Canon EF 100mm 100 f/2.8 F2.8 Macro USM Lens

AnimalRights

Read the Macro section here and various other reviews, final words anyone b4 I order this?
Tis will be my 1st Macro and I need 1:1 for what I want to photo.......
Question also how far is the distance I can get in laymans terms?
Basically I want to photograph some Seagulls from my balcony, they come quite close when we throw down food.
I already own the 50mm 1.4 and 70-200 Canon.
All tips/help muchly appreciated.

JMcL

AnimalRights wrote: »

Read the Macro section here and various other reviews, final words anyone b4 I order this?
Tis will be my 1st Macro and I need 1:1 for what I want to photo.......
Question also how far is the distance I can get in laymans terms?
Basically I want to photograph some Seagulls from my balcony, they come quite close when we throw down food.
I already own the 50mm 1.4 and 70-200 Canon.
All tips/help muchly appreciated.

It's a superb lens, I look for any excuse to use it.

Now your question about distance, I think you may be confusing distance with magnification. The reason that macro lenses go to 1:1 is that they can be focused very closely to the subject. For the Canon 100mm this is around 30cm away. As this is the distance from the subject to the film/sensor plane, in practice the front of the lens will be 10-12cm away from the subject. Frankly, I wouldn't want to be that close to the business end of a seagull! To sum up, if you're say 2m away from the subject, the image recorded with the 100mm macro will be exactly the same size as the 70-200mm zoomed to 100mm

That said, in practice, for something the size of a seagull you won't have to go that close to fill the frame, though you'd still be better off with a bit more distance and the long end of your 70-200 I reckon.

For anything without a sharp beak and bad attitude, and that (from my perspective anyway) doesn't move a lot, the 100mm is a cracking lens.

AnimalRights

Great reply, Thanks!

Borderfox

Super sharp lens and you need no reason to get one.

wersal gummage

did you buy this? how do you find it?

thinking of ordering one at the moment.

kea still the way to go???? its 420 euro at the moment plus whatever delivery is.

sasar

I got this lens around 3 weeks ago. Perfectly happy with it - sharp, fast & well built.

AnimalRights

Wow! This thread is old!!
I bought it and I loved it!
But...I have not got round to using it enough, which is 100% my fault, I own too many lenses!!

Paulw

AnimalRights wrote: »

Wow! This thread is old!!
I bought it and I loved it!
But...I have not got round to using it enough, which is 100% my fault, I own too many lenses!!

Too many lenses? Is there such a thing??

I must say, like you, I have this lens. It is a brilliant lens, great for portraits and wonderful macro. I also don't make enough use of it.

wersal gummage

thanks for all the replies.

think i'll get the lense

AnimalRights

I bought my 8th lens yesterday....
70-200L IS f4
Far lighter than the 2.8 version and it fits into my Camera bag too!
2 small things I was slightly disappointed with were the focus ring is looser than any other lens I own and also the macro capabilities (1.2)....You cannot take a photo of something unless it's back a bit, for instance the person sitting next to me in the pub had to move back about 3-4 persons width before the picture would take.

Borderfox

I thought you would have gone with the 24-70L Janer? minimum focusing distance is a bit of a pain with some of the lenses but with the 70-200 at least you can zoom in

AnimalRights

24-70L I've given much though too but in the end the 24-105L IS better suits my needs, it does gig photography and it has IS and the better reach, it's also lighter!