Alert icon
We're changing our privacy policy. This stuff matters.  Learn more  Dismiss

Canon 100mm f2.8 EF macro lens test on EOS60D

Loading...

Sign in or sign up now!
Alert icon
Upgrade to the latest Flash Player for improved playback performance. Upgrade now or more info.
7,975
Loading...
Alert icon
Sign in or sign up now!
Alert icon

Uploaded by on Mar 14, 2011

Test of the 100mm f2.8 EF macro lens ( 160mm equivalent 35mm with crop factor) on EOS 60d

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

License:

Standard YouTube License

  • likes, 1 dislikes

Link to this comment:

Share to:

Uploader Comments (ghough12)

  • Hey, I'm planning on getting this exact set-up. Do you think the 100mm would be a good lens for photographing paintings that are about 18x24in up to 24x48in? A lot of people recommend this lens for that purpose but I'm worried about using it on a crop sensor because the paintings are fairly large. I'm wondering if maybe I should be looking at something around 60mm or 85mm to compensate for the crop factor...

  • @1414mwh Hi, I would think that this lens isn't suitable for what you are suggesting, to get a 24in wide picture in focus you need to be 12 feet away. At this distance you will loose some of the lens resolving power. I would look at getting a 50mm macro to enable you to get closer and hence get better image resolution and use the lens abour 2 -3 stops down from open to get the sweet spot and obviously use a tripod. Hope that helps.

  • hi there i own a canon 60 d as well.. because i dont know much about my camera yet. and i see here u said instaed of 100mm its equal to 160mm already.. is it true to all lenses then? thanks

  • @romelen Absolutely, it's due to what is called the "crop factor" of the sensor. In Canon cameras with the APC sized sensor the crop factor is equal to 1.6. So a 100mm lens becomes 160mm. So any full frame lens (EF lenses) as well as the EFS lenses to get the true focal length you have to multiply by 1.6. If you look at the EXIF information for any of your images you will see the equivalent full frame (35mm) focal length calculated for you. Hope that helps.

  • one of the best I've seen...

  • @mthomas12689 Many thanks for viewing and commenting, appreciated

see all

All Comments (10)

Sign In or Sign Up now to post a comment!
  • Very nice indeed! lovely colours

  • very good sir!

    thanks

  • @N0Limbo Thanks very much, appreciated

  • 1:41 : I love this fantastic shot :)

    Great video, Graham!

Loading...

Alert icon
0 / 00Unsaved Playlist Return to active list
    1. Your queue is empty. Add videos to your queue using this button:
      or sign in to load a different list.
    Loading...Loading...Saving...
    • Clear all videos from this list
    • Learn more