Anyone have any good samples of shots at 200mm at MFD? We’re buying this lens sooner or later and wondering if it can replace our Sigma 105mm Macro for basic macro shots. Mostly creative wedding and engagement ring shots.
Just one less lens to own and bring to shoots and weddings. Currently have the RF 35 1.8 IS Macro but would like the compression of a long lens. I should really do some test shots with the 35 as well.
The 70-200 minimum focus distance is around 2.3 feet for a maximum magnification of 0.21X (typically, Macro is defined as 1.00X).
A better choice for "almost-Macro" might be the 100-400 f/4-5.5 II lens, with an MFD of 3.2 feet, but a maximum magnification of 0.31X. Essentially, you can be a little farther from your subject and still have a little bit greater magnification.
Neither is a true Macro, but they can cover a pretty significant part of the Macro range, giving great results on objects 1-2 inches in width/height.
Something else that might prove helpful, if you have the RP, the focus stacking (Canon calls it focus bracketing) feature can give you a huge depth-of-field by combining several images in DPP with slightly varying focus distance to give the impression that the entire object is in focus. It's not perfect, but works well.