Raynox Macro Lenses?

[Odysseus]

Morning all, I usually don't do much in way of macro, but for my coursework I need to take 10 macro images. I tried a few shots with my camera, but I can't get as close as I'd like to. I did a little surfing going by a student budget and found these:

http://www.raynox.co.jp/english/dcr/dcr250/indexdcr250eg.htm

They seem fairly affordable, £27-£40 in most places, but I'm a little hesitant about buying one, I don't fancy wasting that money on what could be a piece of crap. Has anybody got any experience with such kit?

[animal168]

they are a good peice of kit.
i have a 150 and a 250. the 250 will be going on holiday with me soon in place of a dedicated macro lens. have a search for dcr-250 in the macro forum.

oh and dont forget to post your shots

[scraggs]

You won't go far wrong buying a Raynox lens, very good quality for the price.

[Odysseus]

Thanks for the advice lads, might just invest in one on payday.

EDIT: Just ran a search on the forum, theres some pretty awesome shots taken with the 250. Definitly going to buy one now.

[Odysseus]

Should be arriving here tomorrow, I'll take some shots and post 'em here tomorrow night.

[ChrisMClark]

Now that seems like a vbery good idea, never seen these before. Where you order from Ody?

[Baz777]

Now that seems like a vbery good idea, never seen these before. Where you order from Ody?


I bought mine from: http://www.digitaltoyshop.com/prodtype.asp?pt_id=932&strpagehistory=cat&lg=1&source=graye&gclid=CMzP9K3W4ZYCFQuT1QodfGtMPA


Some on Amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=raynox&tag=googhydr-21&index=aps&hvadid=3114666589&ref=pd_sl_1lkgvz6u1g_b

Check prices though

[ChrisMClark]

Cool, thanks a lot.

[Odysseus]

Now that seems like a vbery good idea, never seen these before. Where you order from Ody?

Just via ebay. The seller had 99% feedback and was from Glasgow I think. No sign of it yet though. Most parcels come after lunch with the Post Office deliverys, so heres hoping.

[Richard T]

dont forget to post some images

[Duckydoodle]

Bought one from Amazon but wont arrive until next week so looking forward to seeing your images. Post soon :)

[jgs001]

I've been thinking about getting one of these for a while now. Looking forward to the images.

[Odysseus]

Still waiting on it arriving :(

Itching to get using this thing now :lol:

[Odysseus]

So the lens finally arrived, took a couple of test photos and it does the trick nicely. I'll take a few shots to fire up here tonight.

[Odysseus]

http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/7745/imgp5684smallrl5.jpg

Not the most close-up shot, but I quite like this one. No photoshop, resized in MS Paint (old school :lol:). Taken using a Pentax K100D with Pentax SMC DA 18-55mm lens at f/19, 1/180 shutter speed and ISO-3200.

[Yantorsen]

I have some images with the 250 on my site www.joshuathomson.co.uk


e.g.

http://www.joshuathomson.co.uk/gallery/photos/DSCF1189_2.jpg