Comments on: Macro on the cheap.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:16:22 +0000

Great attempts. Another cheap way you could go would be what I’ve done with my canon – Buy one of those manual lens adapters (I use olympus OM) you can get on ebay for a fiver, then get an old, manual macro lens off either ebay or a 2nd hand dealer. Mine’s the Tamron SP 90mm. Got a few flowers with it on Flickr, but managed some bees this evening – will put them up soon. The lens cost about £50, but I’m led to believe it was the one to have in its day. It’s still a mega faff to get insects – that’s why I take more pics of flowers – they don’t move very far!

By: samuri

samuri — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:09:22 +0000

Thanks. I’ve mostly sorted the hardware out I think as that shot shows, now it’s just photographer skill that needs fixing. Some of the stuff on flickr is just amazing, and a lot of it is done with exactly the same kit that I’ve got. Wish I lived somewhere that had big spiders.

By: Simon

Simon — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:56:19 +0000

The last fly shot is ace Jon