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Do I Really Need a Macro Lens?

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AeroPhotographer Regular Member • Posts: 462
Re: Do I Really Need a Macro Lens?
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I have excellent 90mm and 105mm macro lenses.  But I find 0.3x to 0.4x magnification suits my bee photography.  Up to that magnification I prefer about 200mm telephoto lenses on extension tubes.  They have some advantages over my macro lenses:

* Longer focal length and thus greater working distance.

* Faster autofocus.

You may like extension tubes on your lenses.  I use a tube length which equals about 10% of the lens focal length.

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