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Looking to get into macro photography with my R7

Started 4 months ago | Discussions thread
BBbuilder467 Veteran Member • Posts: 7,057
Re: Looking to get into macro photography with my R7
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Colin06 wrote:

I made a similar post in the EOS R forum, but I was recommended to make a post here to get more answers. As you know by the title I'm interested in starting macro photography with my R7, but I have a few questions first. My first question is what lens would be good for me? For the RF mount, I see only 1 macro lens that is within my budget of around $500 and that was the RF 85mm f/2. That only has a 0.5x magnification which I don't think would be best for what I plan on shooing (spiders, other insects, fungi, and plants). Are there any good third-party options I could get, and use an ef to rf adapter? My last question is how does an APS-C body perform in macro photography?

FWIW, the majority of plants, fungi, flowers and nature subjects would not be beyond 0.5x with apsc. That's the range where autofocus, image stabilization, etc, work to my advantage.

The closer I get to 1:1, the less I rely on the auto features, but insects and tiny subjects aren't my priority. I definitely don't want anything without auto stop-down.

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