Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM

The Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro Lens is an excellent starting point for those taking an interest in macro photography. This medium-small lens is very light, making it comfortable to carry around. Like other L Series lenses, it is also well-built. The lens sports an Ultrasonic Motor (USM), which allows your camera to focus very fast, as well as being accurate and silent.

Taking sharp pictures using the Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro Lens is not a problem, since it can reproduce an object the size of the image sensor. With Full Time Manual (FTM) focusing, it is easy to focus at 1x distance. The lens can produce amazingly detailed pictures, bringing whichever subjects you shoot to life.

The lens has eight aperture blades and a focusing limiter to limit the magnification to 0.25x. The former will help produce good background blur even when it is decreased by one or two stops.

Apart from the great performance that the Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro Lens offers for macro photography, it is also an excellent portrait lens due to the 100mm focal length. The lens is a great general purpose lens as well. Overall, the lens offers extraordinary optical performance and is definitely a great value for the money.