Hi Tom: > I'm curious if anyone has used this lens and has any comments on it?
I've had the Sigma 180 f/3.5 EX Macro since December and think it's a very good macro lens, especially for the money. It performs much like the Canon 180 in terms of rather slow focusing...but 19 inches or so to infinity at 180mms is a tough job for any lens. I tried shorter macro lenses but settled on the 180mm as you can get some nice tight shots and still leave some distance between you and the subject. And the butterflies and other critters I occasionally shoot like their space. Also, the older I get the more I realize that a prone position is not all that fun. While it does pretty well doubling as a medium telephoto, I learned that you don't want to use it for portraits; I put it on the D30 for the heck of it and got some shots of the wife and every freckle showed up--she didn't think much of that. The build of the lens is very good, solid construction, and it does work on an Elan II, 1v and also a D30 so don't believe you'd have any compatibility issues with your D60 or EOS 3. Regards, Gary Russell * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
