The Canon EF 100mm f2.8 USM Macro: Can a lens made in 2000 still work well in 2022? 

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I’m still using this lens in 2024 for portrait work on my canon 6D. Colour science & sharpness from the body to the lens is 😍

I have this lens, I have to agree it is fantastic! I think I got off of eBay for about less than $200. I use it on my 5D classic for both macro and portrait work, it never disappoints.

Thanks very useful!

Love older Canon lenses. Recently sold my a7iii and got a used 5D mkIV and pocketed a little cash. I take photos/video of muscle and exotic cars for sale, and was sick of colour correcting on the Sony. All to say, stumbled upon another gem: 1990's EF 20-35mm 2.8 L for a couple of hundred bucks. It's great! Have my eye on this 100mm macro now. Something fun about going backwards to old tech. Feels vintage now lol

How do you pull back from 1:1 to 1:2? Just move further from the subject?

I was looking for this EXACT video since I’m an old canon user and my 100mm usm is my gem I didn’t wanna get rid of , and I badly wanna switch to Sony cos of the quality and 3rd party lens support . Thank you sm , you’re a legend !

I own this lens on my EOS 6D and yes is amazing quality, i like your video, on Sony A7III is pretty nice.

So from what I gather its still to this day a viable lens, I've been on the fence between this Canon and the Loawa 100mm 2.8 the price gap is huge the canon I found local for $160 used, the loawa used for 389$ I believe it was on B&H so not to much off msrp. Thank for the info I'm definitely closer to a decision.

What kind of extension tube did you use and would recommend that is of high quality? And: If I get the R5 with IBS , would I need the Macro 100 mm EF lens with IS? I have the Macro 100 mm EF lens USM but it doesn't have IS on it, mentioned it in my original post.

I recently got this lens at a thrift shop wondering if it would work on my canon t3i.