As i discussed in my last post a macro lens is a must have lens for wedding photographers because photographing small details like the rings requires a macro lens.
Best red ring lens.
The red dot on the ef lenses align with the red dot on the ff bodies as well as the red dot on crop sensor bodies.
L lenses tend to be more durable incorporating dust and water resistant rubber.
The most important necessity is a macro lens.
This really is a bargain of a lens and one of the big reasons i d recommend a newcomer to wedding photography with a modest budget to use canon over nikon.
They re made to resist weather dust and water making them compatible with outdoor photography.
L series lenses are demarcated by a red ring around their focusing ring.
For example notice the red ring on the canon ef 70 200mm f 4 l usm telephoto zoom lens below.
Only red dots are found on ef lenses.
Shown below is an example of a lens that was colored white simply for cosmetic reasons.
Some models of l lenses utilize an infrared reflective heat shield coating.
Just because the canon ef 85mm f 1 8 usm doesn t have that elusive red ring of the l series canon lenses doesn t mean it can t trade punches with the big boys.
Notice the lens does not have a red.
Therefore it s still best to check for the letter l within the name and a red ring.
The white squares are only found on ef s lenses.
I use the canon 100mm f 2 8 which is the perfect lens for me when i need to shoot the details of small objects like the rings.
There are two main types of reversing rings available for macro photography.
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Nikon s gold ring isn t actually the best indication of lens performance and it also does not mean it s nano coated.
This is considered a professional lens.
There are some lenses that omit the gold ring like the old 85 1 4d some of the newer 1 8g primes etc that perform better than many gold ring lenses.
But you do not have the compression you need for.
Most l series lenses share a number of common characteristics not found in canon s line of lower end lenses.
The first one is the regular reversing ring which attaches to your camera s lens mount and the second option is the coupler ring which connects to another lens instead of the camera itself.
Canon l series lenses have a red ring around the lens barrel and the letter l.