65 + 100 = some fun

ronlane · Mar 21, 2020

Got the opportunity to use a 65mm and a 100mm macro lens today. The guy didn't have a focus rail for the 65mm so we didn't do any focus stacking with images from it but we did with the 100mm.

Here are a couple of shots. I am thinking that a 100mm macro is now going to be on my list of lenses.

1) 100mm macro. Old Polaroid.

2) 65mm macro at 5X, end of a rusted box spring.

3) 65mm macro at 5x, end of a new cutting torch nozzle.

4) 100mm macro, rusted box springs.

480sparky · Mar 21, 2020

A 100mm macro can also double as a decent portrait lens.

SquarePeg · Mar 22, 2020

Cool stuff, especially like the nail head.

Derrel · Mar 22, 2020

I used to have a couple of Polaroid 104 cameras back in high school. kind of a neat camera design, a large folder with a rangefinder. I had the second version of the 100mm Canon EF f/ 2.8 USM. The second version was internal Focus. The first version was not internal Focus and the barrel got really long when you were focused close. I paid $160 for it used back around 2006.

I used the 100 mm macro mostly with the Canon 20D, and it was a good match for that camera, but I also used it a bit on my Canon 5D full frame.

Derrel · Mar 22, 2020

Just as an aside the Nikon Series E 36 mm to 72 millimeter F / 3.5 Zoom can be used mounted in reverse for some amazing High magnification close-ups. It is a fairly inexpensive lens, and all you need is a Nikon BR-2 reversing ring and an F to Canon EF adapter.