Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6L IS USM

Thanks sth, on the dragon no, yes the 20mm for the grasshopper. He was at most 1 inch long and about .5" tall, but our lens nailed it.

MFD of the lens is just under 4 feet. So yes for closeup it can be pretty good. Not true macro though.

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you have really got the close-up use of this lens nailed down Bobobird, these are first rate results

indeed - its encouraging for the rest of us

Great close ups!! I am starting to wonder why I am keeping my 100 macro!

Thanks oldcanon, Will and Sebastien.

Seb - the 100 will let you catch much greater detail. But then I have not tried stacking all 3 tubes to see what ours gets.

And I have seen people using the full stack of tubes on a 100 so...

bobobird wrote in post #13108062
Seb - the 100 will let you catch much greater detail. But then I have not tried stacking all 3 tubes to see what ours gets.

I rarely need 1:1 macro, so the 100 is staying at home most of the time. I keep it for the very few times I need to get closer and because it sells really cheap since the 100L is out.

I don't seem to find any date code on this lens, did Canon ditch the date code markings?
G2

I believe its now just a code - near the end cap... unless that is the serial #

Gary W. Graley wrote in post #13110908
I don't seem to find any date code on this lens, did Canon ditch the date code markings?
G2

Gary W. Graley wrote in post #13110908
I don't seem to find any date code on this lens, did Canon ditch the date code markings?
G2

Canon did away with the date codes recently. They still use serial numbers, but I don't think that there are date codes on the new lenses. I really don't understand why, because I always felt like this was an easy way to see how old a lens was when buying used. Maybe they are just trying to get us to stop buying used equipment

a bit more playing with close ups (- next on buying list extension tubes)

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So it is a slow lens - but it does focus well at low light
my wife brought flowers for the weekend - so i tried to shoot at night - no special lighting hand held ISO 6400 Tv: 1/100 (FL 104)
some NR applied with photo-shop (and yes there is a bit of grain if you view at 100%)

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As long as you point to something with a bit of contrast it will focus very fast.

Bobobird on the grasshopper shots (very nice !!) - any post processing (crop NR WB etc)?

Thanks omer.

Yes the usual - mostly defaults in ACR, some levels adjustments, a bit of touching up, NR, sharpening and crop.

He was only about an inch long.