Macro lens or Macro filters??

[Boon]

No i am not buying another lens just yet, but the wife says next year i should buy a lens with macro facility
I have also seen macro filters too, which one would you buy given the choice??

 

[inaneredstripe]

lens.we have a sigma70mm dg ex makro lens that wasnt STUPIDLY expensive.works well on 350d and 30d.
like this http://www.microglobe.co.uk/catalog...gma-70mm-f28-ex-macro-dg-for-canon-af-cameras
shes expensive( my mrs) . shes already looking for another macro.

 

[Canon Bob]

I had a couple of sets of macro filters....useful to take on outings if I didn't want to cart the lenses with me. Just given one set away (58mm) and you can have the 52's if you've got a lens they'll fit.

Pass them on to someone else when you buy a lens....which won't be long

Bob

 

[RobertP]

....useful to take on outings if I didn't want to cart the lenses with me.

The macro lens was the only one not to go to Canada with me and I missed it a few times. Never considered these adaptor lenses - maybe next time. good idea

 

[Gandhi]

Some of the macro filters give excellent results (just look at ajophotogs' stuff in the macro section)

I'd be tempted to by a raynox or canon one now and see how you get on with a view to getting a dedicated lens next year.

No point in getting one if macro turns out to be a passing fad or something you find you don't enjoy as much as you thought you would.

 

[Boon]

great idea ghandi, may just get me some filters, then i can always upgrade.

 

[grumpybadger]

I've got a Canon 500D macro filter and think it is great. It lives in my bag, whereas a full macro wouldn't. It's pretty sharp and straightforward to use. It's the two element one that reduces chromatic aberation (sp?)

Paul

 

[Deleted member 3428]

Given the cost of a macro lens and you are using a dslr I would go for a macro 1:1 lens like the ef 100 f2.8. You could always get a clip on raynox anytime as they are so cheap. Plus the 100 is a great portrait lens too.