Canon 500D Close-up Lens
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wouldn't extension tubes be cheaper?
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When I was looking the cheapest I found in was Microglobe 500D 77mm - but they are £125.23 so not quite under your limit, but a decent company to deal with.
Just looked again and found Bristol Cameras have them for £119 inc vat - but not dealt with them before???
Just looked again and found Bristol Cameras have them for £119 inc vat - but not dealt with them before???
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The 500D is a +2 achromatic (or double element) close up filters, while there are some amazing other options around of smaller sizes (from people as diverse as Leica and their Elpros, through to Raynox and their DCRs), due to the two elements they can be very expensive. have a look at...
Marumi make a +3 and +5 but make sure you look at the achromat, the single element units are a lot cheaper and inferior
Currently there is a +5 achromat on eBay at £85.30 - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/77mm-MARUMI-D...hoto_CameraAccessories_CameraLensesFilters_JN
To compare there is the same unit at Microglobe for £166 - http://www.microglobe.co.uk/catalog...=marumi-dhg-close-up-achromat-200-5-77mm-lens
The trick with close up lenses is to remember that the final effect will be 100cm divided by the dioptre. So the +5 is quite a strong lens and will take the working distance of your lens down to around 20cm (100/5=20cm), as compared to the 50cm you would get with the 500D (100/2=50cm). It is not as severe as the Raynox DCR-250 which is +8 so again it is 100/8=12.5cm working distance - hope this helps.
Example, this was a +4 Minolta CL49-200 fitted on a Canon G11, the lens is very strong and is possibly closer to +5, this unit is 49mm in size
For info this is with the +8 Raynox, on a G11 again, focused at 12.5cm zoom lens at 140mm
Marumi make a +3 and +5 but make sure you look at the achromat, the single element units are a lot cheaper and inferior
Currently there is a +5 achromat on eBay at £85.30 - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/77mm-MARUMI-D...hoto_CameraAccessories_CameraLensesFilters_JN
To compare there is the same unit at Microglobe for £166 - http://www.microglobe.co.uk/catalog...=marumi-dhg-close-up-achromat-200-5-77mm-lens
The trick with close up lenses is to remember that the final effect will be 100cm divided by the dioptre. So the +5 is quite a strong lens and will take the working distance of your lens down to around 20cm (100/5=20cm), as compared to the 50cm you would get with the 500D (100/2=50cm). It is not as severe as the Raynox DCR-250 which is +8 so again it is 100/8=12.5cm working distance - hope this helps.
Example, this was a +4 Minolta CL49-200 fitted on a Canon G11, the lens is very strong and is possibly closer to +5, this unit is 49mm in size
For info this is with the +8 Raynox, on a G11 again, focused at 12.5cm zoom lens at 140mm