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Originally Posted by Bluenoser

When shooting Macro (I have a Canon 100mm) I always use manual focus. Especially at shallow depth of field. Quite often auto-focus will not focus on the exact spot you wish it to.

Bluenoser,
Thanks for your reponse. I appreciate it. I think I'm tempting to buy one.

Originally Posted by jim greer

I was in the same boat as you about six months ago. I went with nikon 105mm 1:2.8 vr AF-S What really sold me that the lens was nano- crystal lens. It's great for walk around lens because VR . When I get serious using tri-pod with focusing rail. You set it to manual focus mode shut the VR off. Hit the limit switch to full. Set the lens to 1:1 reproduction Ratio. Your ready to rock-n-roll. It's also one of nikons best portrait lens also. I'm very happy with it. Hope this helps.

jim greer,
Thanks and it helps a lot. But VR is more expensive and can not afford it for now. I think I'll try manaul for now and save for the VR. It can give you I think 2 or 3 stops.

Originally Posted by daft_biker

It makes the lens more versatile. I use my Canon 100mm macro for portaits and action shots of bikes too.

However, the focus ring on my Canon 100mm is geared for speed which makes it more difficult to make fine adjustments manually as a litle movement on the focus ring can move the focus quite a lot. In contrast the autofocus on the Canon 180mm is pretty slow but it's much easier to make fine adjustments using the focus ring.

For what it's woth my favourite macro lens (Canon MP-E 65mm) is manual focus only but the only thing it can do is macro so it's not an issue. It's a spe******ed lens rather than a lens for general use.

daft_biker,
Thank you for reply. I appreciate. I'm going to use it for macro for now. I don't have a good macro lens right now. But gathering all this info. I think I'm going to buy it and see what awaits me.
Thanks again.