What is there to say about this lens that hasn't been said before. It is a fantastic macro lens if you are a canon shooter. It can hunt for focus a bit at close range on non-contrasty subjects, but is very sharp and a fun lens to shoot with.

Wonderful lens, sharp, brilliant! Good feeling in your hands, fast autofocus, although I prefer manual focussing for extreme closeups! Canon quality and in my opinion much better than Sigma 180mm!

Common to all reports This is my attempt to give something back to the forum members who have provided this wonderful resource. I found much here that helped with my lens selection. So over the last 1 to 2 years here is what I used – all on a pair of 5D bodies.

the best IQ of all my lenses; bomb proof build

a bit heavy

This lens is built like a tank and being a metal body, I found it to be lighter than I expected. I use it mainly for macro and having a bit more working distance from my subject is a bonus for me over the 100mm I used previously.

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

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 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.

If you want good quality images, you must invest in good lenses. You won't go wrong with this lens. The results are worth the effort. I compose my shots to get the effect I want, so, I always focus manually before I auto focus. As a result, the slowness that some complain about doesn't bother me.

The EF 180mm f/3.5L Macro lens captures amazing colors, and is the sharpest lens I have used; I read all the reviews and researched this lens for months while I saved for it; Now that I have it and have used it I can say that this will soon be one of my favorite lenses.

The lens is large and a bit heavy but what do you expect