Using this lens for macro photography, just close how can I get to a subject and what is the maginification? Thanks.
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I love using this lens for Macro. In fact that is what I end up doing with it about most of the time as I rarely use it as the wide angle lens. After using it way more I found the the edges are always blurry with the wide angel lens. You can crop off the blurry parts. So just be sure to not center peopl/items all way to edge. As for macro pics. Love it to do so! Only downfall it has a narrow depth of field. But for the price can't beat it. I do have a set of 4 lens I like better. But this lens is not bad, and I do still use it want medium magnification. I say medium because when you extend the lens all the way out with this lens say on a kit lens to .55 you get some vignetting. Works best on mid range on lens. But for the money well worth it. Becuase if you are like me macro lens are out of the league at the time. Magnification is .45. Hope this helps. Let me know if I can help with anything else.
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I have not taken any macro photos with this lens. For me, it is basically a zoom telephoto lens and will not focus well on close-up items. When I have attempted to use it for close-ups, it continues to cycle and will not focus properly. As a telephoto zoom, it is great for sports photos and brings in long distance subjects clearly. I am sure there are other lenses that are better designed for macro use. John Craighill
282417
The lens is a telephoto. It isn't inordinately large, as a mirror lens. Its focus range will keep it from being used as a macro lens, however.
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Lila - Yes, this macro lens is great for small objects just realize that you have to be close to get the subject and be very still. My wife uses this lens when she is taking pictures of flowers and has caught several bees in the pictures and the detail is impressive. She is a beginning photographer but has produced some great shots with this macro lens.Good Luck!
710297
No. And it's minimum focusing distance is not get good. If you want a good and sharp macro lens your going to have to go with a single focal length. Like the tamron 90mm macro lens. Super sharp and can focus on thing only inches from the lens.
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I have the same lens bro and it went well.But you'll have to use the lens on its longest zoom (135mm) to get the macro effect.It's not a macro lens, but it's quite handy if you need to shoot a big closeup.
1361704
I'm really not sure what that is but I absolutely love this lens! Manual focus is better than auto for extreme close up macro and I have taken some gorgeous pictures being an amateur. The hairs of a spider or in focus and the eyes of a grasshopper almost pop of the page. I cannot say how happy I am I made the leap and purchased this lens.
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It takes macro but wide angled, meaning you get a lot of the background. Also, there is no macro mode per se, you just put the lens within a few centimeters and snap away, you'll see the macro icon displayed. Of course the lens has to be in the fully retracted position. Someday, I'd like to have a real macro lens, a DSLR base and a good illuminator. The big problem in macro is light, i.e. you're always casting a shadow on your subject with the camera/ lens. I do like this camera for its manual focus mechanism (on the lens ring).
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It depends what you mean by macro. A lot of people mean close up. On the camera itself, one can set it for flowers or portrait. One can also purchase a number of actual macro lenses (1:1 or 1:20, life size or half life size) called by Nikon micro lenses. The closest is 40mm, and one has to stand very close to the subject in order to get that. Not so great if you want to photograph bees on flowers. Bryan Peterson wrote a book Understanding Close-up Photography which is excellent. He recommends a 200mm, both heavy and costly. I myself love to photograph flowers, and I have a 40mm, 85mm and 105mm. For me that's enough. Nikon has a sale on many lenses until the end of March, 2015. Good luck.
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I'd like to know the same kind of thing: how close/far away does this or a more appropriate model have to be to fill as small as 12x18" up to a maximum 18"x27" area from a 6000px X 9000px digital image? I'd like to keep the zoom/macro to optimum sharpness setting. TIA, GEB
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No. Macro is for taking real close-up pictures! None of these are zoom lens.
567401
No, the 24-105L is not a macro lens. It can focus relatively close -- but the maximum magnification is only .23 times life-size. For macro, the standard with recent lenses has been a magnification of .5 times or greater.
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Thanks Branden, I didn't think it was a "macro" lens, but wanted to ask. I'm planning on buying this lens when ever I decide I can afford a $1,000 lens. I've since purchased the Canon 60mm EF-S Macro lens and like it very much.
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I wasn't aware Sigma made this same lens in a "macro" version? Becarefull believing the discriptions as some "used" products are misrepresented. Any how, macro will allow for a shorter minimum focus distance. Good luck
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Hi there... I have this lens, and love it, for its total flexibility - it is a perfect traveller's lens. It is not exactly a "macro" lens, though I have used it with success to make some close-ups. If you then buy a close-up set (1+2+3), I am sure it can handle many of your macro needs - though you should bear in mind that that is not what it was designed for, nor is it a lens with low aperture readings - i.e. - it will be darker than your average macro lens.
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Wow, that's a lot of information to digest! I can tell you really enjoy photography though-thanks for the help! I must have read your latest post like five times!Since I'm still I beginner, I have no idea how to operate the camera in A or M mode so I guess I'll leave the purchase of a prime lens for later on.~ Dan
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Yes! You screw it off completely! It shows up blurry if you're trying to take normal pictures, but when you angle the camera close to something, its supposed to focus and look zoomed in! Keep trying, or look up info about macro lenses!