I took some beautiful shots with this lens, but eventually sold it because it was too specialized for my needs.

I am an amateur photographer and already taking great shots with this lens which I mount on a Rebel T4i

With a T4i sensor behind it, I have found that I can get clear shots of tiny bees (2-3 mm long) and other subjects that are more than clear enough for identification and for limited enlargement

Some of my best portrait shots have come from this lens - it is razor sharp and has exceptional bokeh.

Then took to the Des Moines botanical gardens and took a lot of photos and got a few really outstanding shots

Right out of the box and with some poor lighting I starting getting excellent macro shots of random items in my house

She got right up to it, 1:1, and got amazing shots of the lizard's scales

The anytime manual override works well, and is critical to getting good shots at very small distances when multiple focal planes may be desired

The foucs ring however does travel too much often even with limiting it to 0.3m -0.5 but remember most great macro shots are produced by using manual focus

I loved my older Canon 100 2.8 Macro lens and took many great shots over the years.

That is very important to steady hand held shots

The 100mm is close enough for great macro shots, and also wide enough to make a great portrait lens

I got the IS version and the shots are incredible

Like many of you, I was at the point I want to get some great macro shots of bees and bugs

Better shots will be obtained with IS on while tracking a moving subject; however, IS on this lens is no substitute for a telephoto with panning IS ability

You do hear it make a "zoom" sound when it's trying to focus, sometimes it's a little getting used to, when it comes to focus but the shots are clean and sharp!

This will open the door to some more amazing shots that I have had trouble achieving

I've been wanting a macro to play around with and this looked like it would give not only great macro shots but decent portrait work, too.

There are plenty of online tutorials and with this awesome lens you'll be getting gorgeous shots in no time!

great!I've got numerous, excellent macro shots handheld alone

Still learning how to,use it properly but the shots are still great

I'm looking forward to taking some great macro shots with this lens.

It really shines as a macro lens and also takes outstanding portrait and outdoor shots