Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM lens

The Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM lens is Canon's only EF-S macro lens. Because it can only be used on cameras with a 1.6x crop factor, it is the equivalent of a 96mm lens mounted on a 35mm format camera. As such this lens also can be a good choice for portrait photography. Its front element does not rotate, nor does it protrude when focusing. This is especially useful when working close to your subject. The circular aperture results in a pleasantly soft bokeh.

Cheapest price: $395
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Canon EF-S 60 f 2.8 Macro. A very nice lens!

27/03/2010

This is a very good lens in the EF-S range of lenses for crop-sensor DSLR cameras.

It's small and light, and build quality is good. Equivalent to 96mm. in film camera terms, it's ideal for portraits, group shots etc. as well as macro, with the f 2.8 aperture giving a nice background blur. Image quality is excellent, and the auto focus is fast & accurate. Full-time manual focus is available for final tweaking. The lens is of course suitable for mounting a ring flash (which I don't have!) but so far I've been able to use the on-camera flash without any problem.

A nice addition to my set of lenses, and at a reasonable price.

By John W. Thompson
England
10/10
Good Macro lens

17/03/2010

I have not used the lens to its full as yet, but the pictures I have taken using the macro is very good even when hand held.

By Mr. D. Mapp
10/10
Macro lens

31/01/2010

I bought this lens because it came highly recommended. It has stunning resolution. It feels good. Working close up you need the manual focus because it focuses on something perfectly, but not always the right something. To get the depth of field a tripod is a must to work with slow shutter speeds and ISO100. But I so love this lens. There are things I have worked with for 20 years and barely seen the holes. Now I see in intimate detail the dust on the inside of the holes! It deserves 6 stars!

By
10/10
Really good

14/01/2010

really good macro lense, used in india for wildlife photography and it performed extremely well, a must have in the mid price range.

By Mr
UK
10/10
smile please!

17/07/2009

Had this lens a while and taken a LOT of pictures.....actually that should read 'a lot of VERY GOOD pictures', because this is a big lens for quite a small amount of money! Its solidly built, copes extremely well with being put through't mill and can certainly walk the walk!
It does benefit from being used on a tripod, but have been surprised at how adaptable it can be. Achieving excellent close-up detail is remarkably easy and portraits, in particular, require minimal tinkering with.
All in all, satisfaction guaranteed!

By Robert Smith
10/10