This is Canon’s offering in the long, medium telephoto macro area of interchangeable lenses. Long because it is about as long as true Macro lenses go although it is still only a medium telephoto lens ...

I now have what I think is an excellent collection of lenses:<BR><BR>EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM, EF-S 17-55 f/2.8 IS USM, EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS, EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM, & EF 50mm f1.4 ...