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DaveG
12-03-2006, 16:56
Thinking of adding a macro to my bag to play with. Was thinking of the canon 100mm as it could double as a portrait lens on my 20D.

Who's got one?... What do we think?


Thanks
Dave
busterboy
12-03-2006, 18:29
/ taps fingers waiting for Jamie..:whistle2:
dod
12-03-2006, 19:45
It's great, get it
http://www.tpfgallery.com/gallery2/members/dod/Macro/
DaveG
12-03-2006, 22:06
This is the macro you use Dod?

Bugger....no pressure to produce great results then! ;)
dod
12-03-2006, 22:13
This is the macro you use Dod?
Yep, but useful for so much more than macro :) Only thing I haven't tried it for is motocross, probably a bit slow to focus ;)
fingerz
13-03-2006, 11:01
/ taps fingers waiting for Jamie..:whistle2:

http://www.jameyhoward.com/filebucket/cliche_sorrylate.jpg


But seriously....

I bought busterboy's one and I've never looked back. Really happy with it as both a portrait and macro lens. I tend to use it whenever I take photos of static objects under 'controlled' conditions (ie on the floor, using my flashgun as a light source).

As the weather gets better, I intend to try more candid/street portraits with it.
SDK^
13-03-2006, 19:20
I also have this lens.
I've yet to master macro photography in the way Dod has but the lens is superb.

Everyone has seen macro shots from it so here are a couple of portraits taken at F2.8 :)

http://www.ph-digitalphotography-motorsports.com/images/focus-on-imaging/model-group-02.jpg

http://www.ph-digitalphotography-motorsports.com/images/focus-on-imaging/model-11.jpg


First image oversize - link broken by CT
busterboy
14-03-2006, 19:52
Sorry SDK^ but....http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~tprocter/email~animations/Panting.gif
DaveG
14-03-2006, 22:11
Looks like we are onto a winner, I have a friend heading to the states next month so I think he might be bringing me one back :)

Thanks for everybodys replys :thumb:
Arkady
15-03-2006, 15:52
No DOF on that at all - well-focussed that one, spot on the nearest eye. Good lighting too. Spotty Dog mate - you'd be amazed how easy it is to foul stuff like that up. Some (very well-known) pros sometimes have difficulties with even simple stuff like this. Me included.