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£300 budget = What macro (for canon 1100d)

Started Jan 21, 2012 | Discussions thread
photonius Veteran Member • Posts: 6,895
Re: £300 budget = What macro (for canon 1100d)

rat11 wrote:

dont underestimate extension tubes for macro....much cheaper than using a lens....also they are stackable...the cheapo ones dont have the metal contacts...so they dont allow you to use the lens to focus.

But also, it makes stopping down with the Canon lenses a pain, since they don't have a manual aperture ring. Get the automatic ones, if you don't want to tinker around with older manual focus lenses (which you may also have to buy, though not that expensive).

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