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Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM : Specifications and Opinions

The Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM is a macro lens for FF and APS-C, manufactured from 2009. The focus is done by Ultrasonic AF Motor (Ring-USM), it has image stabilization. The average price, when it has been added to the JuzaPhoto database, is 1100 €;

222 users have given it an average vote of 9.7 out of 10.

MOUNT

This lens is available with the following mounts:

Canon EF: this lens is compatible with reflex fullframe and APS-C Canon EF.

Specifications
Focal lenght	100 mm
Angle of view	24.4°
Format	FF, APS-C
Max. aperture	f/2.8
Aperture blades	9
Lenses/Groups	15 elements in 12 groups
Min. focus distance	0.30 meters
Reproduction ratio	1.00x
Features
Stabilization	Yes (built in lens)
Focus	Ultrasonic AF Motor (Ring-USM)
Internal Focus	Yes
Built and notes
Tripod ring	Yes
Extenders	No
Filters	67 mm
Lens hood	Yes, supplied
Weather sealing	Yes
Weight	625 g
Dimensions	78 x 123 mm
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Gianlucailmoro

sent on February 15, 2025

Pros: Build quality, great colors

Cons: Autofocus not very ready, not for marcro, for that the manual is a must

Opinion: I have had this fantastic lens for a long time that I also use for portrait, at f2.8 very sharp in the center, fantastic from f4.0 onwards. On FF it has an extra gear, even if I have used it for years on aps-c and I preferred the 160mm for insect macros because it is less intrusive. Highly recommended, in my opinion it is and remains among the best lenses churned out by Canon mom.

Doriano Ciardo

sent on February 13, 2023

Pros: Lightweight, excellent sharpness and color rendering, AF discreet as responsiveness.

Cons: Nothing

Opinion: The dual personality of macros has always fascinated me. Bought used at a very affordable price, I immediately put it to the test and I must say that its yield even in portraits is excellent and particular. Lightweight with R adapter ring, it makes good with all selectors, from infinity to macro. One of those glasses that rejuvenates with the R system, having already been excellent on DSLRs.

Andre-3-89

sent on January 03, 2023

Pros: Sharpness to sell, very light, excellent stabilization, variety of use.

Cons: If I have to be honest, not even the price becomes a counter to the "value" that it possesses

Opinion: Taken more on a whim than out of necessity, I found a good dealer offer (No RCE, fortunately) and I brought it together. What can I say, I mounted it, I tried it, I put the files to PC and I was really surprised. Needless to talk about the sharpness, which for this kind of Macro lenses is expected to be remarkable, I was most surprised by the paste of colors and the gradualness with which it fades into the blurred, what to say, beautiful. Since as an optics it is born with autofocus and stabilized (which for a pure Macro lens would be totally useless since the use of the tripod is a must) it makes it clear that it can be used in other contexts such as, for example, the portrait ... To put it under test I mounted it on the camera (1dx mk 2) and I kept it as the ONLY optics during the holiday in Sardinia this summer where, 90% of the shots, were made from the beach to the children who dived from the rocks. I knew that the situation would be that so 100mm of draft were fine to "reach" them but what I did not expect is the incredible quality of the files! Very sharp, incisive to the maximum, the whole frame very clean, stratospheric colors, made on the reflections of the water and backlight with silhouettes from the edges to border on magic, even opening the files to PC and zooming up to the pixels you do not see halos of any kind even in the areas of strongest contrast, not a smudge. What can I say, one of the best photographic surprises I've had. I'm using it for many jobs, many of them in the video field (AF very quiet, IS a little less). I would buy it again tomorrow.

Mikidel

sent on September 24, 2022

Pros: Sharpness, colors, AF speed, excellent stabilization

Cons: Nothing

Opinion: After having had two specimens of the excellent canon 100mm macro usm (bought the first and subsequently sold for momentary little use, I then felt the lack and bought the second, then also sold in search of something different), I wanted to try the L and IS version of Canon that did nothing but confirm what good has been said about this lens. I often use it for portraits, an area in which the stabilizer gives a good help, but unlike what I thought even in macro applications, thanks to the hybrid stabilizer (so defined by Canon) it manages to make a good contribution during freehand shots. Plastic construction but resistant and reactive and very precise autofocus. The only one is the prohibitive cost for the original collar of the tripod, otherwise a must.

CesareCallisto

sent on May 27, 2022

Pros: Construction, AF, hybrid stabilization, colors, contrast, blurry, sharpness

Cons: It's "just" 2.8, just to write something

Opinion: A lens that is of the same dough as the 70-200 more, however, has white and lively whites, then it is fast, engraved, excellent blurred, indeed, sensational, moderately light. Hybrid IS is a boon as it also compensates for forward-backward micro movements. Macro I do not do, I use it for some freehand close-up, portrait and low light situations. You can clearly see that it is made on purpose! In these fields excels, I replaced the 70-200 F2.8 IS II with the F4 IS version and this 100L, so as to gain in ductility and ... Even in weight, I no longer have a brick in my backpack that often made me leave it at home. Using it on the 5D III the AF is a sniper, I use it only in AF-C, even during theatrical performances of aerial fabrics, it is not wrong. Who finds it slow and noisy or has a broken lens or has a camera body that does not move it properly. For portraits it is great, the blurred is very sweet, despite being defined it is not nervous even in the most difficult situations, the light points always perfect, I prefer it to the 100 F2 which was too soft on the whole figures. In addition, the stabilizer also serves there, at 1/125 to me begins to shake my hand too much with the focal ones, so it is a valid help. A lens that takes "live" photos, to be used and cared for with great care!

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