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ontime
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Location: United States
Posts: 1993
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Review Date: Jan 18, 2006
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Sharp, sturdy build, price
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AF hunts in certain situations, lens hood sold separately (wtf), tripod ring expensive, where's the red ring?
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Excellent, excellent lens. Highly recommended. Wow.
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 Jan 18, 2006
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Daguerre999
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Location: Australia
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Review Date: Jan 7, 2006
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Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 8
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The best Macro lens ever??? Perfect for FF or 1.6 crop. Film or digital. Does what it says on the box.
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Slightly flare-prone and needs hood for non-macro shots. Should come with tripod collar.
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This lens delivers exceptional results as either a dedicated Macro or medium telephoto / portrait. Beautifully built and well balanced on my 30D & EOS 5. Like any dedicated lens, it takes a bit of work to get most out of it, but you will not be dissapointed. Buy one!
Bought recently & happily from addy616 on FM  .
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Jan 7, 2006
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smac
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Location: United States
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Review Date: Dec 10, 2005
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Price paid: $469.00
| Rating: 10
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I'm on my 3rd one of these. The 1st was non-USM and didn't find it's way to my bag very often. The 2nd was sacrificed to make room for the EF-S 60mm (great lens!). But now I'm back to FF and this lens (#3) has taken on a new life. It is superb! I will never part with it (until IS comes along) and it goes with me everywhere. The benchmark of macro lenses.
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Dec 10, 2005
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incdigital
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Location: United States
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Review Date: Nov 16, 2005
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $475.00
| Rating: 10
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Sharp Sharp!, Images *pop*, great contrast and color. Fast USM, Soild Build ,weight is "just right" for handheld macros, value
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none
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A fine piece of glass in every aspect! If you shoot macro, its a must buy.
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Nov 16, 2005
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terminator
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Review Date: Nov 11, 2005
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $410.00
| Rating: 10
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sharp, contrast, close-up shooting, fast focus, lightweight, build quality, f/2.8
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hood is espensive, size is a little big
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At the beginning, I just bought this lens for the triple rebate and did not intend to keep it. But after a few test shots, I decided to keep it. How can I let such a gorgeous lens go?!!!
I am not particularly interested in macro photography. But this lens is versatile enough to be a nice portrait lens. Close-up capability grants me many chances to take unusual portraits. Auto-focus is super fast thanks to the ring USM, and it is fairly usable for macro photography. Images are superb sharp - a tiny wrinkle on your wife/girlfriend's face could be exaggerated into the grand caynon.  But keep in mind that bokeh is not as good as other portrait lens like 85 f/1.8 and 135 f/2. Build quality feels good - though not as solid as an L. I am also surprised at its light weight for the size.
Overall, this is one of those must-have. After triple rebate, it is not as expensive as before. I'm now looking for a hood since it is necessary for macro photography - but it is expensive!
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Nov 11, 2005
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ducati0000
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Location: Canada
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Review Date: Nov 10, 2005
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 9
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Amazing clearity,I can consider this a "L" series lens even though its not listed as such..well balance,very smooth.over all a excellent everyday shooters lens.
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nothing at all...one of the best 1:1 lens on the market hands down.
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Bought this lens for the marco applications,but when used as a everyday lens I'm very impressed with its flexiablity and the sharpness it takes as a walk about lens..not flashy so it stand out like the "L" lens but truth to be told the lens should be in the "L" class..its that good..
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Nov 10, 2005
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dan212
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Review Date: Nov 9, 2005
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $459.00
| Rating: 8
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Very light when compared to L glass. Tack sharp. Good value for money
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Build not as good as L glass, but that is to be expected for price. Focus can hunt in low contrast
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Bought my 100/2.8 as a combined Macro and portrait lens. I like the 135/F2 but it is just too long on my 20D.
This lens is a real bargain. After getting used to lugging around a 24-70 it feels like a feather. The macro functions work very well and it is extremely sharp at distance. I have an 85/1.8 and the 100/2.8 is quite a bit sharper - even wide open.
Compared to the 135/F2 the difference in contruction quality is very clear, but at half the price that is to be expected.
I did find that the AF focus can get lost at times and it will hunt until I give it a high contrast point to steer toward. This is usually when switching from a close focus to a long focus situation. The auto-focus will get lost and thrash in low contrast situations - especially when it starts badly out of focus which kills the contrast and probably explains the hunting mentioned above. This is not a real problem once the behavior is understood except in low light or low contrast situations.
I don't find that the auto-focus on the 20D works well in extreme macro mode (yes tried spot mode) but I get incredible results with manual focus.
2.8 is fine for Macro lens. I generally work with a tripod and stop down a bunch anyway, but I wish this was a 2.0 for walk-around / portrait mode. I am really happy with it.
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Nov 9, 2005
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eendicott
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Review Date: Nov 8, 2005
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 9
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Great Macro! Great bokeh! Clear images!
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Slow Focus; watch out for dust on the lens!
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I bought this lens used four days ago. Excellent lens, good bokeh, good focus. One thing I found a little helpful while shooting with a 20d is to adjust your metering/focus settings on the view finder - this will keep you from having to 'focus hunt'. The lens doesn't focus as fast as some of my other lenses but then again, that's good when you're in close.
Since I bought the lens used, I also had a problem with the dust showing up on pictures. Apperantly I need eye glasses because the camera was focusing in on dust I couldn't see until I practically put the lense to my face and searched for it in the light (is that the eye/age thing going on or what?).
Keep things clean and you'll love it! I would highly recommend to anyone that is getting started in macro photos.
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Nov 8, 2005
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marsupialj
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Location: Malaysia
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Review Date: Nov 3, 2005
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $370.00
| Rating: 10
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Sharpness. Close focusing. USM Speed. Build quality. Quiet!
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No hood.
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I absolutely adore this lense: it makes the rest of my collection feel like junk. The little charmer is sharp, versatile, quiet, fast and fun.
Be careful... the 100 Macro 2.8 is like a gateway drug to L addiction. The best defense is to cut up your Credit/ATM cards.
Happy shooting!
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Nov 3, 2005
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M.Sears
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Location: United States
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Review Date: Nov 1, 2005
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 10
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Sharp sharp sharp even pretty sharp wide open.
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Should come with a lens hood.
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Very very pleased with sharpness of this lens. Its as good as everyone said. I bought this lens for macro work, landscape and portraits that I want very very sharp. It sure seems perfect for that.
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Nov 1, 2005
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Space Cowboy
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Location: France
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Review Date: Oct 31, 2005
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 10
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Extremely sharp, wonderful contrast, beautiful construction, not expensive for an "L" quality Lens, USM, not too large or heavy.
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Doesn't come with the hood, should be "L"...
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Oct 31, 2005
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malla1962
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Location: United Kingdom
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Review Date: Oct 30, 2005
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 10
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Super sharp,very fast,accurate focusing.
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??????????? None
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What can I say,I just love this lens and think it should have a red ring around the end,it deserves one.
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Oct 30, 2005
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thw2
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Review Date: Oct 14, 2005
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $465.00
| Rating: 10
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Super sharp wide open, very fast and accurate focusing, excellent build
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Absolutely none
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Maybe slightly more expensive than competition. But well worth it. I had the Sigma 150 f/2.8 for a while. Focusing was inconsistent on the Sigma. HSM speed is also no match for USM on the Canon 100 f/2.8. The Sigma 150 is also a tad heavier than what I wanted. Sold the Sigma and bought the Canon 100. Couldn't be happier. One of the best lenses I have ever used. Brilliant.
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Oct 14, 2005
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eric_krumm
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Location: United States
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Review Date: Oct 3, 2005
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $449.95
| Rating: 10
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Sturdy, quick focus (with proper distance selection), sharp optics
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High cost for add-ons like the mandatory lens hood.
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My decision for buying this lens instead of the cheaper 85 or 100 ultimately came down to the minimum focus distance. While I don't shoot bugs or tiny products (usually) I like to be able to shoot intimately close at times and the other lenses can't do it.
There is a learning curve when you start using this lens but it’s well worth the effort as the result is sharp, well defined images over the entire range. One thing I did differently this time is I got the overpriced plastic Canon lens hood (ET-67 - $39.95) to minimize flare plus it will help keep stuff off the glass.
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Oct 3, 2005
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Samegapixel
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Location: United Kingdom
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Review Date: Sep 27, 2005
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 9
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Very sharp, good color, nice weight and it seems to fit the 350d very well.
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Focusing seems very poor in bad light (I even fail quite often to achieve focus lock in reasonably adequate light indoors). I have no other bad feelings about this lens. I guess something that many may not know is that at 1:1 the focal length is nearer 70mm due to the internal focusing. This may be important for some but it doesn't bother me.
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Sep 27, 2005
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ctranter
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Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 197
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Review Date: Sep 8, 2005
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 9
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Super Sharp, not too heavy, not to expensive.
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Ridiculously priced hood and tripod mount
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I had really gotten into macro photography after using my dads tamron 90mm macro and so was looking to get one of my own. In the end it boiled down to this or the tamron. I think i chose this mainly due to the extra reach and canon's good name. I am certainly glad I did. This lens is just brilliant. On par with my 400mm f/5.6L for sharpness and almost as good AF speed (although i manual focus most of the time).
My only gripe is the vast expense required to purchase the lesn hood (which i think is 100% necessary to protect the protruding fron lens and stop light) and the tripod ring (which i cant bring myself to buy).
All in all a great lens.
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Sep 8, 2005
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