60mm or 100mm macro lense

Hey,

i am about bulding a DSLR setup and now i choose lense.

My mainly focus will be on macro life and i am between 60mm and 100 mm macro lense.

What you believe that will be better for this work?

Other solutions (50mm compact macro CANON)?

Thanks

Dimitris Poursanidis

Hi Dimitris,

If you do a search of the forum you'll find this question has been answered many times in the past.

For the record though, I was in your place a few months ago, and went with the 60mm (although will get a 100mm before my next OS trip). Easier to use, faster AF (from what I heard), and a bit more flexible for the type of diving I'm doing.

Good luck with it though!

Ryan.

Hiya

I have been using 60mm macro for some time. I would recommend this for photos where you can get close to the subject (nudies, slugs, coral etc...). For creatures that don't allow you to get as close I would suggest 100mm.

Jonas

Thanks a lot for the answers...

Hope i will make the right choice...

Thanks a lot for the answers...

 

Hope i will make the right choice...

Hi Dimitris a question what is the viz like where you dive the most ,if it is poor viz then your better off with the 60mm as you can get in close to the subject meaning less chance of backscatter with the 100mm you have to move further away from the subject so the viz has to be reasonable good otherwise you will get backscatter I have the 60mm and love it the AF is very quick,i will be looking at the 100mm in the future for overseas trips where the viz is consistantly good.

Hey,

 

i am about bulding a DSLR setup and now i choose lense.

My mainly focus will be on macro life and i am between 60mm and 100 mm macro lense.

What you believe that will be better for this work?

Other solutions (50mm compact macro CANON)?

 

Thanks

 

Dimitris Poursanidis

If you're shooting a cropped sensor dSLR I'd go for the 60mm first. More versatile. If full frame, the 100mm has a similar angle of view with less depth of field.