Raynox Macro Lenses?

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Morning all, I usually don't do much in way of macro, but for my coursework I need to take 10 macro images. I tried a few shots with my camera, but I can't get as close as I'd like to. I did a little surfing going by a student budget and found these:

http://www.raynox.co.jp/english/dcr/dcr250/indexdcr250eg.htm

They seem fairly affordable, £27-£40 in most places, but I'm a little hesitant about buying one, I don't fancy wasting that money on what could be a piece of crap. Has anybody got any experience with such kit?
 
You won't go far wrong buying a Raynox lens, very good quality for the price.
 
Thanks for the advice lads, might just invest in one on payday.

EDIT: Just ran a search on the forum, theres some pretty awesome shots taken with the 250. Definitly going to buy one now.
 
Should be arriving here tomorrow, I'll take some shots and post 'em here tomorrow night.
 
Now that seems like a vbery good idea, never seen these before. Where you order from Ody?
 
Cool, thanks a lot.
 
ChrisMClark said:
Now that seems like a vbery good idea, never seen these before. Where you order from Ody?
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Just via ebay. The seller had 99% feedback and was from Glasgow I think. No sign of it yet though. Most parcels come after lunch with the Post Office deliverys, so heres hoping.
 
Bought one from Amazon but wont arrive until next week so looking forward to seeing your images. Post soon :)
 
I've been thinking about getting one of these for a while now. Looking forward to the images.
 
Still waiting on it arriving :(

Itching to get using this thing now :lol:
 
So the lens finally arrived, took a couple of test photos and it does the trick nicely. I'll take a few shots to fire up here tonight.
 
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Not the most close-up shot, but I quite like this one. No photoshop, resized in MS Paint (old school :lol:). Taken using a Pentax K100D with Pentax SMC DA 18-55mm lens at f/19, 1/180 shutter speed and ISO-3200.
 
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