Vernon Chalmers Photography: Canon EF 100mm Macro Lens

25 August 2024

Canon EF 100mm Macro Lens - Inside A Red Pepper

Canon EOS 70D / Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM Lens

Canon EOS 70D / 100mm Macro Lens

Canon EOS 70D: Inside a Red Pepper - Cape Town

Objective: Demonstrating application of the Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM lens in natural light (paired with the Canon EOS 70D body using ISO's between 640 - 3200).

Note: Photos are hand-held in Av mode without flash. Some cropping / minimum post-processing in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6.

Cape Town Shooting Location
Arnhem Milnerton, Cape Town

Canon DSLR / Flash Equipment

Canon EOS 70D DSLR camera body

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro lens

Av Mode - Aperture Priority Settings

Aperture f/2.8 - f/8

Auto-ISO 640 - 3200

Lens Autofocus off

Manual Focus

Shutter speed: various (auto in Av mode)

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM Lens Features and Specifications

The Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM is a fantastic lens for macro photography, offering a 1:1 magnification ratio, which means it can capture subjects at life-size on the camera sensor.

Here are some key features:Magnification:

Magnification:1.0x, allowing for true macro photography 1.
Aperture: f/2.8, providing a shallow depth of field and beautiful bokeh1.
Autofocus: Fast and quiet USM (Ultrasonic Motor) autofocus with full-time manual focus override 1.
Build Quality: Solid construction, though not as robust as Canon’s L-series lenses 1.
Focus Limiter: A switch to limit the focus range, improving autofocus speed 1.
Minimum Focusing Distance: 0.31m, enabling you to get very close to your subject1.

This lens is also quite versatile and can be used for portrait photography due to its focal length and aperture, which provide excellent subject isolation and background blur2.

Macro Photography