>:Another beginer question. Is there any possibility of doing
>:decent macro
>:photography without selling the car to get a lens?
>
>There are several el-cheapo possibilities: 1) single-element close-up lenses
>2) extension tubes 3) reversal adapters (mount a lens in reverse directly to
>the body) 4) reversal rings (mount two lenses vis-a-vis together) 5)
>teleconverters 6) macro converters (combined teleconverter and extension
>ring)
>Not too expensive either are: 1) (off-brand) bellows 2) multi-element
>close-up lenses
>Still affordable is the 50mm/F3.5 macro.
>hnz
I read somewhere a test that 'showed' that good quality achromatic
(multi-element) close-up 'filters' gave better results than bellows and
extension rings.
Of course, it all depends what you mean by 'decent.' What do you want to do?
Andrew
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