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Looking for Canon Rebel Macro Lens
Hello,
I'm looking for a macro lens (EF) to fit a Canon Rebel. I went to Ebay and I could not find any dedicated lenses to take my close ups. I am a Dental Hygiene student and I will be required to take pictures of people's teeth. There are lenses that will go 28-110mm however I am not sure if these lenses will allow me to take the pictures I need to take. Help please. Steven |
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In article , Steven
writes Hello, I'm looking for a macro lens (EF) to fit a Canon Rebel. I went to Ebay and I could not find any dedicated lenses to take my close ups. I am a Dental Hygiene student and I will be required to take pictures of people's teeth. There are lenses that will go 28-110mm however I am not sure if these lenses will allow me to take the pictures I need to take. Help please. Steven I actually did some teeth photos for a dentist friend a couple of years ago. The best results will come from a proper macro lens; these are designed to give sharp results at close distances. For this work, a 100mm or similar lens will be best. The Canon 100mm f/2.8 USM is excellent; if that is too expensive, you can probably find the predecessor non-USM version second hand at a good price. The only non-Canon macro of which I have heard consistently good reports is the Tamron - IIRC it's a 90mm f/2.5 or something close - Google the NGs to check. You will also need to consider the lighting. A ringflash would be ideal for this - it is exactly the kind of application they were designed for, and is what I used. The Canon ML-3, now I believe discontinued, is of a similar vintage to your Rebel, and should be at a reasonable price secondhand. The Canon will interface correctly with the body; if it is too expensive for you, there are several cheaper third party units, but I don't know if they will do TTL flash metering for you. If you use colour negative film the metering will not be quite as critical as it would if you used reversal film. You may be able to get usable results from a zoom lens and a conventional flashgun, but the zoom lenses will not be as good, and the conventional flash will cast very bad shadows. If you do have to use one, try to use a couple of reflectors to reduce the shadows. -- David Littlewood |
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Your best bet is the the Canon 50mm f/2.5 Compact Macro. Yields 0.5
magnification. There is also an attachment from Canon to yield 1X magnification I believe. There is one on eBay Item number: 3819167591. Beware of aftermarket zooms that advertise "macro". They are usually marginally macro. Another option is extension tubes. Use your lenses with a combination of tubes. I use them for closeup work. Inexpensive. EF50mm f/2.5 Compact Macro Marketed December 1987 Original Price 38,300 yen Lens Construction (group) 8 Lens Construction (element) 9 No. of Diaphragm Blades 6 Minimum Aperture 32 Closest Focusing Distance (m) 0.23 Maximum Magnifcation (x) 0.5 Filter Diameter (mm) 52 Maximum Diameter x Length (mm) 67.6 x 63 Weight (g) 280 Lightweight and compact macro lens for close-ups up to 0.5x. Floating system for superior delineation at all focusing distances. With a large f/2.5 aperture, true and beautiful background blur is possible. Multi-purpose lens for portraiture and other applications besides macro photography. Larry |
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Thanks David and Larry for your suggestions. You guys are great! As I
am looking at the prices for all the different lenses David suggested I am getting depressed and thinking of using the school's camera. Someone donated a 35mm with macro lens for school use, but I don't want to be using a camera that *everyone* in the whole stinking class is going to use. But then again reality dictates that I not keep increasing the debt I am in. My uncle is a DDS who does not use a ring lite. I will ask him how he takes pictures of people's teeth with proper illumination. I did find some good deals on the Tamron 90mm macro however. One model (the f2.8) is selling for over $300 and the f2.5 is going for a little over $100. I would probably go for the cheaper one. A very splendid idea there! Steven |
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Steven wrote:
Hello, I'm looking for a macro lens (EF) to fit a Canon Rebel. I went to Ebay and I could not find any dedicated lenses to take my close ups. I am a Dental Hygiene student and I will be required to take pictures of people's teeth. There are lenses that will go 28-110mm however I am not sure if these lenses will allow me to take the pictures I need to take. Help please. Steven I have Canon's 100mm USM f/2.8 macro. I am very pleased with it and it does 1:1. |
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