Boris Liberman wrote on 3/8/2005, 2:24 PM: > > Without offense or possible disrespect to others, I'd like those of > you who do shoot macro often give me your opinions...
The first question is "What macro subjects will you be photographing most of the time?" If it's bugs and other highly mobile, animated subjects, a ~100mm macro or a 100mm to 135mm lens plus auto extension tubes would be a good starting point. (a 100mm macro lens focuses close with built-in extension so it's the same as adding tubes to a non-macro lens; of course a macro lens is more "corrected" for close focusing) If it's static subjects you're shooting, a 50mm macro lens would be a good choice, and wouldn't break the budget. If you want more than 1x magnification, reversing lenses and stacking lenses are good inexpensive options. If you want a good book, get John Shaw's "Closeups in Nature" for a lot of techniques for closeup photography that can be applied to nature subjects as well as other subjects. -- Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED]
