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

"I bought this on reading reviews and a recommendation from a macro photographer. It is a VERY sharp lens. Much better than my old 100 mm. Although not IS, it is handholdable with sufficient shutter speed. A bit of hunting in lower light situations.

Sinds 'n halfjaar toegevoegd aan mijn andere macrolenzen, de 100mm IS en de MP E 65. Is een aanrader, zeker als je buiten macro opnames wilt maken. Kwaliteit is uitmuntend

This is an expensive high-quality lens that focusses continuously down to 1:1 (i.e., you can take a picture of something that is 24x36mm in size, the dimensions of the standard 35mm frame). The lens has an ultrasonic motor that allows manual focusing even in AF mode.

Canon EF 180mm f/3.5L Macro USM is one of five dedicated macro primes currently offered by the manufacturer. This is also one of the longest macro primes available in EF/EF-S mount that provides a 1:1 lifesize macro capabilities.

This is Canon's offering in the long, medium telephoto macro area of interchangeable lenses. Long because it is about as long as true Macro lenses go although it is still only a medium telephoto lens in the overall picture. We take a look here at how it performs.

Superb build quality; Good optical quality; Good contrast and colour with no distortion

A little heavy; Trapped tripod collar (when on camera; Price

The Canon EF 180mm f/3.5L USM Macro Lens is Canon's longest macro lens . This lens offers the longest 1:1 macro working distance of any Canon lens and produces a beautifully smooth out of focus background .

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