topic Re: Minimum Focusing Distance in EF & RF Lenses

Minimum Focusing Distance - RESOLVED

AllenP — Tue, 21 Aug 2018 16:35:44 GMT

OK, stupid question regarding the MFD. We recently purchased a Canon EOS T6 Kit. I have the 75 - 300mm lens and was looking for MFD or Macro on the barrel of the lense. I don't see that. I do see what looks like a flower with 1.5m/4.9ft. I'm assuming that is the MFD.

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Re: Minimum Focusing Distance

ebiggs1 — Sat, 11 Aug 2018 13:25:13 GMT

MFD is about 5 feet for that lens.

Re: Minimum Focusing Distance

shadowsports — Sat, 11 Aug 2018 14:11:20 GMT

Yep. If 70-300 mkIII

Closest Focusing Distance 1.5m/ 4.9 ft.

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Re: Minimum Focusing Distance

Waddizzle — Sat, 11 Aug 2018 15:13:21 GMT

@AllenP wrote:
OK, stupid question regarding the MFD. We recently purchased a Canon EOS T6 Kit. I have the 75 - 300mm lens and was looking for MFD or Macro on the barrel of the lense. I don't see that. I do see what looks like a flower with 1.5m/4.9ft. I'm assuming that is the MFD.

You found it. Photographing flowers is a common use for a macro lens. I believe your camera has a Basic shooting mode that uses a Flower on the mode dial.

That shooting mode puts the camera into “Macro” mode, which alters the way it prioritizes exposure settings. It probably uses narrower aperture settings compared to other Basic modes.