Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5X Macro Lens for Canon SLR Cameras Black
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Brand | Canon |
Focal Length Description | Macro |
Lens Type | Standard |
Compatible Mountings | Canon EF |
Camera Lens Description | 65 month |
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Auto focus | 2.0 | 4.5 | 2.8 | — | — | 4.1 |
Image stabilization | — | 4.7 | 2.7 | — | — | 4.3 |
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lens type | Standard | Macro | MF | Telephoto | Telephoto | Macro |
compatible mountings | Canon EF | Canon RF | Canon EF-M | Canon EF | Canon EF | Canon EF |
lens design | Prime | Prime | 60mm F2.8 2:1 Double Magnification Lens | Zoom | Prime | Zoom |
focus type | Manual Focus | Auto Focus | Manual Focus | Micromotor | Auto/Manual | Ring-type ultrasonic |
minimum focal length | 65 millimeters | 100 millimeters | 1 millimeters | 70 millimeters | 85 millimeters | 100 millimeters |
max focal length | 65 millimeters | — | 1 millimeters | 300 millimeters | 85 millimeters | 100 millimeters |
fixed focal length | 65 millimeters | 100 millimeters | 1 millimeters | 300 millimeters | 85 millimeters | 100 millimeters |
model name | 2540A002 | Canon RF100mm F2.8 L MACRO IS USM | 60mm F2.8 | 509101-cr | — | 3554B002-cr |
max aperture | 2.8 millimeters | 100 millimeters | 1 millimeters | 4 f stop | 1.2 f stop | 2.8 millimeters |
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Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5X Macro Lens for Canon SLR Cameras
- 65mm focal length (35mm format)
- Manual focus and built in tripod collar
- 24cm closest focusing distance, up to 5x life size
- UD lens element
- 58mm filter size
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The Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x Manual Focus Macro Lens with Tripod Mount Ring is a unique manual-focus lens designed exclusively for macro shooting, between life-size (1x) and 5x life-size at its maximum magnification, you can fill a 35mm frame with a grain of rice. Compatible with the Macro Ring Lites and new Macro Twin Lite and it's fully compatible with 6D, it eliminates the need for awkward bellows accessories for many macro shooters. The optical system uses a floating system to preserve optical quality at different focusing distances, and features a UD-glass element.
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Product Dimensions | 3.86 x 3.19 x 3.19 inches |
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Item Weight | 1.57 pounds |
ASIN | B00009XVD5 |
Item model number | 2540A002 |
Customer Reviews |
4.1 out of 5 stars |
Best Sellers Rank | #383 in SLR Camera Lenses #22,282 in Camera & Photo Accessories |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Date First Available | April 15, 2004 |
Manufacturer | Canon Cameras US |
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Customers like the quality, sharpness, and performance of the lens. They mention that it's an excellent special purpose lens, and produces very sharp images. They also say that the results are fantastic and the performance is spectacular. However, some customers find the lens very challenging to use, with a steep learning curve. They say that it does not have any focus system, so all focus is manual.
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Customers are satisfied with the quality of the lens. They mention that it is a wonderful lens, with excellent construction. Some customers also say that it's an amazing piece of equipment that is perfect for macro photographers. Overall, customers are happy with their purchase and recommend it to others.
"...That being said the images can take can be VERY close up and high quality. The image im uploading is at x1..." Read more
"...The lens also comes with a nice, sturdy metal tripod ring attached to the lens so the weight of the camera and lens is supported by the ring, not..." Read more
"This is a super lens, very sharp and clear, excellent for macro work...." Read more
"...Excellent construction, and better than any other Macro lens I have used!..." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the sharpness of the lens. They mention that it is great for really up close pictures, and it helps them produce incredible, one of a kind shots. They also say that the lens increases picture quality almost instantly.
"...That being said the images can take can be VERY close up and high quality. The image im uploading is at x1..." Read more
"This is a super lens, very sharp and clear, excellent for macro work...." Read more
"...DOF is very easy to control, and image quality is very high. Highly recomended to the serious macro photographer...." Read more
"...Very unstable beyond 3X, but the images you get are stunning if your camera is steady!..." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the performance of the lens. They mention that it works great, produces incredible, and one-of-a-kind shots, and provides spectacular macro performance.
"Thank You for All, quickly, smiley, usefull...The Canon MP-E 65mm Macro Lens is an extreme macro lens...." Read more
"...Properly used the results are fantastic." Read more
"...a it's manual focus only, but once you learn to master it, the results are incredible...." Read more
"We screen printed them for our troop campout which worked great and didn't have a single one break." Read more
Customers find the focus of the lens to be good. They mention that the view finder magnifier helps with focus, and the remote shutter release is helpful. The lens is a great closeup macro for magnifications of 1-5x, and customers say they can see the mosaic eyes of insects.
"...A view finder magnifier helps with focus. Remote shutter release too. At 5x I can see my pulse move the camera, so hands off is a good idea...." Read more
"This is a great closeup macro for magnifications of 1-5x. It is a manual focus lens and takes skill and patience to use...." Read more
"I can see the mosaic eyes of insects!..." Read more
Customers find the lens challenging to use, as it requires skill and patience. They also mention that there is a steep learning curve involved in first using the MP-E 65. Customers also say that the lens is heavy, making hand-held shots complicated. They say it takes a long while to set up and capture an image. Overall, customers are disappointed with the ease of use of the product.
"...Only because it takes me a long while to set up the image in question; how people take images of flys or animals is beyond me...." Read more
"...It requires a very solid tripod and focusing is done by changing magnification or moving the object or sometimes the camera...." Read more
"...It can be hand held with success, but it requires a steady hand...." Read more
"...Make sure to use a focusing rail if you use this lens. Very unstable beyond 3X, but the images you get are stunning if your camera is steady!..." Read more
Customers dislike the focus lens. They say it is a manual focus lens that takes skill and patience to use. They mention that it does not have any focus system, so all focus is manual. They also say that the autofocus does not work.
"...This lens is not an autofocus lens, but that is not a limitation...." Read more
"...lens does require a modification in technique as there is no manual or automatic focusing as found on most lenses...." Read more
"...It requires a very solid tripod and focusing is done by changing magnification or moving the object or sometimes the camera...." Read more
"...Yes, 5 times real life, that is CLOSE UP MACRO. It does not have any focus system, so all focus is manual, and can only be done by moving the lens..." Read more
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if you want to compare this to the Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM Macro Lens (link: https://www.amazon.com/Canon-100mm-Macro-Digital-Cameras/dp/B002NEGTSI/ref=pd_sbs_421_1/134-6636504-8069954?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B002NEGTSI&pd_rd_r=d5dde6c8-413c-4a8e-9f80-2e893c0b75fd&pd_rd_w=TuElO&pd_rd_wg=cNEX8&pf_rd_p=d66372fe-68a6-48a3-90ec-41d7f64212be&pf_rd_r=N2BJ1GQSA54HRPTSN7AH&psc=1&refRID=N2BJ1GQSA54HRPTSN7AH) it's kinda of like apples to oranges. Since the 100mm can be used for a lot more than macro images. This lens is 100% macro only and can get VERY close to the target in question.
Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2019
if you want to compare this to the Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM Macro Lens (link: https://www.amazon.com/Canon-100mm-Macro-Digital-Cameras/dp/B002NEGTSI/ref=pd_sbs_421_1/134-6636504-8069954?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B002NEGTSI&pd_rd_r=d5dde6c8-413c-4a8e-9f80-2e893c0b75fd&pd_rd_w=TuElO&pd_rd_wg=cNEX8&pf_rd_p=d66372fe-68a6-48a3-90ec-41d7f64212be&pf_rd_r=N2BJ1GQSA54HRPTSN7AH&psc=1&refRID=N2BJ1GQSA54HRPTSN7AH) it's kinda of like apples to oranges. Since the 100mm can be used for a lot more than macro images. This lens is 100% macro only and can get VERY close to the target in question.
A standard macro lens is usually a prime (fixed focal length) lens with extended focusing capacity in the nearby range that will let you get an object:image proportion of 1:1 -- that is, a 36 x 24mm sensor will record a frame-filling image of a real world object of the same size. In some instances, such a macro lens may cooperate with an accessory extension tube to achieve the 1:1 ratio or in some cases take you a little beyond it so that the image is larger than the photographed object. But an extension tube on a prime lens shifts its entire focusing range, so that you lose the ability to focus at infinity while the extension tube has granted you the power to focus more closely at the other end.
The MP-E 65mm lens is a dedicated macro lens with NO infinity setting and whose farthest focusing distance -- only a few inches -- permits no proportion less than 1:1 reproduction. Extending the lens body effectively gives you an image that is 5X life size. At this setting, a bee's face fills the entire image frame.
Illumination is a problem in extreme close up photography because less and less light is available to record larger and larger images of small objects. In distance photography you would simply open up the aperture or go to a long exposure, but in macro photography large apertures have terrible depth of focus and longer exposures are not indicated because of the potential camera motion that may occur even on tripod-mounted cameras. The trick is to use macro flashes (another expense!) that will pour a lot of light onto a subject in an instant. This allows you to use a preferred small aperture. Shake and blur are defeated by the brevity of the flash.
This lens is not an autofocus lens, but that is not a limitation. In macro photography you want to focus manually -- either by turning the ring on the lens or moving the entire camera body forward or back by a millimeter or fraction thereof. In usual practice moving the camera is easier. The aperture remains under program control, however, and a macro flash will dump the correct amount of light for the aperture you have chosen.
For the professional macro photographer and dedicated amateur with sufficient patience, there is no other single solution out there that lets you easily take the kinds of pictures you can get with this lens. It is always possible, of course, to reverse a standard lens on the front of a cloth bellows and put your camera body on the other end, but then you lose any automatic functionality whatsoever and are obliged to do a lot of exposure calculations (or go through a lot of trial and error exposures) to get what you want.
For recorded images up to five times life size, it is hard to beat this lens. But to repeat my original caution, please don't use this lens to introduce yourself to macrophotography. This is the lens you should graduate to after learning the ropes on a less challenging lens. And it wouldn't hurt to read a good introduction to macrophotography so that you understand the problems of reduced light levels and depth of focus that come into play.
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It can produce images from 1:1 to 1:5 ! Yes, 5 times real life, that is CLOSE UP MACRO. It does not have any focus system, so all focus is manual, and can only be done by moving the lens and camera back and forth. I HIGHLY recomend some kind of focus rail system and tripod. ESSENTIAL for using this lens. It can be hand held with success, but it requires a steady hand. It extends to almost 25 cm when shooting at 5x and it is a bit heavy, so get a sturdy tripod.
DOF is very easy to control, and image quality is very high. Highly recomended to the serious macro photographer. Also, ring flash is a MUST HAVE item with this. Optionally one or two external flashes for better light control.