Irix 150mm f/2.8 Macro 1:1 Dragonfly Lens for Canon

I have been using now for a week on my sony a7ii with a commulite adaptor.... Everything has been working perfectly and i have had no loud noises like a few others have experienced.. Only noise i had was the focusing ring was making a slight noise the first couple times i used it. That has since disappeared. I bought this for hiking as i felt the sony 90mm was just not a long enought reach for most critters i find... I have not taken it hiking yet but have been using outside handheld and inside my home studio on a tripod. On a sunny day handheld i was able to shoot at f16 iso 400 at 1/500th and get tack sharp beautiful images of flowers. The manual throw on this thing is so wide and i love that. Paired with the focus peaking sony has its makes nailing focus so smooth. The packaging was surprisingly nicer then how most my sony lens arrived. It has a nice feel to it and is very comfortable in my hands. My only complaint so far is they dont make a native e-mount lens.. I want to try there 15mm for Astro but won’t untill they do release a sony version hopefully.Update: I have used this lens now in the field now on many hikes... The only complaint is the grip on the focus ring slides very easily and covers the macro 1:1 ratio numbers... It’s not a huge deal as you just push it back down; but as I hike through out the morning for a bout 6 hours I have to do this about 10 times so it can be annoying... does not affect the lens or anything to Do with how wonderful this lens is to use. Also the focus ring does not make the noise i was getting week one.. I figured that would go away after a few days use. If you are using this lens in the field you may want to use a tripod or mono pod.. It’s heavy after a few hours of hiking... you do not have to as i do not. All my work is handheld but i am sore after a full day of holding it.. I still love this lens and It has yet to come off my sony camera...

I couldn't be more pleased with the Irix 150mm 2.8 macro. As someone who uses manual focus lenses for astrophotography, to have a lens that has this high of image quality, both in the macro world and in the non-macro world, is a true gift. I recently took this lens adapted to my Canon RP to the Desert Museum in Tucson, Arizona and came away with stunning images of everything from hawks, to hummingbirds, and macro images of flowers. The only "down sides" of the lens are the obvious. As a manual focus lens it lacks auto focus.. A smaller problem, but slightly annoying is that the lens hood sticks from time to time. I knew about the lens hood problem before buying this, so I've just tried to do the recommended fix of grabbing the hood by the white stripe that indicates the locked position - still sticks occasionally, but if you are gentle it will turn after a couple tries. The lack of autofocus comes down to patience. If you are someone whose definition of "running and gunning" with a camera includes a quick capture and go, this is not the lens for you. If you have the patience to slow down your image taking process and use manual focus guides, then this is your macro lens! I actually have come to appreciate the slower pace of image capture. It develops a tangible, unspoken relationship with your subject as you are capturing images. Highly recommend this lens!

This is a great lens. I'm very happy to have purchased it. 150mm let's me be further back and not scare off insects. I haven't used the tripod mount yet. It comes with a hard case that's great for travel.

Beautifully and securely packaged, great Exif Info, sharp photos with terrific subject definition. BUT, I am scared to keep it. It randomly makes a LOUD whirring NOISE (loud SOUND) that would continue even after the camera was turned off. Only popping out the battery would stop it. I bought this lens to use with my Sony a7iii. I have both Metabones and MC-11 adapters for Canon Mount lenses. My Sony a7iii works great with all my other Canon and legacy lenses (including the IRIX 15mm). Of course, if the IRIX was available as a Sony FE Mount, I would have bought that model so it could work natively on my Sony a7iii. But no such luck. Still, reviews said it works adapted, so I bought it. The first few days were fine, then the NOISE started. Some days, no problem. Other days, happened as soon as I started using it. I suspect this just a glitch with this copy of this lens. But right now I don’t want to try a replacement. Maybe IRIX will eventually come out with a Sony FE Mount model. I will try that when they do. I’m giving this one 3 stars, taking 2 stars off for frightening the daylights out of me.BTW, I have Canon full frame and APS-C cameras. I tried the IRIX on those without issue (but not extensively, so that is not conclusive that there is no problem). Also the Canons do not have IBIS nor do they have focus peaking. Hence my desire to use the IRIX with the Sony A7iii.