[ctwentytwo]

All the following samples were shot in RAW and converted with DPP. All these shots could have come off the camera as only minimal adjustments were done. No cropping in any of these. All shots were handheld!!! I posted these sample to give an idea of what's coming from the lens, and less from Post Processing.

This lens is amazing. I have the EFS 60mm macro, which is said to be one of the sharpest in Canon's line-up including L lenses, and this seems to come close to it in terms of sharpness. This sucker is sharp, even wide open. The out-of-focus blur (shallow depth of field [DOF]) is awesome, not nervous looking even with IS on. The 250mm focal length allows for a shallow DOF, and also pulls the background in, and pushes the foreground back. I'll be posting photoshop processed pics later.