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.... I used to own the 180L macro some time ago and found it to be too soft. After owning it for about a year and a half I wound up selling it. I am not sure if I just had a bad copy but I do know others who have had similar issues. I also own the 100L IS macro and the MP-E 65. All three are completely different macro lenses, but in terms of pure sharpness the 180 was easily in last place.
The 180 is a useful lens and I used it quite often when I traveled to Mexico for photographing lizards. It also does a good job for butterflies. For dragonflies I find my 300/4 a bit more useful because they can be a bit skittish. For flowers I tend to prefer the flexibility of the TS-E 90 + extenders.
I absolutely love my 100 IS macro. It is a sharp lens but the main drawing point is the macro. I use this lens quite often when traveling in markets and shops to photograph small things and I almost always do this hand held. Without the IS it simply wouldn't be possible.
If Canon were to come out with a new version of the lens I would probably pick it up once reviews confirm that it fixes the sharpness problems of the original.
........ You just have to get closer than normal to your subject to narrow your depth of field. This may make your human subject uncomfortable and act less natural.
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Yes, thats one of the reasons I got the 180mm 3.5L macro. Gives more more distance from the subject and the amount of bokeh is more than the other lenses due to it's longer reach. See a comparison of Bokeh of the Canon 65mm/100mm & 180mm here: http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Canon-EF-100mm-f-2.8-USM-Macro-Lens-Review.aspx Go down about 50% of the page to see a comparison.Please post your reflective pictures of liquid reflections in a natural setting here :-)
Entries could be ocean/shorelines, rivers/creeks, lakes, ice, air ... no matter where ... only that there should not be manmade structures in the main focus of the picture or artificial reflections on glass, chrome, steel etc ...
To give you an idea I will start this with some of mine and hope you will soon add more :-)
This sounds like Canon have read my thoughts and made my perfect camera......how do I pre order? waiting till March is going to be torture to try one of these beasts out!
Samples from the EOS 1DX:-
http://cweb.canon.jp/camera/eosd/1dx/samples/index.html
though a bit too small..
I'll bet the 65 is a replacment for the 50 [very dated, life size converter discontinued], not the MP-E. They really need an EF lens in that range that'll go to 1:1.
Even though it isn't mentioned I'll also bet the 180 will have IS.
Well, there's a good reason I shouldn't have written that.The 180mm macro design speaks for itself, and I think the 65mm macro design is for a direct replacement for the MP-E. Knock on wood, haven't bought either lens yet. I'd wished they would have increased the 180 macro's aperture a bit but the new design will probably be worth it regardless. Lots of interesting patents from Canon lately - if refreshes are your thing.
180mm: Good for you guys and the guy that sold me his 3 days ago...
First, you knew what you were doing when you bought the lens, so go use it and don't worry.
If you still are worried, why? The price of the new (and unannounced) lens won't start impacting that of the old lens for some time. Few enough people probably even know of these patents and it will take a long time (Canon or Nikon doesn't matter here) for it to roll out, even if they announced it today.
I haven't followed pricing trends before a replacement launch strongly but my belief is that lens prices of a previous version should dip most right before and right after the launch, and then stabilize after. If you're so worried about the price of the purchase (which I don't think will dip enough to really make it a "worthless" buy) then you perhaps couldn't afford it in the first place.
Your best chance for a belly laugh is to go out and make pictures that I can't since I don't have a macro lens. And even if I do get a newer version macro, it'll be more expensive and you'll still have some lead time with better pictures out now.
My final thought is this - if you go out right now and buy a camera body, how long will it take until that camera's value is reduced appreciably? Even camera bodies, which are arguably obsoleted by newer models (depending on who you ask of course) do retain some of their value, but people buy them regardless. If this were a camera body I would be more careful with my words since a lot of people's feelings get hurt about new camera bodies, but with a lens that's to be replaced by a lens that will be more expensive (partly due to inflation adjustment, partly just the cost of running newer equipment to manufacture it) I don't see the worry.
Anyway, go out there and take some pictures without worrying. You needed it, bought it, and nothing is preventing you from being happy with the investment aspect of it either. For all we know the current version will become regarded as a "classic" and people will still demand it later on.
I keep coming to this thread and see how Lack of any news/ leaks from Canon has all of us in a Frenzy here... now THAT's marketing+1, i've also bee doing my own google searches and canon news feeds hoping for somethin CR guy may have missed - can't find anything.
I couldn't afford anything up towards the high end anyway -- yet i'm still bothered - grrr, why is that?
I keep coming to this thread and see how Lack of any news/ leaks from Canon has all of us in a Frenzy here... now THAT's marketing+1, i've also bee doing my own google searches and canon news feeds hoping for somethin CR guy may have missed - can't find anything.
I couldn't afford anything up towards the high end anyway -- yet i'm still bothered - grrr, why is that?
