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please i have noticed some of the macro shots are really close up is this done by a special lens or lens adaptors? or just getting as close as you can then using a normal zoom lens? if this is done by a special lens or adaptor which ones do *** use any advice please much appreciated :help:
 
shell said:
please i have noticed some of the macro shots are really close up is this done by a special lens or lens adaptors? or just getting as close as you can then using a normal zoom lens? if this is done by a special lens or adaptor which ones do *** use any advice please much appreciated :help:
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I have been using the Raynox DCR 150 and 250 clip on lenses which I think are great - lots of TP members seem to use them too, if you do a search you will find lots of example shots (or have a look at my flickr - link in the sig - but my shots are by no means the best example of what you can do with these lenses). This is the 250:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Raynox-RADCR-0250-DCR-250/dp/B000A1SZ2Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1256061913&sr=8-1

Originally used them with my FZ8 bridge camera and now on the front of my D60 kit or 55-200 lenses.

Lots of folk also use extension tubes and / or a dedicated macro lens. I think it very much depends on your budget!
 
Hi Shell
Also take a look at lenses with a macro function which basically can focus much closer than normal lenses :) You will see them described as 1/1, 1/2 etc. this basically means that if you take a shot on a macro lens at 1/1 it will be the same size as if you had put it directly on the camera sensor, if the lens is 1/2 then the image will be at half size. :)

Or another way to look at it is a normal first class stamp is about (roughly, ish) the size of a standard (crop) DSLR sensor so if you took a photo of that and viewed the photo at full size the detail would be magnified to that scale :cool:

Hope this helps .... Steve
 
Another vote for the Raynox :thumbs:

There is nothing else that gets you that close, for anything like 40-odd quid, and is so easy to use.
 
I use a canon 100 EF f/2.8 USM macro lens which gives 1:1 and has a focussing distance of around 300mm from the focal plane of the camera. There are plenty of other dedicated macro lenses out there but most start somewhere near the £400 mark with some appreciably more. I think the cheapest dedicated macro lens is the Tamron 90 which comes out and around £340.

You can increase the magnification using extension tubes or if you're a canon user you can get the canon MP-E 65 which gives up to 5:1 magnification but is not that easy to use as it is full time manual focus. It's also a fair bit more expensive at £809.
 
Keith W said:
Would the Raynox DCR-250 fit/work OK with a Sony a200?
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Depends on the diameter of the lens front. If you do a search it will tell you what size lens it can clip onto. If your lens takes a 58mm filter then 58mm is the diameter of the front of your lens. if you see what i mean.

From the raynox site:
"The lens includes a snap-on universal mount suitable for 52mm to 67mm filter size"
 
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