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Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5X Macro Lens for Canon SLR Cameras |  | Brand: Canon
List Price: $1,400.00
Buy New: $929.00
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Rating:  15 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Maximum Focal Length: 65
Minimum Focal Length: 65
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 5.5 x 5.4
MPN: 2540A003
Model: 2540A003
UPC: 082966214219
EAN: 0082966214219
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| Features:
| • | Dedicated to high-quality manual focus macro photography from 1~5x. | | • | Supports AE metering with EOS-1N and other EOS cameras | | • | Compatible with Macro Ring Lite ML-3. | | • | Removable tripod collar revolves smoothly and locks securely | | • | Sophisticated 3-group floating system with UD element enhances image quality. |
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Product Description
A unique manual-focus lens designed exclusively for macro shooting, between life-size (1x) and 5x life-size - at its maximum magnification, you can fill a 35mm frame with a grain of rice. Compatible with the Macro Ring Lites and new Macro Twin Lite, it eliminates the need for awkward bellows accessories for many macro shooters. A floating system preserves optical quality at different focusing distances, and features a UD-glass element.
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 15
 Great Lens with a High Learning Curve July 25, 2010
alvin huntsman III (CORVALLIS, OR, US)
If you want easy, pass on this lens. If you want beautiful true macro, have patience, the accessories, and the ability operate your camera correctly, this is the one. If you want infinite and auto focus buy the 100mm macro (which I have and love). But this lens is take you to world beyond what you see.
I've had the lens for about a month and still feel I haven't begun to explore the full potential. For outdoors a tripod or monopod is a must past X2. Get the MT24 EX twin light or a ring light for anything else. A view finder magnifier helps with focus. Remote shutter release too. At 5x I can see my pulse move the camera, so hands off is a good idea. It's hardest lens to use I've ever had. It takes the best photographs I have.
Macro May 26, 2010
Glen Appleby (Canada)
Excellent quality takes fantasitic close ups. Takes some getting used to because of the short focal range.
Canon MP-E65 Macro Photography lens May 18, 2010
Stanley G. Samuel (Dubuque, IA)
WOW, what a lens. Make sure to use a focusing rail if you use this lens. Very unstable beyond 3X, but the images you get are stunning if your camera is steady!
Excellent construction, and better than any other Macro lens I have used!
Remember to also get photo stacking software (Helicon Focus) if you are doing extreme macro photography. This will enable you to take multiple photos with varying depth of field and focus and combine them to get one awesome photo!
Summary: For macrophotography you will need
1. The canon MP-E65 Lens with filter
2. The Macro focusing rail (4 way preferably) & super sturdy tripod (Bogen?)
3. Professional grade DSLR (I use canon 1 DS MK iii) with remote shutter release
4. Photo Stacking software (Helicon Focus or comparable software)
5. A Lot of free time, patience and imagination
Whole new world August 3, 2009
leh
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
To those experienced in macro photography: I have no reservations or qualifications in recommending this lens.
If you're interested, you can see examples of what photos this lens can take at [...]
Manual exposure settings are given for each photo, so it can be used as a sort of guide for people just starting out.
A few notes to those new to macro photography: I have no hesitation recommending this, as long as you have patience.
*It takes a while to calibrate your senses so that you can locate an object with this lens. Don't doubt yourself during this process-- it will become second nature.
*Learn how to steady yourself using your own body and tree trunks, banisters, pillars, whatever is around you, so that you don't *need* to use a tripod. This way, you'll have more freedom shooting insects and spiders.
*You need a *lot* of very bright light, especially as you increase magnification. This is not an indoor lens, unless you have accessories.
*Up to 3x magnification, you can usually get away with using bright, natural, outdoor light. If you want to shoot at 4x or 5x magnification, you *need* reflectors, fill flashes, or ring flashes. It's not only the quantity of light that is low, but the quality is poor if you're relying on natural light at that magnification.
An anecdote: I was lying in the grass, looking through my camera at 3x magnification, focusing on some moss. When an ant ran past, I felt like I was on safari. It really is an experience using this lens. The first time I looked into a flower through it and saw individual grains of pollen, I couldn't stop myself from smiling. If you're inspired by nature and new perspectives, this lens is your window to a new world.
Canon MP-E 65mm is a macro photographer's joy ride! July 7, 2009
Alejandro Ramirez (Kirkland, WA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I finally got this lens, and they are simply amazing!
Their physical size is somewhat deceptive when they are at 1x, because once you zoom in, the lens are really long.
They are also quite heavy, so hand-held shots are complicated because of cramps.
What you get in the box:
- Lens
- Lens cap
- Tripod ring
- Manual
What didn't come in the box (but should have):
- Pouch
What must be used:
- A filter to protect the lens because of the narrow space between the front of the lens and the subjects, to avoid scratching it. (58mm)
- A macro ring flash or external (potent) light.
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