 Angela K. Wittmer |
What type of Macro lens to buy? I have a Canon EOS 700 camera, and I am thinking about getting a macro lens. I am using the screw on close-up filters right now, and some people have told me that you can get just as good photos from them as with a macro. I was just wondering if this is true. I do get some good photos with the screw ons, but I dont seem to be able to get as close as I would like. Also, what is the price range for macros? Any help would be wonderful! Angie
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Maynard McKillen |
Dear Angie: Canon makes a 50mm f/2.5 Macro, a 100mm f/2.8 Macro, a 180mm f/3.5 Macro, and the 65mm f/2.8 MP-E Macro. The first two probably sell more often to macro-initiates, since they run from about $240.00 to $300.00 for the EF50mm, and $430.00 to $499.00 for the EF100mm. (The EF180mm runs about $1200.00 to $1600.00, and the remarkable EF65mm runs about $800.00 to $850.00.) Vivitar also makes a Macro lens for the autofocus Canons, the 100mm f/3.5, which runs about $149.00. You might find these used on ebay, too, at lower prices. I'll bet if you took a macro photo with the diopters, and then one with a macro lens, you'd prefer the...well, it does depend to some extent on what you want in a macro photo. If you like the edges of the image to look as sharp as the center, if you want to avoid turning straight lines into curving lines, and if you like to have more distance between the lens and the subject so that the camera and lens (and your head! if you don't back away and use the self timer) do not cast a shadow on the subject, you might prefer a macro lens to diopters. Ruthless bench-test comparisons of the sharpness, resolution and distortion of diopters and macro lenses will reveal the latter have the edge. Visit the Canon and Vivitar websites for specifications on these lenses. And plugging these lens descriptions into a search engine will reveal sites that comparison shop the item for you.
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Angela K. Wittmer |
Dear Maynard Thank you very much for your response to my question... I am going to visit the websites and do my research before I commit to a lens... yes I do want to have sharp images and I am sure a macro will be better than the screw on close up filters!
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