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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rmpsrpms, post: 1542247, member: 31773&quot;]The MPE65 is an excellent lens, one of the best out there that can mount directly to the camera. Many award-winning photos have been shot with it. But it&#039;s not too useful for coin photography, since it STARTS at 1:1 and goes up from there. This is the opposite problem from the Zeiss and other dedicated macros that stop at 1:2. The MPE65 is also quite heavy, and large in diameter, so has the same problem as the Zeiss and other dedicated macros in getting light to the subject. In fact, the MPE65 is FAR worse due to its use at high magnification. The higher the magnification, the closer you are to the subject, so the harder it is to get light in there. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a nice explanation of the problems associated with high-magnification shooting, and a couple of older Canon lenses designed for this purpose. The MPE-65 is even listed on this page:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/canon/fdresources/fdlenses/fdmacro/2035macro.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/canon/fdresources/fdlenses/fdmacro/2035macro.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/canon/fdresources/fdlenses/fdmacro/2035macro.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>A bellows system has the advantage that you can choose objective lenses for particular purposes, or just use one lens that works over a wide range. If you go the dedicated macro route, to cover full Dollar shots at 0.4x to variety shots at 5x, you would need to buy both the Canon 100mm and the MPE65, and spend around $1500. If you bought a bellows, a ~80mm lens, and a 4x objective, it would cost you between $250 and $500 (used prices). You could spend more, but at the $500 level you would get higher quality shots and spend $1000 less than you did on the dedicated lenses. Main drawback is you lose the ability to take the system out into the field, but we are talking coin photography here...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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