100mm f2.8 L IS Macro!!

[Jon Ruyle]

I'm sort of suprised that the new Macro wasn't f2.

That would have been nice.

Obviously, this lens has a larger front element than the classic 100 f2.8 (12 elements in 8 groups) and different optical build (15 elements in 12 groups)

Yup. And nine circular aperture blades! There are other differences, to be sure. But I *guess* only the IS will be inciting to me. We'll see, though. []

The price at $300 more is by far the most shocking feature...[img]/emoticons/emotion-3.gif[/img] My gosh it's actually affordable!!

Wow! I'm shocked by how much the price of the classic macro has gone up. I paid $400 or so new, IIRC.