Probably not as durable as some "L" lenses, but every bit as weather resistant and a lot lighter.

Canon and Tamron make some great macro lenses

Eliminates the graininess out of pictures that you experience with cheap lenses.

Simply amazing!If you can afford it, L lenses are the way to go!

My wife loves this lense for her photo events (i.e weddings birthdays ect..)....

I contacted them and they overnighted the correct lense to me, which meant I had it for my trip

This is probably one of the sharpest lenses in Canons EF lineup.

I love this lense

This lens is probably the best of several wonderful Canon L-Series lenses I have.

lense).For quality, it really significant & invaluable to have the IS on a macro lense

Excellent macro lense

While I do not typically use many primary lenses since I like the flexibility of a zoom when traveling, I will be finding a way to bring this on my travels for macro and portrait use.

The 100mm Macro 'L' is definitely one of the very best lenses available.

I think it is a matter that a prime is able to take sharper pictures than a zoom.'dpreview.com' does an extensive test of the Canon EF 100mm L macro lens and concludes 'this is one of the very finest lenses we've seen'

Absolutly love this lense

But IMHO, it's well worth it, not just because of its fantastic quality, but also because these lenses don't really seem to lose their value

This is simply a great lense

A picture at 1/20s with IS enable is sharper than 1/100s of the old lense (without IS).In my opinion, this lense is also usable for many other purposes (other than macro) for example: portraiture - this will be in between the 85mm and 135mm lenses, with the IS feature and nice bokeh & sharpness, this lense is also very nice for portraits, especially for kid portraits (if you already had three 85mm 1.2L-II, 100mm 2.8L, and 135mm 2L lenses

However, there are also other excellent lenses which cost

This has quickly become one of my favorite lenses

One of the best L series lenses.

One of my best lenses

Don’t waste you $ on slow, fuzzyish lenses, save up and invest in good L glass from Canon.

Fantastic lense!!what more can I say!!

blows both lenses out of the water as far as IQ and sharpness.

This lens is sharp, fast, and one of the best macro lenses out there.

First I have to say that the old lense was very very good but in low light a tripod was an essential

But because focus is so critical to effective macro photography, I thought I'd add this little bit of advice for people who, like me, wear glasses with progressive lenses.

On top of that, how many lenses (or products, for that matter) have a 4.9 out of 5 on amazon, especially after hundreds of reviews

Excellent lense which will be used for close range photos

It is probably one of the cheapest L lenses in the Canon L series

One of my favorite lenses!

I don't find myself using the full setting at all, I switch between the two modes depending on what I need and the focusing is as fast as my other L lenses.

One of the least expensive L lenses, it doubles as an amazing macro as well as a really great portrait lens.

This lens creates the best bokeh I have seen form a lens, including the lenses I own that stop down to f1.4.If you are looking for possibly one of the best macro lenses on the market

These lenses are built very well and should last a lifetime

It feels every bit as rough as my other all metal L lenses.

Macro is something that i always wanted to try but with bad lenses that I had prior to this, I was never able to appreciate my macro pictures

AMAZON was fantastic in their response to initially sending me the wrong lense (only such error I ever have experienced with Amazon)

One of my favorite L lenses

However, it is also one of the best portrait lenses you can buy

An amazing lense

I keep hearing about how good prime lenses are compared to zoom

Not much to say, except one of the finest lenses to ever come from Canon.

If your looking at this review your probably a little addicted to lenses but maybe your a little broke by now getting other lenses, flash camera gear

Great lense as I would expect of a Canon 'L" lens, takes very sharp pictures, the stabilization works well in hand-held photos

Any of the major websites will tell you the truth: this lens is AWESOME and one of the top 3 Canon lenses at the moment

It is one of my favorite lenses.

It is of course one of the best macro lenses you can buy, and a lot of fun to play with in that regard

With IS this lense is fantastic, a must have.

Highly recommend this lense

This is one of the best lenses I've owned

The only other complaint I have is that it makes my other lenses look cheap by comparison.

The lens is fairly light, but does not feel as solid as most other L lenses.

Probably not as durable as some "L" lenses, but every bit as weather resistant and a lot lighter.

I had the non L and this blows that out of the water!

]Compared to a "normal" L lens like the 200mm L:[

It is expensive yes, but as with all L glasses, worth every single penny

Don’t waste you $ on slow, fuzzyish lenses, save up and invest in good L glass from Canon.

But the new 100mm macro L is very much worth the upgrade, and the IS is a welcome addition to Canon's most popular macro option.

First off, at under a thousand bananas, you get unbelievable L-quality images and really nice build as well

One of the best L series lenses.

First off, at under a thousand bananas, you get unbelievable L-quality images and really nice build as well

The lens is made of a newer plastic barrel, but it is far from the cheaper non L variety

(The standard insider joke is that the 'L' stands for 'Expensive as L')2

Much better even than some of my other "L" lenses and well worth the upgrade from the non-IS version

It is probably one of the cheapest L lenses in the Canon L series

This lens is the best "L" lens you can buy for the money because of the following reasons:1

Fantastically sharp and fun to play with!This is my first "L" lens and definitely worth the price to treat myself

One of the least expensive L lenses, it doubles as an amazing macro as well as a really great portrait lens.

I don't find myself using the full setting at all, I switch between the two modes depending on what I need and the focusing is as fast as my other L lenses.

Anyways, if you want a comparatively cheap L lens that you can use for shooting portraits, street shots, and other type of shots, you will find this baby more than capable.

It feels every bit as rough as my other all metal L lenses.

One of my favorite L lenses

Sharpness is incredible, almost as sharp as my 50mm 1.2 L model

I don't have a really fast L lens, but that is probably coming next

The optical stabiliser works brilliantly, and was the reason I purchased the 'L' version of this lens instead of its much cheaper non-'L' counterpart

Otherwise, for studio work on tripod, the non L will be perfect and you can spend the extra money on other things (like food).

The lens is fairly light, but does not feel as solid as most other L lenses.