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Canon EF-S 60mm F2.8 USM Macro

Rating 4.7 65 reviews
Manufacturer: Canon
LensTip.com
16 years ago

Canon EF-S 60 mm f/2.8 Macro USM

The last EF-S lens, designed for a small APS-C sensor, that's left for our tests, is Canon EF-S 60 mm f/2.8 Macro USM. It's an instrument which, on small sensors, was to be the equivalent of a classic and already tested by us "hundred", so the EF 100 mm f/2.8 Macro USM model.
Pros:
  • compact
  • light and closed body
  • outstanding sharpness both at the center and the edge of the frame from the maximum aperture
  • small chromatic aberration
  • very small coma
  • negligible astigmatism
  • fast
  • silent and very accurate autofocus
Cons:
  • vignetting's too large
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slrgear.com
13 years ago

Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM review by Apricane

This lens is simply awesome used as a short telephoto for portraits etc., whatever you would use a 100mm for on a FF. IMO, a much more interesting focal length than 50mm on a crop. This lens is superb, sharp even wide open, and embarassingly so if you stop it down for portraits, my main use for the...
Pros:
  • Light
  • Very Sharp
  • Quick AF in a lot of situations
  • Perfect Reach
Cons:
  • AF can hunt quite a bit in some situations
  • somewhat small
  • short working distance for macro
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Camera Labs
13 years ago

Canon EF-S 60mm f2.8 USM Macro

Canon's EF-S 60mm f2.8 is a Macro lens designed for cropped-bodies; as an EF-S model it's not compatible with full-frame bodies. When mounted on a cropped-body it delivers an equivalent focal length of 96mm, which combined with a minimum focusing distance of 20cm allows you to enjoy serious...
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Roberts Camera
8 years ago

A thoroughly modern design that's optimized for select Canon EOS digital SLRs. Its angle of view is equivalent to a 96mm lens on a 35mm camera, with a floating optical system that can focus down to full life-size (1:1) magnification.
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OpticalLimits
7 years ago

Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 USM macro - Review / Test Report

The lens features a true IF ( internal focus ) design so the front element does not rotate and the length of the lens remains constant regardless of the chosen focus distance. Typical for ring-type USM lenses full-time manual override is always possible in one-shot AF mode.
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