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Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM

£406.00

Photo answers rating rating is 4
Owners' rating rating is 4.5

The Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM lens is a quality piece of kit, offering excellent results and solid build-quality.  

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While some macro lens barrels extend alarmingly to focus in really close, the Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM uses an internal focusing mechanism so the lens remains the same length at all times.

Focusing is virtually silent, thanks to the ultrasonic motor (USM), and very accurate with minimal hunting. Usefully, there is a focus limiter, which should save you some time and allows you to choose between the full focusing range (0.31m to infinity) or a reduced range (0.48m to infinity).

The minimum aperture of f/32 also gives you as much depth-of-field as possible. Optical quality is excellent and the solid build-quality inspires confidence.

Users' Overall Rating rating is 4.5(6 reviews)

  • A value for money macro lens

    Benjamin Elliott

    mansfield

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    User's Overall Rating rating is 5

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    Performancerating is 5
    Value for moneyrating is 5
    Build qualityrating is 5
    Featuresrating is 5

    I find this a great macro lens. It's light weight and quick to focus. I find the image very sharp and the f2.8 lens is nice and bright.

    (Written by: BenElliott)

    11 June 2010 14:03

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    asekyd

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    User's Overall Rating rating is 4.5

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    I echo all of the other comments - great lens, quite big and heavy, but the macro and portrait results are excellent. Manual focus is essential as I've found it can hunt a little - and despite the aperture and USM this was definitely not built for fast continous focus work. It is a specialist lens.

    (Written by: asekyd)

    20 February 2009 15:12

  • Fabulous lens

    Julia_E

    HIGH WYCOMBE, UK

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    Super sharp, even wide open. A very versatile lens, not just for macro work. Fast, internal autofocus. For close-up work, I find it easy to focus manually. I often use mine with extension tubes and results are great.

    (Written by: Julia_E)

    19 February 2008 09:41

  • great prime

    beckiscott

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    this was my first prime lens (yes i got it before the nifty fifty!) It awesome - it's so sharp & offers great macro capabilities. Fast & quiet auto focusing and easy to use manual focus. f2.8 is a great wide open aperture, and makes it fast enough for indoor portrait work (although a little long on a crop sensor). I got mine for about £260 which was a bargain! I have used it loads over the past 2 years, and still use it despite now having L lenses in the similar focal range.

    (Written by: beckiscott)

    02 February 2008 23:26

  • Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM

    cham_001

    UK

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    Excellent quality and focuses rapidly on the subject, a great lens for both in-close work and for general portraits. Produces superb results when the Macro Twin Flash MT-24 is attached.

    (Written by: cham_001)

    30 January 2008 12:15

  • An excellent lens

    geeeteee

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    User's Overall Rating rating is 4.5

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    Performancerating is 5
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    I've had this lens for a over year now, the quality is excellent - even when used as a 100mm lens for normal non macro shots, it is very clear and sharp, with plenty of contrast. It has the usual high quality of a Canon lens and excellent quick focussing. Well worth a look!

    (Written by: geeeteee)

    29 November 2007 19:37

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RobS

RobS says

Very Happy with the lens

Have only had the lens for a couple of weeks, but when using it to photograph fast moving dung beetles in Crystal Springs, South Africa was extremely impressed by the speed of focusing and the sharpness of the image using a EOS 20D

04 December 2007 21:23

dennisg

dennisg says

An excellent lens

I use this lens exclusively for portraiture, it gives a razor sharp image belittling it's 'consumer price' and allows tight cropping at a short distance, something the 85mm and 70-200mm L series lens can't do.

04 December 2007 17:58

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