topic Re: New EF-M Macro lens in EF & RF Lenses

New EF-M Macro lens

kvbarkley — Thu, 12 May 2016 15:10:22 GMT

There is a just announced Macro for EF-M with several cool features:

Builti in LED lights

Magnification to 1.2X life size .31 ft focus distance which I am guessing is about 2" in front of the lens.

Re: New EF-M Macro lens

Waddizzle — Thu, 12 May 2016 20:49:09 GMT

@kvbarkley wrote:
There is a just announced Macro for EF-M with several cool features:
Builti in LED lights
Magnification to 1.2X life size .31 ft focus distance which I am guessing is about 2" in front of the lens.

A compact prime designed for macro photography, the EF-M 28mm f/3.5 Macro IS STM from Canon is a 44.8mm-equivalent lens designed for APS-C-format EF-M-mount mirrorless cameras.

-EF-M Mount Lens/APS-C Format
-44.8mm (35mm Equivalent)
-Maximum Aperture: f/3.5
-One UD Element & Two Aspherical Elements
-STM Stepping AF Motor
-Hybrid IS Image Stabilization
-Maximum Magnification: 1.2x
-Super Macro Setting for 3.7" Min. Focus
-Built-In Macro Lite LED
-Retractable Design for Compact Profile

I wonder what exactly "Hybrid IS means.

Re: New EF-M Macro lens

kvbarkley — Thu, 12 May 2016 21:23:34 GMT

Hybrid IS is the same as the one in the new EF 100mm Macro. It adds "to and fro" stability control to the normal up/down left/ right stability

Re: New EF-M Macro lens

diverhank — Thu, 12 May 2016 21:24:07 GMT

Waddizzle wrote: I wonder what exactly "Hybrid IS means.
I think it means that the IS will not only compensate for angular shake for regular shooting but also compensate for shift camera shake which is prominent at macro range. The Canon 100mm f/2.8L IS Macro was the first lens that has this.

http://www.canon.com/news/2009/jul22e.html

Re: New EF-M Macro lens

Waddizzle — Thu, 12 May 2016 21:45:50 GMT

Most IS systems compensate for side to side motion, or up and down. Are you saying that this system can do both at the same time?

[EDIT] With IS and a pair of on-board lights, the battery drain could be significant on an already small battery.

Re: New EF-M Macro lens

kvbarkley — Thu, 12 May 2016 21:46:38 GMT

Most do both at the same time unless you are in panning mode. This one does *3* axes at the same time

http://www.canon.com/news/2009/jul22e.html

Re: New EF-M Macro lens

RobertTheFat — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:51:09 GMT

@kvbarkley wrote:
Hybrid IS is the same as the one in the new EF 100mm Macro. It adds "to and fro" stability control to the normal up/down left/ right stability

When you say "the new EF 100mm Macro", you mean the newer (L) version, right? There hasn't been a new third version of the 100mm macro, has there?

Re: New EF-M Macro lens

kvbarkley — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:15:50 GMT

Yes, the L version, I actually thought it was an update of the old 100mm, not an upgrade to "L" status

https://www.usa.canon.com/internet/portal/us/home/products/details/lenses/ef/macro/ef-100mm-f-2-8l-macro-is-usm

Re: New EF-M Macro lens

AlanaD — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 16:15:44 GMT

Please help. I just purchased this lens with an R6 body thinking it would fit. Am I missing something? I bought the adaptor ring as well. I need to return asap if this is not compatible. thank you so much

Re: New EF-M Macro lens

rs-eos — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 17:41:48 GMT

An EF-M lens cannot work with an RF-mount camera. There is no adapter that exists. EF and EF-S lenses though will work when using an EF to RF mount adapter.

Re: New EF-M Macro lens

AlanaD — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 18:30:38 GMT

I appreciate your quick response! It is not easy to get immediate help with Canon.

Re: New EF-M Macro lens

amfoto1 — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 19:30:25 GMT

There are four Canon RF Macro lenses that can be used on an R6 without need for any adapter, however only one of them is capable of full 1:1 magnification... the RF 100mm f/2.8 IS USM (which actually can do 1.4:1 magnification, greater than lifesize).

The RF 85mm f/2 IS STM and RF 35mm f/1.8 IS STM, as well as a new RF 24mm f/1.8 IS STM that's coming to stores soon all can do 1:2 or one half life size on their own. They all could be pushed to higher magnification by adding some macro extension tubes behind them. Canon doesn't yet make any macro extension tubes for the RF mount, but other manufacturers do. In fact, Kenko has announced a set that will be in store soon.

You mention having gotten an adapter with the camera and lens. You may want to keep the adapter because there are a great many EF lenses that can be adapted for use on the R6, including quite a few macro lenses. Over the years there have been many very good macro lenses made for the EF mount, both by Canon themselves and by third party manufacturers. Currently there are only four autofocus macro lenses in production... a Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM, one Tokina and two Sigma. They all are pretty darned good to excellent. But if you shop used you will find a great deal more, including a number of different Canon macro lenses that were made until just recently.

Return the EF-M lens (as noted by Ricky, it cannot be adapted for use on the R6).

While it's possible to adapt them for use on your R6, I also would advise against EF-S lenses because the R6 is a full frame camera and EF-S lenses are designed for use on crop sensor cameras. EF-S lenses won't fully cover your camera's larger sensor, so images will be significantly cropped.

Canon EF lenses (no S or M) are made for full frame. There also have been 3rd party lenses made both for full frame and for crop cameras. For example, Tokina designates their full frame capable lenses FX and their crop only lenses DX. Sigma designates full frame DG and crop only DC. Tamron designated their full frame lenses "Di" and their crop only lenses "Di II". In any case, you should try to stick with full frame capable lenses.

Finally, there are also a number of manual focus/manual aperture 3rd party macro lenses being offered that will directly fit onto the R6. I mention these because some people prefer to shoot macro with manual focus.

If this is your first and only macro lens, I recommend a 90, 100 or 105mm as a good all-around choice. Longer focal lengths are tougher to hold steady, more likely to need a tripod and render very shallow depth of field. Shorter focal lengths can put you awfully close to your subject. So unless you have special need, I'd suggest the 90 to 105mm range as a good choice.

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