Its close-up focusing ability at
the 90mm setting is 0.3m/1.3 ft and is more than enough to shoot most small objects
like plants, watches, jewellery, fruits, food, extreme close-up portraits, etc. To
give you an idea of how close the 90mm setting can shoot, this photo below of an
8-inch X-Men (Rogue) action figure was shot at its 0.3m focusing distance. A Speedlite
540EZ was used, together with a home-made reflector card that helped to disperse
the bounced flash light more evenly and fill in the shadows normally associated with
this method.
Both the Canon Extension Tube EF 12 and EF 25 can be used with the EF 28-90mm f/4-5.6 USM zoom lens to further increase its close-up shooting capability. To demonstrate this method, a Canon EOS-1V with the PB-E2 attached was used as the subject matter. Those who know the size of this combo will have an idea of how close the zoom lens is capable of shooting, without any tubes attached. The first photo was shot at almost normal distance, enough to fit the camera/booster without cutting off any part within the frame. Next, the camera was shot at the zoom lensí closest focusing distance at the 90mm setting, which by now has centered on only 1/3 of what was shown in first photo. Fit the Extension Tube EF 25 between the shooting camera and lens, and the ability to go even farther has been enhanced. Only the EOS-1Vís pentaprism area and the Canon brandname are visible now. Since the EF 28-90mm is a variable aperture zoom lens, low-light shooting with subjects that are moving is out of the question especially when films used are those of ISO 100 and lower speed types. I tried the lens out in one of the catwalk fashion shows held in Kuala Lumpur with an ISO 100 film speed. Available light shooting was out of the question. It was Speedlite 540EZ to the rescue, shooting via A-TTL in Program AE and TTL flash illuminations in both Manual and Tv modes. The results are shown below.
As mentioned earlier, the EF 28-90mm will be packaged as the lens with the new EOS 30/33 (Elan 7/7e) SLRs in kit form, apart from being available separately for camera and zoom lens. Which means, users of the new EOS model will likely be the first to shoot with this zoom lens. For owners of other EF standard zoom lenses, it is very unlikely for them to invest in the EF 28-90mm, except maybe for those wishing to upgrade from the EF 28-80mm and EF 35-80mm types. Text and photos by Philip Chong. Copyright 2000 by Canon Marketing (M) Sdn Bhd << Back to Main . 1 . 2 . 3 . |
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