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![]() | Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM Pros: sharpness, compactness, AF Cons: nothing relevant, just not usable on FF in the future Opinion: As a non-professional amateur I am really satisfied. I use it occasionally in diving (diving suit of course), and I hope sooner or later to find the square with diving suit and flash in the same output as when it happens right stuff for macro. On clay I use it purely for family portraits, and being attentive to the definition / sharpness to enjoy the detail (the iris, the eyelashes, the contour of the lips, the fingers of the little ones etc) it gives me satisfaction, with a pleasant and regular blur. Precise, reliable AF, maybe not a missile. Used is along the lines of 200 euros (180-220) and is worth them, for a promiscuous use from family portraits without obligation to medium close-ups. However, if you want to make pure portraits (perhaps for services) it is better to do something with f 2 or f 1.4, if you want to do real macro thrusts it is better to have a longer focal length or lens dedicated to the purpose (to go well beyond 1:1 without really getting too close), perhaps tropicalized. it's not IS but that's okay in my opinion: for static portraits you can avoid blur, for macro shots you use the tripod so you don't miss it and indeed less is more (discontinued lens, therefore old, so more likely that it can break, the less stuff there is that can be broken the better, especially if not necessary for the purpose). sent on January 08, 2025 |
![]() | Canon EF-S 24mm f/2.8 STM Pros: weight/portability, sharpness, AF, minimum focusing distance Cons: ergonomics, controls Opinion: This is my first review. I use the lens on 80d, and as a non-professional amateur I am fully satisfied. Nevertheless, as an amateur with a few years of practice (not assiduous/daily) who experiments in different areas with a fair amount of optics, I would like to try to list my impressions in a thoughtful way after months of use. He always finds a place to be carried around, even in his pocket, so he lets himself be used and this is a great pro. I don't know if it was a project subject to differences between copies and copies, but mine is really sharp already at 2.8 (a bit of a nerdy obsession of mine of zooming in on photos to look from the pore of the skin to being able to count eyelashes by eyelashes, and with him I can). If on the fly you need to get closer to a subject to make a "macro" on the fly (macro is another thing let's be clear, we are more on the close-up, but always of quality), it allows it. Cons: as many write it is true that it tends to counter-unbalance the body-lens duo (against because it is strange to hold in the hand, and I think that the feedback of the brain used to preparing the hand and the general balance tends to make you tilt the set backwards), as well as it is all in such a small space that you easily touch the focus ring looking for the auto/manual focus command, and the ring itself is too little friction so it seems to me to run away. But, honestly, the real pro is the autofocus: very fast and very precise, at least for the semi-static use I make of it (I haven't tried bursts, but honestly you don't see it as a semi-sports use to chase the movement, even if a couple of bursts in servo to get closer to a butterfly I tried them and it went well, nothing striking as a result but given the price and the components the result in the end far exceeds the expectations), so at a certain point those of before are "just for" cons. I don't pronounce on colors because I don't have enough evaluation experience, but in my own small way I don't find problems, as well as on distortions or aberrations. In short, they are the best 100 euros to spend on an optic to always have with you (those who sell it then regret it...) sent on January 08, 2025 |
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