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Which macro equipment option for "bugs" and flowers.

Started Feb 25, 2022 | Questions thread
gardenersassistant Veteran Member • Posts: 9,656
Re: Which macro equipment option for "bugs" and flowers.

D Cox wrote:

The Raynox 250 is +8 dioptres if I remember correctly.

Yes, it is.

Thinking about it, +10 isn't much more than that, so perhaps +10 wouldn't be too bad for a beginner after all. Perhaps I got that wrong. That said, I do remember having a lot of trouble initially when I started out with a Raynox 250 as the first close-up lens I used, and I have come across others who had a similar experience. (But some people get on fine with the 250 straight away.)

As it happens for most of what I wanted to do with invertebrates the less powerful and easier to use Raynox 150 (+4.8) was more suitable, and that is often what I suggest to a beginner that they might start with if they are interested in photographing insects etc (but something less powerful around +2 or  +3 if they are more interested in flowers etc).

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