first, but after using this lens, I am amazed. For my first macro, I love it! For the money I paid for it, couldn't possibly do any better. Lightweight and fast."
"This lens is super fast and silent while focusing, but more importantly accurate as well. It is unbelievably sharp a few stops under wide open."
"The lens is slightly on the heavy side so I would recommend the collar for the tripod mount to correctly balance the camera during use (more than likely my next purchase)."
compatibilitywith digital cameras
Full frame
This lens is compatible with Full frame cameras such as the Canon 6D, Canon 5D Mark III and Canon 1D X.
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APS-C (1.6x crop factor)
This lens is compatible with APS-C (1.6x crop factor) cameras such as the Canon T3i, Canon 60D and Canon T4i.
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Pros
The Canon 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro vs other Canon EF (Full-frame) lenses
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The Canon 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro vs other Canon EF (Full-frame) macro lenses
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Cons
The Canon 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro vs other Canon EF (Full-frame) lenses
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DiscussionWhat do you think about the Canon 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro lens?
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A very important thing to understand about lenses is that the "big number" you see isn't "how big" the lens is, but its "focal length" which can be overly simplified as describing how much zoom or magnification this lens provides. There are always trade offs though, because the "shorter the lens" (the smaller the focal length) the more distortion from the lens (so if you look at really wide angle lenses such as "fish eye" lenses you will see that taking pictures of people results in clown faces where there nose is huge).
However, you are still correct about these two lenses being different sizes. One has a 52mm "filter size" while the other is 58mm, which affects how big the lens is in diameter and will affect what filters you can screw onto the front.
Finally, there is one last super important detail about these two lenses that make them really different. One is has a EF camera mount (the 100mm one) while the other has a EF-S camera mount (the 60mm one). The EF-S mount will only mount onto the newer Canon digital cameras, while the EF mount will allow you to use this lens on both the new Canon digital cameras, as well as older digital and film cameras from Canon. So for my Canon 10D, I would have to choose the 100mm, as my camera doesn't support the EF-S mount, but if you had a Canon 20D, then you could choose either one.
So what is the difference then?
1. The pictures with have a different perspective. E.g. if you take a picture of a building at a wide angle focal length (say 20mm) the lines on the building won't be straight, whereas at 200mm they would be. So there will be some subtle difference in perspective at 60mm vs 100mm, this means you subject will look slightly different. Longer focal lengths distort less, so the 100mm might be slightly more pleasing to the eye.
2. If you keep the aperture the same, you'll have a narrower depth of field with the 100mm lens than the 60mm lens. Usually this creates a nice effect of blurring the background, but when taking macro shots my experience has been that you want the widest possible depth of field to ensure you subject (say a flower or insect) is completely in focus.
Again, this won't be a big difference, both are fairly long focal lengths, and will both have TINY depths of field when taking close up pictures.