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akustyk
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Location: Netherlands
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Review Date: Jan 28, 2018
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| Rating: 9
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small, very sharp, faithful colours, pleasant bokeh
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very well built lens with great sharpness, lovely colours (just enough punch for nature shots) and pleasant bokeh, well balancing on a bigger Rebel camera. focal length is very universal and there are so many cheap used one's that it's one of those lenses that most Canon crop users end up buying and enjoying a lot.
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 Jan 28, 2018
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dhphoto
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Location: United Kingdom
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Review Date: Jul 27, 2015
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| Rating: 9
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Stonkingly sharp, good contrast
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An odd length for a macro - maybe a bit too close for live subjects and getting lights in. IS would have been nice.
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Stunningly sharp crop-camera macro, as sharp as you will ever need.
You do need to be very close to the subject at high magnification so for some subjects that might be a problem.
Certainly the sharpest EF-S lens I have used, by miles
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Jul 27, 2015
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steven6163
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Location: United States
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Review Date: Jan 22, 2015
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $235.00
| Rating: 9
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Sharpness, light weight, 2.8 aperture
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Autofocus hunts in lower light
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This lens is by far my favorite macro lens. Images are consistently extremely sharp, with excellent color. I've owned various copies of this lens for what seems like forever, and have never used a tripod with it and still get sharp images.
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Jan 22, 2015
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DesertFoxPhoto
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Location: United States
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Review Date: Nov 18, 2014
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $300.00
| Rating: 9
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Great price, sharpness and color rendition.
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Auto-focus tends to 'hunt' in low-light and takes too long to acquire targets.
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This is an impressively sharp lens for the price with great color rendition and sharp rendering. If you are looking for an excellent price to performance ratio on the APS-C platform for a portrait style lens with macro capabilities, this lens is a great choice. It is a specialty lens, though and wouldn't be my first choice for everyday photography due to the slow auto-focus. I would love to see a focus limiter on this lens.
This lens really shines for photographing objects or products where distortion free detail absolutely counts. Additionally, this lens is flexible for portrait shooting with a relatively thin depth of field and flattering perspective. For product photography, I would recommend positioning the lens further away from your subject for greater depth of field when shooting wide open.
The only downsides I've seen to this lens are AF performance. Auto-focus tends to 'hunt' in situations with poor lighting and can sometimes take several seconds to lock onto a target in brighter situations. If you have a static object, I'd recommend live view and manual focus to lock on the target for optimal sharpness. Pair this lens with manual focus and a flash in darker situations and this lens absolutely rocks at 2.8.
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Nov 18, 2014
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oldshutterhand
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Location: Hungary
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Review Date: May 29, 2014
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Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 10
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Fantastic picture quality, excellent sharpness for macro, good build quality small and light, very nice manual focus ring
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it is hard to find real negatives for this lens
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This is a fantastic lens, incredible sharpness for macro, beautiful colors and bokeh, but a working distance is little close almost at the end of the hood. Small and light and has good build quality.
See in more detail at:
http://oldshutterhand.com/lens-reviews/canon-60mm/
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May 29, 2014
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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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None
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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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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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Location: United States
Posts: 484
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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: 236
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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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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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