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Jan 23, 2017 06:01 |  #1

Anyone have some portrait shots taken with the 180mm canon macro they could share. Any performance comments about using this lens for portrait/macro?




  
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Jan 26, 2017 18:31 |  #2

It's brutally sharp, which is not always ideal for portraits.


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Jan 26, 2017 18:56 |  #3

Here is an example, with a detail crop to illustrate the resolution, taken on 7D (so full frame would look sharper still):

IMAGE: http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i192/garlicpickle/lr1small-3019_zpsup4ny5g5.jpg

IMAGE: http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i192/garlicpickle/lr1smallcrop-3019_zpsnkb6j5uc.jpg

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Jan 26, 2017 21:03 |  #4

This is a portrait taken with it...

IMAGE: https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5093/5585285923_f2d1d237aa_b.jpg

Here's another...

IMAGE: https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5029/5601037665_0207e66381_b.jpg

But if you mean portraits of people, I'm afraid I don't have any. It would be one of the last lenses I'd choose for people pics.

Great lens, but it's rather long focal length for people... On full frame 135/2L is my preferred "long portrait" and I use 85/1.8 as "short portrait". (On APS-C I use the 95mm and a 50/1.4.)

The 180 macro also is pretty slow focusing.... probably would be okay for posed portraits, but might miss candids.

It's just the nature of macro lenses that have to focus all the way from infinity to 1:1 that their focus is relatively slow. It's also slower by design... "long throw'" focus that emphasizes precision over speed.... shallow depth of field makes focus accuracy pretty important.

Finally, it's an f3.5 lens. That's fine for macro, but for people portraits, there are times I'd rather have a lager aperture.

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