Just GREAT lens. Great! Color rendition is awsome. Bokeh is smooth and silky. It's built like a tank. On Canon 5D the focus tends to hunt IF the limiter is off. On Canon 1D Mk III this is not such a problem. Would be great if this one had an IS built-in.

IQ; IQ; IQ; Tripod Collar; Focal Lenght; Bokeh

No IS; AF

There are a lot of types of photography out there, and some of them require specialized equipment to

Typical "L" quality, focal length allows you a bit of distance from your subject

Price; no Image Stabilization; no weather sealing gasket

Beautifully crafted and effective lens. Love playing with it!

Consistent Output; Durable; Easily Interchangeable; Quick Focus; Rugged; Sharp Focus; Strong Construction

Heavy

before i purchased this lens,i checked out the mtf graph on it ,it looked great,i then read all the reviews on this site about it,they were all positive reviews. so i bought it. this beautiful piece of glass way exceeded my expectations, this lens is razor sharp!!!its stunning.

extremely sharp!sharp!sharp! reproduces colors well, compatible with ef 1.4x & 2x extender; nice tripod collar, well built

none that i could find; some would say the slow autofocus,but as i said above ,who needs fast autofocus on a macro

Gary Wolstenholme puts the Canon EF 180mm f/3.5 L Macro USM Lens to the test to find out how it performs.

Good build quality; Excellent optics; Low falloff; Low CA; Low distortion

Foot on tripod collar may be too short to use with pro bodies; No hood supplied as standard; Price versus performance doesn't add up

I love this lens. It opens up a whole new world of the small/tiny! With its 1:1 ratio you can literally fill your sensor life-size. Although the auto-focus works just fine, focusing is often best done manually.

I bought one of these, over the 100mm IS, because of the extra distance from the subject and still be at true macro, 1:1. This allows more natural light on the subject, and stops you frightening the bugs, or if it's spiders, them from frightening me!

Why You Want One ------------------------------ If you are serious about macro photography (especially wildlife) then you need to seriously consider this lens . The Canon EF 180mm f/3.5L Macro is a specialist prime lens for extreme close-up photography at up to 1:1 size.

Build quality; enables a great range of macro shots; eye-popping sharpness and colour

Macro gearing makes AF sometimes a bit slow

This is a fantastic lens if you photograph 'garden' wildlife like insects and so on, because a long macro lens gives you more working distance with high magnification. It is very well built, and has a very nice balance on a pro body, but the benefit for me kind of stops here.

This macro lens is simply the best macro lens available, if you buy this lens you will be amazed at how little Photoshop your images require. The colour saturation is brilliant and the sharpness is razor sharp.