10D in macrophotography

[Sendide]

hi everybody,
the canon 100mm /2.8 Macro prooved to be one of the best lenses for macrophotography with SLR cameras. its view angle is about 24 degrees in full frame, in 10D , it should be reduced to about 15. did anyone try it with 10D? is the "5X magnigfication" canon 65mm Macro better with a 10D
thx in advance

[Mark_Cohran]

Sure, I use this 100mm f2.8 Macro with my 10D quite a bit. It's an excellent lens with full time manual focus and excellent edge-to-edge sharpness. It has great color rendition and excellent contrast.

Mark

[AndrewEllinas]

this is a fantastic lens. it takes great pics.

don't just take my word for it have a look at http://www.photozone.de/2Equipment/easytxt.htm#F100
where it scores 4.57 (5) = outstanding!

[nucki]

Originally Posted by Sendide

hi everybody,
the canon 100mm /2.8 Macro prooved to be one of the best lenses for macrophotography with SLR cameras. its view angle is about 24 degrees in full frame, in 10D , it should be reduced to about 15. did anyone try it with 10D? is the "5X magnigfication" canon 65mm Macro better with a 10D
thx in advance

sure! the canon 100mm 2.8 Macro is a superb lens! its ratest as one as the sharpest lenses made by canon! Its really at the same level as an Canon L lens. normaly it shoult branded as an L.

sure, the MP65 is also a great lens. but you only can use it for macrowork from 1-5 magnification. I think its more for real extreme macro work. sometimes you maybe dont want a magnification that high. the 100mm can be used as a normal 100mm telephoto as well. so I only can recommend this lens!

best regards
Peter

[figment]

Originally Posted by AndrewEllinas

this is a fantastic lens. it takes great pics.

don't just take my word for it have a look at http://www.photozone.de/2Equipment/easytxt.htm#F100
where it scores 4.57 (5) = outstanding!

Good link.

Sorted by Canon and rating...

Canon EF 2.8 300mm USM L IS 4.82 (2) = outstanding!
Canon TS-E 2.8 90mm 4.72 (2) = outstanding!
Canon EF 2.8 400mm USM L II 4.60 (3) = outstanding!
Canon EF 2.8 100mm Macro 4.57 (5) = outstanding!
Canon EF 2.0 135mm USM LÂ* 4.52 (5) = outstanding!
Canon EF 2.8 300mm USM LÂ* 4.50 (3) = outstanding!Â*
Canon EF 1.8 200mm USM L 4.46 (3) = excellent
Canon EF 1.8 85mm USM 4.45 (5) = excellent
Canon EF 2.8 400mm USM L IS 4.45 (3)Â* = excellentÂ*
Canon EF 2.8 200mm USM L IIÂ* 4.40 (4) = excellentÂ*
Canon EF 2.5 50mm MacroÂ* 4.34 (4) = excellent
Canon EF 4.0 300mm USM LÂ* 4.34 (3) = excellentÂ*
Canon EF 2.8 100mm USM Macro 4.25 (2) = excellent
Canon EF 3.5 180mm USM L MacroÂ* 4.20 (4) = very-goodÂ*
Canon EF 4.0 600mm USM L 4.18 (2) = very good
Canon EF 4.0 70-200mm USM L 4.17 (3) = very-good
Canon EF 2.8 28-70mm USM LÂ* 4.15 (5) = very-goodÂ*
Canon EF 1.2 85mm USM LÂ* 4.12 (3) = very-good
Canon EF 2.8 24-70mm USM L 4.11 (3) = very-good
Canon EF 4.0 600mm USM L IS 4.11 (2) = very good
Canon EF 2.8 70-200mm USM L ISÂ* 4.10 (2) = very-goodÂ*
Canon EF 2.8 80-200mm LÂ* 4.07 (5) = very-goodÂ*
Canon EF 2.8 70-200mm USM LÂ* 4.07 (3) = very-goodÂ*
Canon EF 4.5 500mm USM LÂ* 4.07 (2) = very-goodÂ*
Canon EF 4.0 300mm USM L ISÂ* 4.04 (5) = very-goodÂ*
Canon EF 2.8 16-35mm USM LÂ* 3.97 (3) = very-good
Canon EF 1.4 50mm USMÂ* 3.96 (5) = very-good
Canon EF 4.5-5.6 100-400mm USM L IS 3.94 (5) = very-good
Canon EF 1.8 50mm IIÂ* 3.91 (3) = very-good
Canon EF 1.4 35mm USM LÂ* 3.90 (3) = very-good
Canon EF 2.8 28mm 3.86 (4) = very-goodÂ*
Canon EF 4.0 17-40mm USM LÂ* 3.74 (2) = good
Canon EF 2.8 24mmÂ* 3.70 (3) = good
Canon EF 2.0 100mm USMÂ* 3.69 (3) = good
Canon EF 2.8 135mm Softfocus 3.69 (3) = good
Canon EF 1.0 50mm L USMÂ* 3.64 (3) = good
Canon EF 2.8-4.0 28-80mm USM LÂ* 3.56 (4) = goodÂ*
Canon EF 5.6 400mm USM L 3.56 (3) = good
Canon EF 2.0 35mmÂ* 3.50 (4) = goodÂ*
Canon EF 2.8 14mm USM L 3.44 (3) = good
Canon EF 4.0 400mm USM DO ISÂ* 3.43 (2) = good
Canon EF 2.8 20mmÂ* 3.36 (4) = goodÂ*
Canon EF 2.8 17-35mm USM LÂ* 3.26 (5) = goodÂ*
Canon EF 3.5-5.6 28-135mm ImageStabilizer 3.25 (5) = good
Canon EF 3.5-5.6 35-350mm USM L 3.23 (5) = average
Canon EF 1.8 28mm USMÂ* 3.22 (4) = average
Canon EF 2.8 20-35mm LÂ* 3.22 (3) = averageÂ*
Canon EF 3.5-4.5 20-35mm USMÂ* 3.18 (5) = averageÂ*
Canon EF 3.5-4.5 70-210mm USMÂ* 3.12 (4) = averageÂ*
Canon EF 5.6 100-300mm LÂ* 3.05 (3) = averageÂ*
Canon EF 3.5-4.5 28-105mm USM (II) 3.00 (4) = average
Canon EF 1.4 24mm USM L 2.88 (3) = average
Canon EF 4.5-5.6 80-200mm USMÂ* 2.77 (3) = averageÂ*
Canon EF 4-5.6 28-105mm USM 2.75 (2) = average
Canon EF 3.5-4.5 24-85mm USM 2.73 (4) = sub-average
Canon EF 4-5.6 75-300mm USM ISÂ* 2.62 (5) = sub-average
Canon EF 4-5.6 28-90mm (USM) II 2.52 (2) = sub-average
Canon EF 4.5-5.6 100-300mm USMÂ* 2.45 (4) = sub-averageÂ*
Canon EF 3.5-5.6 28-200mm USM 2.38 (2) = sub-average
Canon EF 4.5-5.6 55-200mm USM 2.35 (3) = sub-average

[DaveG]

Originally Posted by Sendide

hi everybody,
the canon 100mm /2.8 Macro prooved to be one of the best lenses for macrophotography with SLR cameras. its view angle is about 24 degrees in full frame, in 10D , it should be reduced to about 15. did anyone try it with 10D? is the "5X magnigfication" canon 65mm Macro better with a 10D
thx in advance

I like the focal length of the 100 mm macro lens on the 10D. It gives me a fair bit of room to get out of the way, and that's nice when you are trying to light a macro subject with a reflector, or are just trying to stay out of the sunlight. That 65 mm lens is a very specialized lens. It's manaul focus, very expensive, and although I can't find any information on this point, it may not focus to infinity.

[Tom W]

Hey Figment, thanks for compiling that list!

[RichardtheSane]

Originally Posted by nucki

sure! the canon 100mm 2.8 Macro is a superb lens! its ratest as one as the sharpest lenses made by canon! Its really at the same level as an Canon L lens. normaly it shoult branded as an L.

As an interesting note, Canon Professional Service do class the 100mm macro and the 100mm USM macro as professional lenses. An L without the cool red stripe.....

[Jyoti]

I'm currently saving for the 100mm macro. At the mo I use a second-hand 50mm macro + EF25 extender. I just bunged up a new macro gallery here.

[EXA1a]

Originally Posted by Sendide

hi everybody,
the canon 100mm /2.8 Macro prooved to be one of the best lenses for macrophotography with SLR cameras. its view angle is about 24 degrees in full frame, in 10D , it should be reduced to about 15. did anyone try it with 10D? is the "5X magnigfication" canon 65mm Macro better with a 10D
thx in advance

- there are two different lenses: 100/2.8USM macro and 100/2.8 macro. USM is the newer version, is a completely different construction and doesn't have full time manual focus, of course. are you talking about the USM?

- for macro the angle of view doesn't matter. what matters is the magnification and working distance. the 100mm goes to 1:1 whereas the 65mm goes to from 1:1 to 5:1. the working distance of the latter is smaller.

- the 65mm macro doesn't focus to infinity. it's for macro macro only. remember: 1:1 magnification means that a 22mm object fills your frame with the 100/2.8 on a 10D.

hope this helps
--Jens--