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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;illini420, post: 1688340, member: 19423&quot;]I just got a Canon EOS Rebel T4i camera this weekend and when looking at which macro lens to get, I was ready to go with the Canon 100mm f/2.8 macro lens that many have recommended in the past, but my friend who runs the camera shop suggested to buy the L-series version of that lens (the 100mm f/2.8 L IS USM macro) as it has some extra features and overall better quality and better resale. So I went with that one. </p><p><br /></p><p>Got everything delivered and finally set up this evening. Before even hooking it up to my copy stand or before I tweaked the various camera settings I thought it would be interesting to take a few shots freehand w/o making any adjustments at all to see what sort of shots I could get. So, here&#039;s the first coin I imaged using all of the camera&#039;s factory default settings and doing no editing to the photos at all other than to resize the images to 25% of their original size. The third shot is a crop of the date in full size.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.michaelkittle.com/ebay2/1799o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.michaelkittle.com/ebay2/1799r.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.michaelkittle.com/ebay2/1799close.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m pretty impressed with the quality of the images. Sure, they are far from perfection, but multiple times better than I have ever done with my old point and shoot camera. I also think it was a pretty clear image considering I was shooting it with the camera in my hands so seemingly the autofocus and the image stabilization in this lens works pretty well. Now seeing what this can do with the factory default settings freehand, I can&#039;t wait to get it hooked to the copy stand and play around with the settings. Still not sure if the L-series version of the 100mm macro lens was really worth twice the price but I&#039;m taking my friend&#039;s word that it is <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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