When you like macro this lens is your dream. A first look and feel of the lens gives you the pleasuere thet the lens is extremely well build, metal body and it's perfectly finished of.

-build quality; -sharpness; -no other lens does wath this one does

-you need the ringlite or the twin lite flash

I use this lens for high magnification macro photography. The lens has the capability to achieve 5x magnification and is wholly dedicated to the macro photographer; it no other function. The quality of the output is superb.

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

Heavy

I'll start off by saying that this lens is not worth buying unless you are seriously in to macro photography. The lens itself has a maximum working distance of 4 inches and is no use for anything other than macro work. Back to the MPE though.......

Excellent image and build quality; Does what no other macro lens can do - zoom in

Hard to get used to; Needs a dedicated macro flash to work properly

This macro lens fantastic offering a 5 times magnification, but this lens is hard work. There is no focus ring on this lens, you focus the lens by moving the camera closer or further away from the subject.

MP-E 65mm, a very specialized Macro lens from Canon. I like what the website says about the product... "It starts where other macro lenses stop", and it pretty-much summarizes the product. Normal macro lenses can reproduce 1:1 magnification at the max, but this lens beats them all.

Overall this is very good lens for taking small object for the detail... One really bad about is, this is too close lens that you need to focus through moving your camera back and forth.. Very light weight and can use X2 Extention...

X1 to X5..; Very detail colse up!! f/2.8 bright lens!! light weight..; Can use X2 Extention..

Manual Focus, you need to move front and back..; when you use X5, you might thing about distance becuase lens is moving out..

Not realy a lens I needed for any aspect of my Photo Biz but One of those great "toys" that I felt I couldn't Live without.

Consistent Output; Durable; Easily Interchangeable; Rugged; Strong Construction

Learning curve

Very impressive lens! It is not an easy piece to use but I'm enjoying the results A macro flash is very important.

I've been shooting macro with this amazing lens now for 2 years. At first, I read horror stories about changes in technique, rails, tripods and the like but I bought one anyway and it has taught me more about photography than any other single piece of equipment.

Pros: Rugged, Durable, Strong Construction, Consistent Output, Easily Interchangeable Cons: Learning curve Other thoughts: Not realy a lens I needed for any aspect of my Photo Biz but One of those great 'toys' that I felt I couldn't Live without.