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Close up lens/filter?
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Old 01-30-2006, 08:33 PM   #1
Joejr14
Close up lens/filter?

Is this a decent option if you don't have the money to spend on a macro lens? I know that my 18-55mm lens is unable to focus at an object that's closer than 6 inches and I know a close up lens would help.

Question is this. I know that taking pictures at closer than 6 inches will cancel the pop-up flash, and I don't have any slave flashes. Does this make a close up lens/filter useless?
 
Old 01-30-2006, 09:29 PM   #2
Spiritmist
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Originally Posted by Joejr14
Is this a decent option if you don't have the money to spend on a macro lens? I know that my 18-55mm lens is unable to focus at an object that's closer than 6 inches and I know a close up lens would help.

Question is this. I know that taking pictures at closer than 6 inches will cancel the pop-up flash, and I don't have any slave flashes. Does this make a close up lens/filter useless?
Yes, close-up lenses are excellent options if you don't want to spend the money on a macro lens. They are not flat-field corrected as a true macro lens is, but unless you are taking documentary shots of things like stamps, you would likely never notice. Just make sure you get the two-element types. Single element close-up lenses are generally speaking, horrible. You have a Nikon, no? Look at the 3T, 4T, 5T, and 6T depending on what filter size and diopter you need.

Keep in mind you've got other options for higher magnification photography as well- extension tubes, reversing lenses and teleconveters, for example.

Best of luck!

~Brian
 
Old 01-30-2006, 09:43 PM   #3
Joejr14
Yes, I've got a Nikon D50.

Someone had told me about the close ups but I was really unsure which one to get.....and I couldn't get the 6T, and I couldn't really find out what I 'needed'.

I guess my problem is that I don't know what diopter size I need.

Are the others a better option (considering prices)?
 
Old 03-15-2006, 06:58 AM   #4
TrpnBils
My 4-t was about $50 if I remember right but it's totally worth it because it lets you use all the zoom on your camera at a distance of about 12". Take a look at the link in my signature. All of the Macro stuff and all of the herp shots in the Outdoor-Wildlife gallery were taken with the 4-t. I'm impressed with the quality of the pictures (I had another close-up filter before this and all of the shots came out vignetted and distorted) and I think it was well worth the money
 

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