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Canon 6D or Canon 5D Mark ii
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Hi Arthur,

 

Big Grin

I still have my old Pentax analog equipment as well, barring one I got in 1995 or thereabouts, and two zoom lenses, which I sold on as Pentax was not as good anymore by then as it used to be Smile.

 

I had a lot of macro equipment for that system too, including an auto-bellows and the 100 F/4 macro, lots of tubes, etc. etc. I also have a few tubes for my Canon EOS system, two sets actually Smile. In addition, I used to do a lot of micro-photography and extreme macro-photography, using mostly Leitz equipment, and my trusted Pentaxes back then Smile.

 

The Canon 100 non-L I never liked because I did not like the way it rendered, and I also didn't like the extreme shortening of FL at close focusing distances - It goes from 100 mm to approximately 72 mm when going from infinity to 1:1. The 100L shortens even slightly more, and although it does render slightly better than the non-IS, at close focusing distances in not-so-bright light it does not render too well, and does not auto-focus too well either, IME anyway. The 100-400L did better IMO, both focusing at MFD and beyond, and has a much nicer rendering. This is what helped deciding for me to get my second 100-400L <ROFL>.

I also found at the time that the 135L rendered much more nicely for macro purposes, to me anyway Smile. And having a 100 macro and never using it because I did not like it meant I eventually sold it Smile. The 180L is a lot better in this regard, although it also shortens considerably at 1:1. This is really a problem with IF macro lenses. It is nice they do not get (much) longer, but that is at the cost of distance to the subject.

 

As to the TS-E's - they are one of the reasons why I went with Canon at the time, I always wanted to shoot with those, and I am lucky enough to own all 4 current ones. One of the images I use to show people what you can do with a TS-E is the following shot:

 

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That was shot with the TS-E F/3.5L (Mk I), F/3.5, on a 400D. As you can see, the bokeh, even with this wideangle lens, although used as a short standard lens equivalent, is just stunning. It is just as stunning at F/8, BTW. It will also fit the shortest extension tube, although you get really close to the front lens, especially when tilted Smile.

The Mk II is even better, BTW, even though I haven't tried it with an extension tube yet. As are the 45 and 90 variants Smile.

 

Kind regards, Wim

 

Gear: Canon EOS R with 3 primes and 2 zooms, 4 EF-R adapters, Canon EOS 5 (analog), 9 Canon EF primes, a lone Canon EF zoom, 2 extenders, 2 converters, tubes; Olympus OM-D 1 Mk II & Pen F with 12 primes, 6 zooms, and 3 Metabones EF-MFT adapters ....
  


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Canon 6D or Canon 5D Mark ii - by toni-a - 06-06-2016, 07:59 PM
Canon 6D or Canon 5D Mark ii - by chrismiller - 06-07-2016, 07:47 AM
Canon 6D or Canon 5D Mark ii - by Brightcolours - 06-07-2016, 01:28 PM
Canon 6D or Canon 5D Mark ii - by chrismiller - 06-07-2016, 01:39 PM
Canon 6D or Canon 5D Mark ii - by Brightcolours - 06-07-2016, 07:54 PM
Canon 6D or Canon 5D Mark ii - by chrismiller - 06-07-2016, 08:37 PM
Canon 6D or Canon 5D Mark ii - by Brightcolours - 06-07-2016, 08:56 PM
Canon 6D or Canon 5D Mark ii - by Rover - 06-08-2016, 10:11 AM
Canon 6D or Canon 5D Mark ii - by Brightcolours - 06-08-2016, 10:15 AM
Canon 6D or Canon 5D Mark ii - by Rover - 06-23-2016, 08:15 PM
Canon 6D or Canon 5D Mark ii - by Brightcolours - 06-23-2016, 08:35 PM
Canon 6D or Canon 5D Mark ii - by Rover - 06-26-2016, 06:31 PM
Canon 6D or Canon 5D Mark ii - by toni-a - 06-27-2016, 07:14 PM
Canon 6D or Canon 5D Mark ii - by Brightcolours - 06-27-2016, 07:29 PM
Canon 6D or Canon 5D Mark ii - by toni-a - 06-27-2016, 08:04 PM
Canon 6D or Canon 5D Mark ii - by Brightcolours - 06-27-2016, 08:27 PM
Canon 6D or Canon 5D Mark ii - by chrismiller - 06-28-2016, 10:06 AM
Canon 6D or Canon 5D Mark ii - by Brightcolours - 06-28-2016, 10:20 AM
Canon 6D or Canon 5D Mark ii - by toni-a - 06-28-2016, 09:27 PM
Canon 6D or Canon 5D Mark ii - by chrismiller - 06-28-2016, 10:20 PM
Canon 6D or Canon 5D Mark ii - by Brightcolours - 06-28-2016, 10:27 PM
Canon 6D or Canon 5D Mark ii - by Brightcolours - 06-30-2016, 05:52 PM
Canon 6D or Canon 5D Mark ii - by toni-a - 06-30-2016, 06:09 PM
Canon 6D or Canon 5D Mark ii - by Brightcolours - 06-30-2016, 06:45 PM
Canon 6D or Canon 5D Mark ii - by Brightcolours - 06-30-2016, 09:01 PM
Canon 6D or Canon 5D Mark ii - by wim - 07-02-2016, 10:28 PM
Canon 6D or Canon 5D Mark ii - by toni-a - 07-03-2016, 04:58 AM
Canon 6D or Canon 5D Mark ii - by Brightcolours - 07-03-2016, 03:18 PM
Canon 6D or Canon 5D Mark ii - by wim - 07-03-2016, 05:42 PM
Canon 6D or Canon 5D Mark ii - by wim - 07-03-2016, 05:46 PM
Canon 6D or Canon 5D Mark ii - by wim - 07-03-2016, 05:48 PM
Canon 6D or Canon 5D Mark ii - by wim - 07-03-2016, 09:52 PM
Canon 6D or Canon 5D Mark ii - by wim - 07-07-2016, 10:49 PM
Canon 6D or Canon 5D Mark ii - by Susan_Peterson - 07-27-2016, 03:15 PM

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