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Posted: Mon Jan 27th, 2014 20:47

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Since this lens is strictly a macro, Canon must have figured out a way to get the VR to improve sharpness.

The reviews are great for it's macro capabilities build and sharpness.

Most of the negative comments were from those not farmiliar with macro techniques and/or hadn't read Canons info on their site.

One reviewer claimed great results with a 1.4x extender.

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Posted: Tue Jan 28th, 2014 04:30

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Robert wrote:
amazing50 wrote:
Looking forward to the Canon lens. It is a different range and probably much sharper and has VR.

Does the Canon VR (IS?) work in macro use? According to Nikon the Nikkor 105 f2.8 VR Micro the VR doesn't work close up.

I don't understand why, it would be very interesting to know if it's VR and close working that doesn't work or some characteristic of the Nikkor lens that causes the limitation.

I now tend to switch off VR unless I am working in low light and I think it will benefit me to use it. It is nice feature but not a must have!
Sorry Nikon another bell and twiddle that is wasted on me.
AFS is much more useful.

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Posted: Sun Feb 9th, 2014 14:34

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I always thought nikon were more like Apple - going their own way, simple to use, user needs or their own design at heart (for better or worse), insightful, clever, misunderstood.

Canon always seemed to be designed by commitee (a commitee of bean counters), lack of vision, deliberately charging more for less etc. (more like Microsoft)

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Posted: Sun Feb 9th, 2014 15:04

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Well I think that you might be correct in your perception Doug. But we all need to be aware that we can all make mistakes even with the best intentions and advice.

I am sure that we are but a few years away from the DSLRs as we know them being retired as new technolgy takes hold and removes the need for the pentaprism and mirror!

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Posted: Sun Feb 9th, 2014 23:50

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The Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x lens arrived.

Total cost was US $800, or a bit over $900 Canadian with exchange.

The Canon EF to Nikon adapter still hasn't arived so I havn't been able to try it out yet.

There is no VR on this lens and I checked the Canon site and I couldn't find a VR version.

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