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+1unfocused said:
Also, what most people don't realize is that many of the awesome macro shots of insects in magazines (using tripods) are of dead insects or those which have been kept in a fridge/freezer for 10 - 20 minutes, so they are in kind of a hibernating state i.e. not moving insects ... for that kind of macro photography tripods are the absolute best but for constantly moving/swaying subjects IS makes a huge difference.
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Also, I don't think this has been mentioned so far, apologies if it has, the 100L macro has the hybrid IS which is supposed to be more effective than normal IS in macro photography for correcting lens shift.
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gwflauto said:
See here: http://www.dpreview.com/news/2009/7/22/canonhybridIS
It is meant to correct for movement in several planes. How effective it actually is, I cannot speak from experience.
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tomscott
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One of my favourite lenses, I use it for food, product, macro, short tele and portraits its a great multifunctional lens.
Shot this yesterday in my garden
Wasp on flower by TomScottPhoto, on Flickr
Shot this yesterday in my garden
Wasp on flower by TomScottPhoto, on Flickr
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I have one... was initially put off by the fact that it was an all plastic body for $1000.....but the lens is great...With the IS you can do macro "light" quite nicely...by that I mean...I can take hand-held macro shots that I could never shoot before...but.... any really serious macro work needs a tripod in my world...and I went into this purchase knowing that...macro is at the extreme end of photography...really testing the physics to get great images (focus stacking adds another option if you are truly dedicated)...but I feel that this lens has broken down some of the barriers and moved the quest forward... Also...I don't believe you will find a sharper L lens out there. Quite remarkable and very useful as a portrait lens etc. (that is actually where the IS can really shine...). Have not regretted the purchase.
Best comment above: "Is it worth it? Hell Yeah!!!! " LOL!
Best comment above: "Is it worth it? Hell Yeah!!!! " LOL!
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Don Haines said:
In flight insects?? IS won't help you with moving objects - so what if you can shoot @ 1/30? - image of live insect will be useless. Even flowers move in the wind, so again IS won't help. The L uses larger filters and needs an expensive adapter to mount the MR or MT flashes. If your primarily interested in macro, save your money and get a good flash and learn how to use it for handheld shots. If not, the IS may be of value. I've had the USM version almost from introduction and I've always been very pleased with the results and never wished it had IS, but I use it almost exclusively for macro [1:3 - 1:1 and beyond with tubes]. I have other lenses [w/ IS] for other shooting situations.
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pharp said:
Yes, but, IS does help a little with the movement you're required to make when tracking a subject
if you have to pan or tilt closer to the minimum required shutter speeds to freeze subject movement IS still might save you that perfect shot at angles that are more difficult to achieve with a tripod, let alone an angle that you can set up quickly.
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Malte_P maybe you should buy a ring light flash now and the 100mm IS Macro in the future. Try a search for Amaran
Halo LED ring light. I am going to do more research and maybe buy this flash at the end of summer. I thought your macros of bees to be quite good and hope I can do as well when I go into the garden to take pics of bees. I have used my 580 EX ll flash and it has helped a lot but I got a reflection that I didn't like on a Ladybug's back. I should have used the healing brush in PS to get rid of it before I printed.
Halo LED ring light. I am going to do more research and maybe buy this flash at the end of summer. I thought your macros of bees to be quite good and hope I can do as well when I go into the garden to take pics of bees. I have used my 580 EX ll flash and it has helped a lot but I got a reflection that I didn't like on a Ladybug's back. I should have used the healing brush in PS to get rid of it before I printed.
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I've currently got the 100mm non-L and I've shot literally tens of thousand of pics with it. When I researched the initial purchase of my gear I read that there was no difference in sharpness between the two and the IS wasn't really beneficial for 99% of my shooting, so I saved some money and went with the non-L, probably an ok decision at the time.
But now that I've shot a lot, advanced my gear collection a lot and read up more on L vs non-L I've decided that I will upgrade. Apart from IS there are a few other differences. The L is a tad sharper actually (see Photozone for example). The weather sealing is welcome, plus there is a focus-limiter switch and the L bokeh is better as well. Not sure how the Tamron compares, but the 100L seems good in many different areas.
I'd like to know if there is an AF advantage to using the L but I suspect that the body is a more important factor.
Interestingly I had the internal motor of my 100mm lens conk out one time, the rig just siezed up and said I needed to clean the contacts, but actually it was a motor problem. Cost me AU$260 to fix, but considering how much I've used the lens I wasn't really annoyed. But it has made me rather paranoid, so on serious macro holidays in future I will be taking along two lenses (100L/non-L and EF-S 60).
But now that I've shot a lot, advanced my gear collection a lot and read up more on L vs non-L I've decided that I will upgrade. Apart from IS there are a few other differences. The L is a tad sharper actually (see Photozone for example). The weather sealing is welcome, plus there is a focus-limiter switch and the L bokeh is better as well. Not sure how the Tamron compares, but the 100L seems good in many different areas.
I'd like to know if there is an AF advantage to using the L but I suspect that the body is a more important factor.
Interestingly I had the internal motor of my 100mm lens conk out one time, the rig just siezed up and said I needed to clean the contacts, but actually it was a motor problem. Cost me AU$260 to fix, but considering how much I've used the lens I wasn't really annoyed. But it has made me rather paranoid, so on serious macro holidays in future I will be taking along two lenses (100L/non-L and EF-S 60).
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I have all kinds of lenses. The ONLY lens I have that is simply superb in every way is the 100 L IS. Its AF is super fast, color rendering excellent, lightweight, and overall a pleasure to use. It is can perform many duties in addition to macro, portrait, artistic, etc.
I shoot a canon crop 550d.
I shoot a canon crop 550d.
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The only problem I have with the 100 2,8L IS macro is it didn't come with the tripod collar. When I got this lens, it was for a lot of 1/200, f/14, iso 100 1:1 close up macro work. However, now I've stepped back a bit and started trying to get backgrounds in my macro shots. The IS helps tremendously for that. I love everything about this lens. I had reservations about getting since I already owned the non IS version, but I am glad I went with it. One thing to mention is I can AF at close to 1:1 where you can't do that with the non IS. I'd prefer to be manual and rock back and forth but sometimes with some small insects, the AF just works better.
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