Macro lense suggestions

I'm looking to buy a real close-up macro lense for my Canon 300D. Can anyone
offer suggestions please.
AL

Alan wrote:
I'm looking to buy a real close-up macro lense for my Canon 300D. Can anyone
offer suggestions please.

Yes, use your existing lens and buy an extension tube.

---Bob Gross---

"Alan" wrote in message
...
I'm looking to buy a real close-up macro lense for my Canon 300D. Can
anyone
offer suggestions please.


well, there are few, there is that canon manual focus one, 65mm if you want
a real hard core (i think it does 1:5 magnification), this is the "full
frame grain of rice" lens...very postive reviews on fredmiranda

there is the ef 100mm macro, which is a little cheaper about $500, but it
auto focuses, and I belive it does 1:1 it also got postive reviews on
fredmiranda

there is a ef 50mm "macro" that does 2:1 and can use an adapter (almost $300
I think) to achieve 1:1, and it costs about $250...I personally think this
is not as good a value as the ef100mm macro, because to achieve 1:1
magnification, you spend more

there are also a bunch of sigma macro lenses that look pretty good going by
the reviews at fredmiranda...they quite a bit cheaper, and to some extent
you get what you pay for, but they are fine value I'm sure.

If you really don't want to spend a lot of money, you can try a close focus
lens. I am using a b+w +3 lens on a ef 70-200 lens, and it has shortened
the focal distance to about a foot...maybe a little less, which is actually
perfect for my applications...combined with the telephoto, it works ok for
the money... ($30). The one problem I have with it is autofocus works
poorly with it on, but you can help by getting it almost in focus...also I
notice that the depth of field is very shallow with it, but I think that is
just the way macro works especially combined with the telephoto of effective
280mm.

Bob

I have the 300D and purchased a Tamron 90mm Macro with it. I have used this
lens in different configurations for years. The current one is desgined for
the digital Canons and is autofocus. Tamron also makes a 28-300 zoom with
macro that will give a nice tight shot but from a more of a distance thus
getting some more light in. Both lenses hover around the $500 price range.

Greg
"Alan" wrote in message
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I'm looking to buy a real close-up macro lense for my Canon 300D. Can
anyone
offer suggestions please.
AL

I have the 300D and purchased a Tamron 90mm Macro with it. I have used this
lens in different configurations for years. The current one is desgined for
the digital Canons and is autofocus. Tamron also makes a 28-300 zoom with
macro that will give a nice tight shot but from a more of a distance thus
getting some more light in. Both lenses hover around the $500 price range.

Greg
"Alan" wrote in message
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I'm looking to buy a real close-up macro lense for my Canon 300D. Can
anyone
offer suggestions please.
AL

"Alan" wrote in message
...
I'm looking to buy a real close-up macro lense for my Canon 300D. Can
anyone
offer suggestions please.
AL

Tamron 90mm is nice. One of those lenses which obtains a cult following-
including, seemingly, it's designers; they haven't altered the design much
since the 1970s...

--
Martin Francis http://www.sixbysix.co.uk
"Go not to Usenet for counsel, for it will say both no, and yes, and
no, and yes...."

The best would be the EF 100mm 2.8/f an excellent macro lens that can be
also used for portraits.

"Alan" wrote in message
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I'm looking to buy a real close-up macro lense for my Canon 300D. Can
anyone
offer suggestions please.
AL