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This is my favorit subject. Your images are impressive. http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=1829

It depends what you expect from the lens. I use an 18-70mm and an 80-400 which I am quite happy with, but that would me my opinion and my preference. You may see a post saying that the 18-200 is great then when you go to the store and try it out you find that its not what you have expected. My...

You may use the camera on a tripod and take long exposures using the available light ( the room's light), you may also during the exposure burst the flash on the areas to show up in the frame, known as light painting, as the name implies. The flashlight is best diffused or bounced. The best...

Mifsud send by post. and if the one displayed on their used items was mine then rest assured, its in new condition, you may ask Matthew if its mine (Simon Marshall from Malta).

This is a result from a Canon MP-E65 http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=34251 You would need a focusing rail and you would go in as close as about 1 inch. As for light either a ring light or mt-24. I used 580 and 430 flashes on each side to avoid shadows. Hope it...

A quick hello from Malta. :| . I don't know what else to say:bonk:. Enjoy my Gallery.

Mifsuds in Brixham, S.Devon at £975

Mifsuds in brixham S Devon sells the 100mm for 346 and you get £40 cashback so its within your budget ask for Matthew they have excillent service there, I have bought from them for the last 12 years. Hope it helps. Simon.

Try kenko, they retain the contacts between the camera and lens. And by the way use a 50mm lens or less to go as closer as possible. the brand does not really make any difference as it does not contain glass so don't worry about which brand produces the best quality, they only distance the lens...

Merci

As promised instead of tomorrow here it is today as I couldn't resist. http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=34251&nocache=1 This shot was taken with the MP-E65 set at about 3x. Simon.

The Canon 100mm is a good choice, check my gallery with an image of a caterpillar, http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=34242&cat=all&limit=last1 Also consider the MP-E65 it goes from 1x to 5x, but focusing is manual and depth of field is critical and it requires moving...