rein,
If you're on a budget, $10 to $20 US can get you a temporary substitute for the more expensive Macro lens. I stuck a linen loupe over my Fuji S3100 lens and have been getting some shots I thought were impossible without loads of cash leaving my wallet. Not so.
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xxpinballxx,
In 1988 I needed to see more detail in some work I was doing. This glass was at an art store, is called a linen loupe (for textile work, where you need to get a thread count), and then was about $10-$15.
The real Macro has come lately because of curiousity. I thought adding the glass to the camera in Macro mode would naturally give the best magnification. Turns out to be counter-intuitive: regular normal snap-a-shot mode, with zoom, has changed it from one fixed Macro to the shot of the fly (which is not at the limit of the zoom!). I've also assembled a fixture that slides the magnifying part off in an instant. Very handy, and yes, it thrills me every time I see something in a new detailed way. Being able to preserve it is a bonus.