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Posted: **Fri Jun 15, 2007 9:51 pm**

What macro lens do you have and would recommend for an 350D, and do you have any examples of shots you have taken with it to show me, cause im not sure what to get, any advice would be much appreciated

Posted: **Fri Jun 15, 2007 10:31 pm**

for the money you cannot beat a 90mm Tamron....... or a Sigma 150mm

have a look in the bargains

Posted: **Sat Jun 16, 2007 9:34 am**

I agree with bernie. I own a Sigma 150 and it's brilliant

cheers
marco

Posted: **Sat Jun 16, 2007 11:12 am**

The Canon 100mm 2.8 Macro is fantastic.

I use it on a 350D and it's probably my favorite lens.

Posted: **Sat Jun 16, 2007 12:59 pm**

dviv wrote:The Canon 100mm 2.8 Macro is fantastic ... it's probably my favorite lens.

Spot on!

http://flickr.com/search/?q=100mm&w=250 ... 0N00&s=int

Posted: **Sat Jun 16, 2007 2:55 pm**

Not if you own a Nikon :wink:

Posted: **Sat Jun 16, 2007 5:19 pm**

Sigma 180mm for me.

Posted: **Sat Jun 16, 2007 10:08 pm**

tamron 90mm 2.8 for me, i love it!!

Posted: **Mon Jun 18, 2007 3:00 am**

MP-E 65

Posted: **Thu Jun 21, 2007 1:31 pm**

Ive a different choice - I got the EF-s 60mm f2.8 macro and It is very sharp.
It does Autofocus hunt from time to time... but it has gorgeous colour and if you dont mind getting up close (closer working distance than the longer focal lengths on the 1.6x crop) It is a great lense!

Jonathan

Posted: **Thu Jun 21, 2007 6:06 pm**

I use.... a $30 reversing ring :lol:

Posted: **Fri Jun 22, 2007 12:43 am**

dviv wrote:The Canon 100mm 2.8 Macro is fantastic.

I use it on a 350D and it's probably my favorite lens.

hello Dviv, next time I see you I wouldn't mind having a look at that lense

Posted: **Fri Jun 22, 2007 8:51 am**

BlahBlah wrote:
dviv wrote:The Canon 100mm 2.8 Macro is fantastic.

I use it on a 350D and it's probably my favorite lens.

hello Dviv, next time I see you I wouldn't mind having a look at that lense

Sounds good! Sunday?

Oh, and Welcome

Posted: **Sat Jun 23, 2007 2:13 am**

dviv wrote:Sounds good! Sunday?

Oh, and Welcome

Thank you

and YaY

Posted: **Sat Jun 23, 2007 3:35 pm**

Tamron 90mm f2.8 here as well.......lots of working distance for scary bugs.......

Cheers

Justin

Posted: **Sun Jun 24, 2007 5:56 pm**

Dviv, that lense was awesome

thanks for the loan of it :lol:

very nice piece of equipment

Posted: **Sun Jun 24, 2007 6:27 pm**

Yup, it is isn't it?

Go on then, you know you want to!! :lol:

Posted: **Mon Jun 25, 2007 12:42 am**

Can't go past an MP-E 65. It is the best macro available for ANY camera and it works on a 350D

http://www.makro-forum.de/album_pic.php?pic_id=201.jpg

5:1 macro - try finding that on another lens! Craps all over the 1:1 you get on most others...

Then again, it is $1000 and hugely impractical

Harry

Posted: **Mon Jun 25, 2007 9:48 am**

I'd love an MPE-65, but then I'd have to pay for it :shock:

At least with the 100mm 2.8 you can use it as a portrait lens

Posted: **Thu Jun 28, 2007 12:41 am**

I have both the Tamron 90mm and the MP-E 65. Two different classes of lens.

My 90 mm gets more use as it is very versatile given it can focus to infinity. The MP-E is pretty awesome but only has a working distance of 10cm at 1x down to 4.1 cm at 5x

Here are a couple from the MP-E, 1x or maybe 2x, but not more than that. 5x is very hard to shoot unless you have tons of light.....

You can see my nephew cheats and wears colored contacts!

Doug

Posted: **Thu Jun 28, 2007 9:36 am**

WOW

Great pics Doug!

What is the last one?

Posted: **Thu Jun 28, 2007 5:41 pm**

A jumping spider on my car aerial.

Posted: **Fri Jul 20, 2007 10:47 am**

I've ordered the Tamron 90mm

With our dollar strong and found a nice price online I jumped

Wanted the Canon 100mm but with a difference of about $200.00 I couldn't justify the impulse buy

Posted: **Fri Jul 20, 2007 10:55 am**

BlahBlah wrote:I've ordered the Tamron 90mm

With our dollar strong and found a nice price online I jumped

Wanted the Canon 100mm but with a difference of about $200.00 I couldn't justify the impulse buy

Nice! - I'm looking forward to see some pics

Posted: **Sat Jul 21, 2007 4:01 am**

stetner wrote:I have both the Tamron 90mm and the MP-E 65. Two different classes of lens.

My 90 mm gets more use as it is very versatile given it can focus to infinity. The MP-E is pretty awesome but only has a working distance of 10cm at 1x down to 4.1 cm at 5x

Here are a couple from the MP-E, 1x or maybe 2x, but not more than that. 5x is very hard to shoot unless you have tons of light.....

You can see my nephew cheats and wears colored contacts!

Doug

Where can I buy one of these (MPE-65) lenses from? And is it available in Nikon mount?

Posted: **Sat Jul 21, 2007 10:41 am**

mp-e 65mm is a canon lens. a similar effect can be obtained using extension tubes or even a reversal ring used with a 50mm f1.8 mounted to the end of a macro lens.

want magnification ? this guy is one of the best insect macro photographers i have come across with some serious magnification. 150mm sigma + 50mm reversed + 58mm of kenko extension tubes.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/xtwizx/set ... 405305207/

Posted: **Mon Jul 23, 2007 11:34 am**

Lens arrived today, just passing time while this crazy invention of "work" finishes so I can have a test run

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