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Canon 100mm

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM

£406.00

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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(3 reviews)

  • Great for macro & portraits

    Benjamin Elliott

    mansfield

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    User's Overall Rating rating is 4.5

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    Performancerating is 5
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    Build qualityrating is 4
    Featuresrating is 4

    A great lens for macro and also light weight for portraits. The large f2.8 is ideal for narrow depth of field. This model lacks IS but non the worse for that.

    (Written by: BenElliott)

    08 September 2010 08:43

  • excellant lens

    kevinarbury67

    User's Overall Rating rating is 5

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    I bought this lens as I wanted to get more into close up photography and portrait work. this lens offers crystal clear shots and as a macro the shots are perfect! I have a range of photos on my site: www.photodevon.com have a look, cheers, K

    (Written by: kevinarbury67)

    10 March 2008 07:20

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    Performancerating is 5
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    I've used this lens for over a year now and it is excellent. The 100mm prime lens is very sharp in it's own right, and with the added bonus of Macro, it's a good purchase.

    (Written by: geeeteee)

    15 December 2007 01:44

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Paul_Sargeant says

I love This Lens

I bought this lens about a month ago and after a bit of practice I'm finally getting the hang of it. It's very sturdy and the picture quality is fantastic (those that aren't are not the fault of the lens!). I paid £345 on warehouseexpress.com and am waiting for my cashback from canon, when that comes in the lens will only have cost £300 and you can't say fairer than that. Amazon were selling it at £360 but the last time I looked it had shot up to £392 so it's worth looking around. Now I think the 50mm might have to follow, if it's as good as the 100mm then I'll be a very happy bunny indeed.

03 May 2008 08:33

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