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p.2 #1 · Lanthar 125 Macro vs. Canon 100 v2

I can't tell you about the Canon because I've never shot with it. According to the reviews it will probably show a lot more nasty.
I can tell you that the APO Lanthar has the best CA correction of any lens I've ever used.
There might be some select few photagraphic lenses which are better corrected (fully symmetrical large format/enlarger lenses) but the CV is really really good.
It is impeccable on the focus plane anyway:

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edit: make sense of what I wrote

Nov 02, 2009 at 08:24 PM

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p.2 #2 · Lanthar 125 Macro vs. Canon 100 v2

MichaD wrote:
Not to rain on anyone's parade, but the Lanthar isn't CA-free. Just very very well corrected. Torture it enough and it will show you the nasties.

Wide open, fully blown background and far oof:

I really ought to prepend "virtually", by default, when I make that statement.

Nov 02, 2009 at 08:54 PM

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p.2 #3 · Lanthar 125 Macro vs. Canon 100 v2

How does the lanthar 125 compare to the canon 90 TS-E with extension tube? Now that the lanthar has been discontinued, the price is getting up there with the TS-E.

Nov 03, 2009 at 02:31 AM

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p.2 #4 · Lanthar 125 Macro vs. Canon 100 v2

I have not used the two lenses featured in this debate. I have used the 90 TS-E. Great lens. The TS-E function puts it over the top of both the Lanthar and the 100v2 in my book.

I also use the EF 100/2 with the Canon extension tube all the time and it works great for many macro or closing focusing needs.

Nov 03, 2009 at 03:00 AM

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p.2 #5 · Lanthar 125 Macro vs. Canon 100 v2

cogitech wrote:
I think the option of taking CA-free photos is more practical than AF or IS combined. Hands down.

O.K. I guess we'll have to agree that we don't agree.

But please indulge my curiosity: Why does something that is so easily correctable in PP bothers you so much?

Happy shooting,
Yakim.

Nov 03, 2009 at 01:14 PM

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p.2 #6 · Lanthar 125 Macro vs. Canon 100 v2

Yakim Peled wrote:
cogitech wrote:
I think the option of taking CA-free photos is more practical than AF or IS combined. Hands down.

But please indulge my curiosity: Why does something that is so easily correctable in PP bothers you so much?

LoCA cannot be corrected in PP and lateral CA (which can be software-corrected) usually isn't much of a problem on macro lenses anyway.

So I agree with Paul.

Nov 03, 2009 at 02:35 PM

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p.2 #7 · Lanthar 125 Macro vs. Canon 100 v2

AhamB wrote:
Yakim Peled wrote:
cogitech wrote:
I think the option of taking CA-free photos is more practical than AF or IS combined. Hands down.

But please indulge my curiosity: Why does something that is so easily correctable in PP bothers you so much?

LoCA cannot be corrected in PP and lateral CA (which can be software-corrected) usually isn't much of a problem on macro lenses anyway.

So I agree with Paul.

Well, technically, it can be corrected by simply de-saturating by 100% or switching to greyscale.

Nov 03, 2009 at 02:48 PM

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p.2 #8 · Lanthar 125 Macro vs. Canon 100 v2

O.K. I give up. I just wonder how many would consider the Canon as the more practical lens and how many would consider the Lanthar as the more practical one.

Happy shooting,
Yakim.

Nov 03, 2009 at 03:21 PM

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