I decided to fool around yesterday and add my add-on macro lens to my new 50 - 200 lens. I was expecting the focus distance to be similar to the focus distance of the lens....... I did not expect that I would have been able to get as close as I did.

Look at what I mean..

I shot a measuring tape to see what sought of areea this combo covered:

seeing that I could get an area that small, I decided to shoot these other little things.

Injury:


Dying leaf:


Twig stump:


Abstract:


And three of the Brasilia plant:






I also shot this one without the macro attachment:


Hope you enjoyed.

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[little laker]

Very nice dudlew

I've been avoiding buying the add on macro lenses, thinking that they'd cause some extra distortion. I might have to put them back on my list now.

[RBellavance]

Very nice ! Which add-on lens is that ? I'm looking for something of the sort to tide me over until I can get my hands on a real macro lens.

[Asad_Masede]

More fine images, Duane, very nice.

Some of these look like they were flashed, what kind of setup was it? Unless I'm mistaken.

Cheers!
-Asad

[dudlew]

Very nice dudlew

I've been avoiding buying the add on macro lenses, thinking that they'd cause some extra distortion. I might have to put them back on my list now.

Thanks little laker,

In my case, it has been fun. I had heard alot about these lenses (in particular the Raynox DCR 150 and 250) when I was a part of the Fuji talk forum on DPreview. I had seen some good shots with it and figured that at US$36 it was worth a try. It sure has turned out to be worth it.

Very nice ! Which add-on lens is that ? I'm looking for something of the sort to tide me over until I can get my hands on a real macro lens.

Glad you liked them! Its the Raynox DCR-150, and it is cheap too!!! One of the reasons I bought it.

More fine images, Duane, very nice.

Some of these look like they were flashed, what kind of setup was it? Unless I'm mistaken.

Cheers!
-Asad

No flash, all natural light. It seems with this zoom range and this lens, the depth of field is remarkably thin, leaving a really blurred background.

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[RBellavance]

Glad you liked them! Its the Raynox DCR-150, and it is cheap too!!! One of the reasons I bought it.

Ha-ha! I own a DCR-250 :-) I need to play with it some more (especially at focal lengths < 200mm), but my quick tests seemed to make it almost unusable due to the paper-thin DOF.