Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Here comes the EFS-60mm f2.8 Macro Lens


Well, it has been quite some time that I have not posted anything about photography stuff.
Okay! I bought a macro lens recently. This lens is meant for non-full frame camera, such as Canon 350D, 400D, 30D, 40D and so on.
I did not go for EF-100mm because the focal length 100mm is a bit too long and very tight cropped for general purpose use other than close-up photography. With 60mm, I can use it for close-up shot as well as portrait shot. Hence, it kills 2 birds with 1 stone. Furthermore, the image results were all tack sharp. After playing a while, I outline with the following pros and cons:
Pros
- Sharp image
- Lightweight as compared to 100mm
- Fast focusing speed
- f2.8 constant aperture
- Excellent bokeh
- Good for portrait and flower and big insect close-up

Cons
- A bit AF hunting on less contrast object and low light
- Only supports 1.6x crop factor camera
- Requires a tripod to obtain sharp images
- Limited working distance on smaller insect close-up as compared to 100mm

Check this out!


2 Comments:

Blogger Doreen said...

so this is the effect of EFS-60mm lens lah. Very good wor, I like the last pic of dragonfly. Very very real, like almost gonna pop up from the screen. Hehehe

7/10/07 5:09 AM  
Blogger Donald Kuok said...

Yup.. this lens is darn good for macro shot and also last lens to buy...haha

7/10/07 11:37 PM  

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