use with rebel xsi, mr-14 ring flash, aperature at 29 or 32 and shutter speed 1/60. get great depth of field and incredible detail

takes great before and after photos of patients teeth; When I put patients pictures up on the screen, I can zoom in on the smallest detail and patients can clearly see and understand what I see; The smallest details are clearly obvious.

will sometimes hunt for focus; but I manual focus anyway

Many macro lenses are bulky, taking up more room in your gadget bag than you'd like, and weighing you down in the process. By comparison, the Canon EF-S 60mm is as small and light as the average prime lens of the same focal length. Specially designed for the EOS 400D, it's at home with the camera.

Been looking around for a while macro lenes i found this one it does every thing that you want it to do

Designed for use with Canon's APS-C sized sensors....

Fast and quiet focus; good image quality

Slower to switch between manual and auto focus

A compact macro lens for EF-S compatible Canon SLRs which provides life-size magnification at its closest focus.

Good resolution performance; Internal focusing; Fast focus speed; especially for a macro lens; Barely any CA; Good control of ghosting and flare; Compact; lightweight design

No focus limiter switch

Great combo macro / portrait lens. Stop it down just a little and it's a gem. Several of the images I made with this lens have been made into popular landscape prints, posters, canvases. I'll get a surprise when I'm in a strange place walking down a hallway and see one of my images.

Great image quality from 3.5 on; excellent AF on any body from the 40D on

A little soft wide open

This is Canon's first macro lens dedicated to APS-C sized sensors, so it's geared towards cameras such as the EOS 30D or 350D. The focal length on an APS-C sensor Canon camera is extended by 1.6x, so this lens offers the equivalent of 96mm.

Fast and quiet focus; good image quality

Slower to switch between manual and auto focus

I'm so glad I got this lens. Its great for portraits and of course macro photography is wonderful with this lens. The back ground blur is so pretty with this lens. It hasn't left my camera since I purchased it 2 weeks ago. no IS, but i dont find it's an issue with handheld photo's.

Disclaimer: I am not a professional photographer. I currently use this with a photo box for my jewelry photography and it does an amazing job. Sure, a 100mm Canon lens would likely give me better still photography, but unfortunately I need to do larger shots and videos in a short amount of time.

As advertised, not the best price in town but good customer service and shipping. Excellent lens for macro or portrait work on crop sensor DSLR cameras. True to its reputation.

marco work; portrait studio; portrait location