Ghostdive said:Exaclty what I want so see from this lens. I'll use it as a "normal" 100mm lens too, not only as macro
kirillica said:What I like the most in 100L is resolution.
neuroanatomist said:The 100L's center resolution is very good, but there are some lenses that outresolve the 100L, and many lenses that outresolve the 100L at the edges. At f/5.6-f/8, even the cheap nifty-fifty (50mm f/1.8 II) outresolves the 100L across the whole frame.
skitron said:where are you finding data for this? If there is a site that has it for various lenses I'd like to get a link for reference.
Yes, I mean resolution of details. I love close-ups taken with 100L. But I don't need macros greater than 1:1, so no need in MP-E lens. I mainly do studio shots and tried different lenses before choosing 100L. At F8+ it gives sharper results than 24-70, 24-105, 70-200F4 (have not tried F2.8 yet) and others. My practice shows that 50 F1.4 is more-less close to that, that's why it's the second lens I normally use there.neuroanatomist said:kirillica said:What I like the most in 100L is resolution.
The 100L's center resolution is very good, but there are some lenses that outresolve the 100L, and many lenses that outresolve the 100L at the edges. At f/5.6-f/8, even the cheap nifty-fifty (50mm f/1.8 II) outresolves the 100L across the whole frame.
But if you mean resolution in actual spatial terms, i.e. the ability to resolve spatial details of real world objects, then yes, the 100L is great for that. Then again, if you like the detail in shots at 1:1 magnification, try going up to 5:1 magnification with the MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro (example images here).
kirillica said:Yes, I mean resolution of details. I love close-ups taken with 100L. But I don't need macros greater than 1:1, so no need in MP-E lens. I mainly do studio shots and tried different lenses before choosing 100L. At F8+ it gives sharper results than 24-70, 24-105, 70-200F4 (have not tried F2.8 yet) and others. My practice shows that 50 F1.4 is more-less close to that, that's why it's the second lens I normally use there.
And one more thing: graphs are good, but personal impression/knowledge has much bigger value (to me)
kirillica said:Mt Spokane Photography,
I was trying ordinary 100mm to and found 100L a bit sharper + I don't use tripod (I like moving ) + "L" letter is not for beauty reasons as all we know, so I can get 1:1 crops like this:
+ I have 50F1.4 in other cases I don't need 100L