Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Macro lenses

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 11-08-2006 20:01
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I will have a budget of 2000 euros to buy a new camera and lenses...

I thought in these:

> Canon 350D (the results would be the same with Canon 30D that just wins in Formula 1, and sports photos. ;) but as I don?t care about sports photo..
Just Canon 5D would be the next buy after Canon 350D not 30D...)

> camera with 18-200 mm Sigma (for general)

Now I have doubts...

I want to make real macro! To hymenopters, coleopters, odonata, DIPTERS (of course), slime molds, spiders (I will take more photo of these and dipters), and all animal, fungi, protista, and vegetal regnum. :)))

Macro lenses adviced?
> Tamron 90 mm?
> Sigma 180 mm

> I wish LPE-65 mm but it is very expensive and I leave this for next buy...


A macro converter would be need?? And what about macro rings to try inverted lenses???

Finally, after lenses choosed which flash do you advice???

Please help me to do a list :) for an excellent conjunt of macrophotography by 2000 euros. Remember that I want take photos of spiders, dipters, hymenopters, odonata... I wish which lenses are more indicated for this! Thank you!