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noncho
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Location: Bulgaria
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Review Date: Dec 23, 2012
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $350.00
| Rating: 10
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Superb image quality, color, contrast, compact size.
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Amazing little lens, maybe the best EF-S in terms of image quality.
Very useful for macro, nature, landscapes, concerts, portraits...
I like to shoot hand held and with 60mm is easier than with 100(or longer) macro. Also you have larger DOF, better for close macro.
This lens now is my standard for image quality.
Here are some pictures with it:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13193172
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12790353
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14092713
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 Dec 23, 2012
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Gunzorro
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Registered: Aug 27, 2010
Location: United States
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Review Date: Sep 26, 2012
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $350.00
| Rating: 10
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An absolute gem! Amazing IQ -- super sharp. Magnification slightly beyond 1:1! Possibly the very best APS-C lens Canon makes with regard to IQ.
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None
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I sold this after buying the 100L IS for my full frame gear -- this was redundant at the equivalent of 96mm, without IS. But if I hadn't bought the 100L, I would have keep this lens. I miss it, but wouldn't use it enough.
I think this lens has the best IQ of any Canon APS-C lens.
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Sep 26, 2012
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Fred Meebley
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Registered: Dec 26, 2006
Location: United States
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Review Date: Jul 9, 2011
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 10
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Great optics, accurate auto focus, discreet,
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none given the small size and moderate price
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My favorite lens for portrait photography and around the house snapshots. It is small and black and doesn't draw attention which makes for easy candid shots. It takes sharp photos which helps make photos pop. The auto focus is accurate and plenty fast for me. I bought it instead of a 50mm and sometimes wish it had a bigger aperture. I don't mind using high ISO or flash in low light as a trade-off for awesome optical performance.
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Jul 9, 2011
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Hank Endzelis
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Location: United States
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Review Date: Apr 8, 2011
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 10
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Sharp, light, and fast, .........did I mention sharp?
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None, other than IS would be nice
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With my 7D this little lens is the sharpest I've ever owned, compared to the 50f/1.4, 85f/1.8 and both versions of the 100f/2.8 macro. Although not an L, I was also impressed with it's build.
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Apr 8, 2011
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packpe89
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Registered: Mar 5, 2004
Location: United States
Posts: 477
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Review Date: May 17, 2010
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 10
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Small, Sharp, Good AF
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EF-S mount
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I like to pair this with a Sigma 30/1.4 for a great small travel & portrait combo. Very Sharp and versital. Great for macro (obviously) as well as head and shoulder portraits.
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May 17, 2010
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aero_ub
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Location: United States
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May 5, 2010
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Ulan
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Location: Belgium
Posts: 98
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Review Date: Dec 5, 2009
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 10
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Impressive sharpness, very good AF, well built
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none
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I bought this lens today. Usually I wait one or two months before posting a review about a lens. But this one conquered me very quickly : pictures are dam sharp, so sharp. I must say I just recently got a Canon 7D and have been using it with other lenses such as EFS 17-55 or EF 70-200 IS 2.8. Results are OK with the gear, but I wanted another sharp one. So I read a lens review by "Chasseur d'images" and Canon's 60mm macro was strongly recommended. Now I understand why.
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Dec 5, 2009
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Sobax
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Location: Canada
Posts: 365
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Review Date: Nov 2, 2009
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $500.00
| Rating: 10
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Amazing lens, super sharp, great contrast, great price.For macro and portraits super lens!
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Cons:
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EF-S not EF
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If you like to take a look , how amazing this lens is....300 macro pics taken with that lens in my macro gallery:
http://www.pbase.com/sobax/macros
Thank you.
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Nov 2, 2009
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MacHeadCase
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Location: Canada
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Sep 22, 2009
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platypus
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Location: United Kingdom
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Review Date: Aug 24, 2009
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 10
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Razor sharp! Small and light, great wide open, internal focus, handy focal length on crop body.
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No negatives. OK, wider aperture would be nice
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Wow- I've seen the light. The only prime I had used for years was the EF 50mm Mk1 which had a lovely sweet spot at middle apertures. This baby is so sharp wide open I think it out-resolves the sensor on my 40D. As another reviewer has noted, it's almost too sharp for portraiture. Haven't had the chance to take many macro shots yet, can't find my tripod 
Close-ups taken so far show it's great wide open near focus too.
This has to be one of Canon's finest. Recommended.
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Aug 24, 2009
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JRKO
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Location: United Kingdom
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Review Date: Aug 13, 2009
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 9
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Very small - becomes a 96mm f2.8 on a crop frame - fast - great bokeh - super sharp
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not for FF bodies
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I really miss mine - I had it with a 350D and used it for portraits as well as standard macro work. Now I'm FF I had to choose another macro lens....
The fast aperture allows for great selective focus by way of depth of field and the amount of detail it can retrieve is stunning. A great way into the world of macro photography....
The flower was taken from a tripod and shows how shallow the DOF is. The extremities of the petals are out of focus but the centre of the flower is sharp!
http://jrko.zenfolio.com/p922298177/h1c082c24#h1c082c24
This fly was taken at 1/1600 handheld using a quick burst to try to get the shot before if buzzed off!
http://jrko.zenfolio.com/p922298177/h1c082c24#h15c104c1
Buy it - enjoy it - keep it
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Aug 13, 2009
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bradc
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Location: Canada
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Review Date: Aug 10, 2009
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 10
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Size, image quality, USM focus
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EF-S only, subject distance
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It is hard to complain about this lens, it delivers sharp shots and doubles as a good portrait focal length with nice blur and a wider aperture. Compared to the 50mm Macro it is no contest (being USM and modern construction) unless you have a full frame camera.
I use it a lot for product / stock photography and it works great for that purpose, and the USM focusing can usually keep up with moving kids. That said the focusing doesn't feel as fast as non macro lenses with USM that I've used.
The only big negative is if you wanted to use this for outdoor or insect type macro photography (non still life). It just requires you get too close to the subject. I got this Macro out of Canon's lineup for the opposite reason - I want to not be so far away for what I do and 100mm or 180mm is too long for a portrait lens for me on a crop body. The 60mm is nice and small, lightweight, but feels well built.
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Aug 10, 2009
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robbrowett
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Location: United Kingdom
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Review Date: May 27, 2009
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 9
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Excellent build quality, sharp, vivid images. Much cheeper than Ef-100 macro.
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Slow autofocus but then again it is a macro lens! Only EF-S mount.
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I have had this lens for a while but only really started using it with anger lately. It's wonderfully sharp. Build quality is excellent and the lens is fairly heavy. Quality feels solid, much better than other lenses I have such as EF-50mm f1.8.
Takes good portraits as the DOF is excellent.
I've used it successfully with a variety of extension tubes and the AF worked consistently with them all.
I find the autofocus is a little slow and the lens can hunt around a bit when trying to focus on small objects but I usually use MF mode when shooting macro anyway.
I've posted a couple of shots to show the quality and will add more soon. All I need now is a ring flash!
Look under the Macro section.
http://www.robbrowett.net/gallery/home/Default.aspx?action=gallery
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May 27, 2009
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stephenWsmith
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Location: Canada
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Review Date: Apr 5, 2009
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $325.00
| Rating: 10
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sharp, fast focus, small, light, amazing.
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Great lens not only for macro.
fast, light, sharp, quick, fast focus
all in all its a great lens, perfect for crop bodies.
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Apr 5, 2009
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mckenzy
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Location: Singapore
Posts: 5
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Review Date: Mar 3, 2009
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Recommend? no |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 6
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lightweight. good focal length for crop bodies
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not as sharp as EF100mm. colours not as contrasty as EF100mm
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After selling off the EF100mm f/2.8 macro which was too heavy to handhold for macro shots, i replaced it with this.
shot this side by side with a Leitz 60mm f/2.8
Positives:
its light, you can handhold macro shots. okay for portraits but not great. AF is fast enough even though its a macro. bokeh is nice
Negatives:
EF-S
Colours quite muted.
abit short for a macro unless you just take still life
not sharp wide open unlike the EF100mm
given a choice i would get the EF100mm again if i was just focussing on macro...
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Mar 3, 2009
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Photograff
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Location: Russia
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Review Date: Feb 11, 2009
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $390.00
| Rating: 10
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Super fast AF, sharpness, compact, colors, very good for non macro
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Supports only EF-S bodies
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For that money which I it have bought an excellent lens! Ate to it to add IS that was simply super! Sharpness at this lens amazing! It is possible to speak long, to see is better
http://www.bfoto.ru/bfoto_ru_79.php
http://www.bfoto.ru/macro.php
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Feb 11, 2009
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