I am an novice photographer, but I really wanted to get into macro photography, as well as candid snapshots, so I chose this lens. Being fixed lens, it has better image quality than most zoom lenses. The downfall to this, being the lack a zooming abilities!

This lens is simply awesome used as a short telephoto for portraits etc., whatever you would use a 100mm for on a FF. IMO, a much more interesting focal length than 50mm on a crop. This lens is superb, sharp even wide open, and embarassingly so if you stop it down for portraits, my main use for the...

Light; Very Sharp; Quick AF in a lot of situations; Perfect Reach

AF can hunt quite a bit in some situations; somewhat small; short working distance for macro

Many macro lenses are bulky, taking up more room in your gadget bag than you'd like, and weighing you down in the process.

Until I bought this lens I didn't realise how much I was missing out on. Very small objects and creatures look very different when looking through this lens. The detail is amazing. The colours are superb. The photos are crisp and sharp. It's also versatile, doubling as a nice portrait lens.

I bought this lens instead for two purpose: Macro and Portrait! I was thinking of buying the 100mm macro plus 85mm f1.8 but this lens saves me buying two lenses! I have been very happy with it as what it is...

Compact lens, lightweight and great quality.

Hello all, I bought the Canon 60mm macro for my 600D, to try my hand at macro shots in the garden and it performed very well. However I find it is a supurb portrait lens as well. In fact at the moment, I am more impressed with its super sharp portraits than anything else.

AMAZING! I bought this lens predominantly for close-up work but its sharpness, clarity and colour rendition is so good that I can't help using it as a general purpose lens, it's THAT good! Of course the fixed focal length is not ideal as a walk around, but I use it whenever I can.

Consistent Output; Durable; Easily Interchangeable; Sharp Focus; Strong Construction

As advertised, not the best price in town but good customer service and shipping. Excellent lens for macro or portrait work on crop sensor DSLR cameras. True to its reputation.

marco work; portrait studio; portrait location

Bra makroobjektiv som tyvärr falerar för "övrig fotografering" pga dålig autofokus. (Jag valde ett 105mm Sigma i stället, ett 105mm passar mig bättre för ren makrofotografering.) Ger skarpa och bra bilder.

Objektivet är ljusstarkt; Ger skarpa och bra bilder; "Äkta" 1:1 Makro; USM betyder som vanligt snabbt och tyst

Som redan nämnts är autofokusen inte mycket att ha, men vid makrofotografering är det ju normalt manuell fokusering som gäller; Men köper man ett 60mm objektiv har man nog tänkt sig att använda det till annat än enbart makro, 60mm betyder att man ofta behöver "gå närmare" objektet än vad som är...