Re: Lens recommendations
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 10:40 pm
I have Sigma 105mm EX DG Macro which I have used on Canon cameras for 3 years (400D, 500D and 600D) and although its shorter than the 150mm, its quite sharp and never had an issue with it, only issue was that auto focus was slow in some instances, but manual focus is quite fast and I prefer it over manual focus 99% of the time. Couple of photos taken with it:
Small Tortoiseshell (Canon 400D, f/5.6, 1/500sec, ISO-400, Pattern Metering, No Flash, Handheld):
Scorched Wing (Canon 500D, f/10, 1/100sec, ISO-400, Pattern Metering, No Flash, Handheld):
Silverweed with Sea Milkwort around it (Canon 400D, f/13, 1/320sec, ISO-400, Pattern Metering, No Flash, Handheld):
I have the Tamron 18-200mm IF Macro which I got as part of a kit with my 500D and I would not recommend this lens to anyone, quality gets bad farther you zoom in, fully zoomed out the picture quality is OK but the Canon 18-55mm lens can give better quality. I have only used it a small number of times and have not used it since. Back in August last year I was passing my garden coming home and saw a male large white trying to pair with a female which didn't want it. Since I only had the Tamron lens on my camera at the time, I shot this (couldn't get close enough) and its not great, best I could do:
Normal (Canon 500D, f/8, 1/200 sec, ISO-200, Partial metering at 200mm zoom, No Flash, Handheld):
Cropped:
I also have the Canon EF 50 mm F/1.8 Macro lens. Its good for a cheap macro, but it is let down by the fact you can't really make good use of the f/1.8 because the min focus distance is 1.5ft. I don't have many photos I took with it, but the videos I took with my 600D with it came out sharp enough but don't have photos to show with it at moment. I probably wouldn't recommend it for butterflies though, for plants (getting whole plant in the shot) its fine enough and for nothing too small that you need to get closer than 1.5ft to get a good shot from.
Small Tortoiseshell (Canon 400D, f/5.6, 1/500sec, ISO-400, Pattern Metering, No Flash, Handheld):
Scorched Wing (Canon 500D, f/10, 1/100sec, ISO-400, Pattern Metering, No Flash, Handheld):
Silverweed with Sea Milkwort around it (Canon 400D, f/13, 1/320sec, ISO-400, Pattern Metering, No Flash, Handheld):
I have the Tamron 18-200mm IF Macro which I got as part of a kit with my 500D and I would not recommend this lens to anyone, quality gets bad farther you zoom in, fully zoomed out the picture quality is OK but the Canon 18-55mm lens can give better quality. I have only used it a small number of times and have not used it since. Back in August last year I was passing my garden coming home and saw a male large white trying to pair with a female which didn't want it. Since I only had the Tamron lens on my camera at the time, I shot this (couldn't get close enough) and its not great, best I could do:
Normal (Canon 500D, f/8, 1/200 sec, ISO-200, Partial metering at 200mm zoom, No Flash, Handheld):
Cropped:
I also have the Canon EF 50 mm F/1.8 Macro lens. Its good for a cheap macro, but it is let down by the fact you can't really make good use of the f/1.8 because the min focus distance is 1.5ft. I don't have many photos I took with it, but the videos I took with my 600D with it came out sharp enough but don't have photos to show with it at moment. I probably wouldn't recommend it for butterflies though, for plants (getting whole plant in the shot) its fine enough and for nothing too small that you need to get closer than 1.5ft to get a good shot from.