what is the canon equvelent for the 105mm macro

[Firefox]

hi,

what is the canon equvelent for the 105mm macro lens?


thanks in advance

[squishy]

The 100mm f/2.8 USM or it's new expensive L series brother, the 100mm f/2.8L IS USM macro.

[Firefox]

thanks for your reply, was wondeing if there was a cheaper macro lens for photographing small newts.

[slimrbp]

Canon branded lenses are often more expensive than the equivalent third party lenses.

What lenses do you have currently? Extention tubes can often be a cost effective way of reducing the minimum focusing distance and in turn increase the magnification of a given lens.

[squishy]

Have a look at the tamron 90mm as well.

[Dean Eades]

The new 100mm is superb

[Geoff F]

A lot will depend on what lenses you already have.

An extension tube is a possibility if you already have a reasonable close focusing lens. Their only downside is that you lose a bit of light and can't focus at infinity; which usually doesn't matter anyway.

Sigma macro lenses are a popular alternative to using a Canon lens. Just make sure that you specify Canon Fit with your order.

The only other question is, will 105 mm approx be sufficient. If they are relatively well grown newts and you can get close enough I don't see any problems. If you also want to photograph small insects something bigger like 150 mm may work better.

[Words]

The Sigma 105 is fine for newts. A few samples here. I also use a standard (non macro) 24-105 for them sometimes (you get more sense of the surrounding pond), so a macro lens isn't essential unless you are after really close up shots.

I have to confirm what Dean says, the new Canon 100mm L macro is great (and the image stabilization is quite outstanding).

[johnf3f]

What camera are you using? With a "CROPPED" sensor you will be able to get a similar field of view, to a nominal 100mm, with a the Canon 60mm macro (not used it but test reports are v good) which is a bit cheaper.
Alternatively a 100mm on a Canon 1.6 crop sensor gives higher magnification and/or longer working distance - handy!

[squishy]

the 60 and 100mm should both give the same magnification surely. they're both 1:1 lenses. the only difference is the working distance.

If you go for a 'short' macro, look into the sigma 70mm f/2.8. Sigma themselves say that it's one of the sharpest lens they have ever produced.