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Which Macro lens is better for the price, 60mm or 100mm?

  • Hi Everyone If I were to buy an DSLR and a macro lens, which macro lens would you suggest. I know, obviously the 100mm will be better as it has a further working range. How much difference is the range at full magnification? is the 100mm worth the extra over the 60mm? It's a good $200 more. Apart from focal length, do these two have any differences? Sharper image, less vignetting etc? It would probably be on a Canon rebel camera! 60mm lens: http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Canon-EF-S-60mm-f-2.8-Macro-USM-Lens-Review.aspx 100mm lens: http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Canon-EF-100mm-f-2.8-USM-Macro-Lens-Review.aspx Thanks in advance for your help! Jamie

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    The cropped sensor of the Canon digital rebel camera means that you can apply a 1.6x focal length conversion factor to any lens mounted on it. This means that a 60mm lens will behave pretty much like a 100mm lens would on a full frame or film eos camera. The 60mm is a good bit cheaper, and 100mm effective (after crop factor) means that this lens can also double up as a good protrait lens as well. The effective 160mm of a 100mm lens on a rebel body will certainly give you even more working distance, but will be too telephoto for portraiture. This may not be important to you. The other issue is that the Canon 60mm macro lens is an EFs lens. This means it will not fit a full frame EOS camera if you ever decide to got that way in the future, the 100mm lens is an EF mount, meaning it will fit any EOS camera, film, full frame or cropped sensor digital. I peronally opted for the Sigma 70mm f2.8DG. It also doubles as a decent portrait lens and can be used on both my digital rebel and my film EOS. It also has terrific image quality. If I were you I would buy the cheaper lens (preferably the Sigma 70mm macro to keep future options open) and use the extra money you would have spend on the 100mm to get a flash (ideally 430EX II, if not get the 270EX) and an off camera TTL cable, as this will really help your macro shots. At close focus you need small apertures. A wee burst of flash helps you keep the shutter speed high.

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I think the 100mm will be better.

lily B

100mm is better but if you have limit budget then 60mm is great enough

ArC

Either lens will give you a 1:1 (life size) reproduction ratio with excellent results. I have used a 100mm macro for years and prefer the greater working distance it allows from bees and wasps. Being farther away from your subject can also be useful in some lighting situations. It also makes using a macro lighting set-up such as the Canon Macro Twin Lite MT-24EX or the Canon Macro Ring Lite MR-14EX. Buy the one that best fits your budget and then start saving for one of the Canon macro flash units.

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