After more than a year of wanting a macro lens, I finally picking up Canon's 100mm f/2.8L macro lens a couple weeks ago. I've been really happy with the lens thus far. Its uses are obviously more limited than a traditional zoom lens, but what it does, it does very, very well. Taking close-up shots has been fun, and it also works very well for portraits. For close-up shots, it's a very tricky lens to use. Depth of field is very shallow regardless of the aperture setting used, so using a tripod would be ideal to get the best shots possible. I haven't done this yet, however, so it's a good thing that this lens has image stabilization (one of the main reasons I selected it over other models).
I wish I had some more interesting photos to show you, but it's still too early in spring to get many flowers and bugs out. Summer will be better, I'm sure. In any case, enjoy.
The fibers of a towel:
A tree in my front yard:
Now, the same tree close up (the blooming flowers came a week after I took the original shots):
A shrub in my front yard:
A rock:
Christmas lights:
A screen on a window:
A spider in the doorway:
Dandelions:
I mentioned that this lens was great for portraits. This is one of my colleagues with whom I traveled to Las Vegas last week:
Very cool. I've heard that lens is ridiculously sharp. It's definitely on my list. Mushna actually went out and did some macro shooting last year. She had a lot of fun, so I want to get another lens so we can shoot together.
ReplyDeleteIf you get serious enough into macro photography, they have a flash specifically designed for it. It's not cheap by any means, but it's really cool. Flash will help you get a bit more depth of field. If anything, you may consider a 430EX or a 580EX.
I have the 580EX, just haven't tried it in combination with this lens yet. Actually, now that I think about it, it's been a long time since I used it at all. I'll have to pull it out and give it a whirl.
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