In this time he shot for clients as diverse as Aston Martin Racing, Elinchrom and L'Oréal, in addition to shooting campaigns and product testing for Olympus, and providing training for professionals.
The editor of Digital Camera World, James has 21 years experience as a magazine and web journalist and started working in the photographic industry in 2014 (as an assistant to Damian McGillicuddy, who succeeded David Bailey as Principal Photographer for Olympus). Pre-order the Canon RF 100mm f.2.8L Macro IS USM from CameraPro (AU) (opens in new tab)Ĭanon RF 85mm f/1.2L USM DS review (opens in new tab) Pre-order the Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM from Ted's Cameras (AU) (opens in new tab) Pre-order the Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM from Wex (UK) (opens in new tab) Pre-order the Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM from Park (UK) (opens in new tab) Pre-order the Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM from B&H (US) (opens in new tab) Pre-order the Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM from Adorama (US) (opens in new tab) Suffice to say we're very excited about the new lens, not just for its headline macro capabilities but also its intriguing portrait properties too. The effect is similar to that seen in the Canon EF 135mm f/2.8 SoftFocus (opens in new tab), and might be a halfway house to the Defocus Smoothing rendering of the Canon RF 85mm f/1.2L USM DS (opens in new tab) portrait powerhouse (which is three times the price of the RF 100mm Macro). You can see the effect again with these close-up shots of balls of twine the first image shows the SA Control set at the "-" end, the second at "0" and the third at "+", showing the difference between the standard soft focus look, a non-manipulated 100mm look, and a soft focus look with soap bubble bokeh. Left: -VE / Middle: 0 position / Bottom: +VE (Image credit: Canon) Again, the lens elements have shifted and made the composition even tighter still. Again a soft focus look is achieved, but instead of creaming the background bokeh it renders much noisier bokeh – and creates the kind of 'soap bubble bokeh' to the bokeh balls that is normally characteristic of vintage lenses. The bottom image is set at the highest "+" value, fully engaging the effect to the opposite extreme. The shifting of lens elements also creates a pushed-in, tighter composition. Here you see the lens behaving like a standard 100mm f/2.8 portrait lens, with sharp midground details, pleasing background bokeh, and solid, rounded bokeh balls.
The middle image shows the SA Control at the "0" value – the middle setting where no effect is applied. Here you can see that the dial applies a soft focus effect across all planes, with halation around points of contrast, creamy background bokeh, and more flared, bulbous 'bokeh balls' created from the points of light. The top image shows the RF 100mm's SA Control dialed all the way down to its most extreme "-" value.
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