Raynox 250 With Macro Lens

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Hi guys,

I'm thinking of purchasing a Raynox 250 to couple it up with a Sigma 105mm macro lens. Can this be achieved, or, is the Raynox primarily for putting on non macro lenses?

Thanks for any help..

Moey
 
I use the Raynox 250 extensively on the Sony 90mm macro lens. I also use this with 10+16mm extension tubes. I have encountered no problems with this combination. I find it easier to actually screw the Raynox onto the front of the lens rather than use the adapter.
 
I don’t have that Raynox but use a Marumi that has a similar magnification
It’s works really well screwed on to my canon 100L macro
I actually use it without flash but need good light and a tripod though
Depth of field is very small , I normally stack around three shots or so to do an insect portrait
 
footman said:
I find it easier to actually screw the Raynox onto the front of the lens rather than use the adapter.
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I wondered this whilst watching a youtube vid on the Raynox... you have answered my query... :)
 
footman said:
I use the Raynox 250 extensively on the Sony 90mm macro lens. I also use this with 10+16mm extension tubes. I have encountered no problems with this combination. I find it easier to actually screw the Raynox onto the front of the lens rather than use the adapter.
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I'd love to see some images taken with this setup? I have extension tubes too, so I'm hoping the macro lens, a couple of tubes and a Raynox will allow me to get pretty close?
 
There's no reason at all for it not to work, but Like @Fuji Dave I find the DCR250 somewhat too powerful and find the weaker DCR150 a much more practical choice.
I do still have my DCR250, but ti's only the 150 that lives in my camera bag.

I find the clip on design ideal for my usage - it's not as secure as screwing onto the filter threads, but I typically clip the Raynox on for one or two shots then take it off again. The range of sizes the clip fits suits most of my lenses while I have very few the screw would fit without a stepping ring.
 
Petrochemist said:
There's no reason at all for it not to work, but Like @Fuji Dave I find the DCR250 somewhat too powerful and find the weaker DCR150 a much more practical choice.
I do still have my DCR250, but ti's only the 150 that lives in my camera bag.

I find the clip on design ideal for my usage - it's not as secure as screwing onto the filter threads, but I typically clip the Raynox on for one or two shots then take it off again. The range of sizes the clip fits suits most of my lenses while I have very few the screw would fit without a stepping ring.
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Would you consider selling the 250? :)
 
Moey said:
Hi guys,

I'm thinking of purchasing a Raynox 250 to couple it up with a Sigma 105mm macro lens. Can this be achieved, or, is the Raynox primarily for putting on non macro lenses?

Thanks for any help..

Moey
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I used the Raynox 250 on the sigma 105mm on a trip to Malawi at the tail end of last year. Check out my Flickr for some of the shots
 
I use the 250 with the Canon 100L macro lens and it works well. I used the DCR-150 before that, which also worked well

You can have a look at my flickr for some examples: macro shots from this summer are using the 250, last summer the 150

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NSNO said:
I use the 250 with the Canon 100L macro lens and it works well. I used the DCR-150 before that, which also worked well

You can have a look at my flickr for some examples: macro shots from this summer are using the 250, last summer the 150

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Lovely set of images there. The Robberfly and Wolfspider, did you take them with the 250 and macro lens combi? Really nice they are...:)
 
I've found just these two:
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Neither were hand held, I don't think I could use the Raynox unless on a tripod, the lavender bud was stacked.
Both shots were Sony A6000, Sony 90mm macro lens, Raynox 250 and Meike extension tubes 10mm+16mm.
 
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Moey said:
Lovely set of images there. The Robberfly and Wolfspider, did you take them with the 250 and macro lens combi? Really nice they are...:)
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Thanks, all taken with the Raynox + macro lens
 
Here is a search of images that I have tagged as Raynox 250 on my Flickr

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For any lens with filter thread 52-67mm it's a lot easier to use the clip to snap it on and off I found, have owned a few Raynox to date [always end up selling on and then wishing I hadn't] that way you're not restricted to closest focusing only. Snap it on when you want greater than 1:1 using your macro lens, but then it's off in a second when you want to pull back a bit for larger subjects.

There's a useful raynox calculator here: http://extreme-macro.co.uk/raynox-adapter-techniques/

With your Sigma 105 you are stepping into 2:1 magnification territory, with only a few cm working distance. I think the 150 is better in this case, the 250 is great when attached to non macro lenses [the longer the FL the more magnification, [I found 70-100mm easiest work with though have used one on 200mm non macro lenses hand-held it's just tricky]
 
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tried it on my sp90 but 8 diopters too much so I now use some tubes and/or an achromat upto 3 dioptres.
The raynox is great on my nikon 1 30-110 however - used it quite a bit on that.
 
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