Reddit mentions of Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM Fixed Lens for Canon SLR Cameras

Just started doing the same thing and the results are worth it. I use this lens stopped down to about f8 with a Canon t4i and it's great.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0007WK8KS/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Don't worry about it. Just buy this lens and this one is optional, it will get you even closer.

There are three options I can think of for your use:

• Canon EF-S 35mm f/2.8 Macro is STM - This one is cool because it has LED light at the front of the lens to illuminate your subject. It's not bright enough to illuminate people at a decent portrait length but more than enough for flowers and such. It can also be used as a general-purpose lens. 35mm is fantastic on APSC cameras for walk-around shooting.
  
  
• Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM - I've heard great things about this lens. It can also be used as a portrait lens.
  
  
• Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM - This lens is absolutely amazing. This is a very high quality piece of glass that will provide amazing results for macro. The only real difference between this and the L version is the weather sealing, Image Stabilization, better build quality, and a slight improvement in image quality around the corners, if I remember correctly. Here are some of my sample shots using the L version, just to give you an idea of what these 100's can do: https://imgur.com/a/nsqUI5A

Thank you! The macros are shot with a Canon EOS 450D (my first serious camera, an entry level reflex from around ten years ago) with this lensthis lens and a flash. Some basic post production is applied with Adobe Lightroom.

What equipment do you have to take pics? Maybe I can give you some advice.

Get yourself a cheap entry level dslr, and then I'd recommend a canon 60mm Macro ($400.) It's a great lens for product photography. For the white background try to find some poster board at a local craft shop (they usually use it for paintings.) and curve it like [this] (https://www.google.com/search? q=poster+board&safe=active&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiZ8ueJ2KDPAhUB4SYKHdCTBcQQAUICSgC&biw=1920&bih=1012#safe=active&tbm=isch&q=poster+board+photography+&imgrc=). Next is lighting, if you want to go cheap you can always go down to home depot and pick a few of these up. You'll probably want to put some daylight balanced bulbs in them (roughly 5500K) and get some form of diffusion to make the light softer (Frosted plexi-glass, florescent panel diffuser (available at lowe's) if you use LEDs you can get away with tissue paper) After that it's really just trial and error. Oh, one thing I forgot to mention is a tripod, try to find yourself a good quality tripod. It will help when doing macro photography (Small objects.) Hope that helps

Does anyone know of a fast 90mm lens designed for APS-C sensors?

I'm hoping to buy a macro lens for my APS-C camera, but I'm finding that there's not a lot of selection. The only EF-S lens I can find that seems to be made for macro is the Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM. I'd much rather get a lens in the 90mm range. I currently use the Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM, and I can get decent macro results with a macro ring. But at f/4 max aperture, the bokeh isn't that great. I'd also like to use the macro lens for portraits as well, which would really benefit from a fast aperture. I could get a 60mm EF lens, and it would behave like a 96mm with the 1.6x crop factor, but it would also slow the aperture by 60% for depth-of-field.

I didn't realize there was a difference between macro and close up photography. Which lens would be best for close up and portrait photography?

Would the Canon 60mm F/2.8 be a better fit?

I totally want this macro lens but it's too expensive.
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This is the amazon page and that's definitely something to consider. I already have this lens which isn't macro but it does well if a subject is 3.5 ft away

Oh, and a macro lens will be after those two. In theory/dreams.

Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM would work for portraits and macro.


Canon EF-S 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 IS STM for ultra-wide landscapes.

Yep! I don't think having a fast lens would help you photograph cars necessarily. Because I'd imagine you'd want the whole car in focus from headlight to tail light. That would require a higher aperture of like f/8 f/10 depending on your focal length and distance from the car.

You can use a depth of field calculator to figure out exactly what you need to do to get a whole object in focus. http://www.dofmaster.com/dofjs.html

With that said, detail shots of, lets say, interior cosmetic parts, or even cooler, engine parts, would look really terrific with shallower depth of field. Which would require that 50mm f/1.8 others have recommended. The good news here is that the 50mm f/1.8 can obviously stop down to something like f/8 or f/10 to get the whole car in focus too. What you have now can do the whole car in focus, but a faster lens like the f/1.8 would really make details look great.

If you want to do macro cheaply - I use this lens for work: https://www.amazon.com/Canon-EF-S-Macro-Fixed-Cameras/dp/B0007WK8KS

It's not an amazing lens but it's a macro, it fits your camera, and it's not incredibly expensive. Just be careful, if you ever upgrade your camera body, this lens does not go on full frame cameras like the 5D.

So, there's some food for thought!