Marco starter lens

[lynweber]

I am building my lens and I am curious what you all recommend for a starter marco lens that is affordable less then $400 I know not much of a budget but its what I got.

I have a Nikon D5000 can't wait to see what all you use. Thanks!

[jofrost]

Hi Lyn ,

I have a Sigma EX DG 50mm Macro . Great little lens and very sharp for about $300

Look at my Flickr blog for some samples .

-John

[spazoid1965]

Bellows are going for dirt nothing on ebay these days.

[lynweber]

Originally Posted by spazoid1965

Bellows are going for dirt nothing on ebay these days.

Whats a bellows?

[PWhite214]

Bellows, or extension tubes, fit between the camera body and lens. This moves the focus point closer to the lens front element which increases the magnification. Extension with a existing lens is a relatively inexpensive method to trying macro photography.

Here is a manual aperture lens and bellows mounted on my DSLR.



Phil

[lynweber]

I see. Thank you

[lynweber]

I am so excited I ended up purchasing the Tamron 70-300mm with macro I'm so excitd I just took a picture of a cherry blossom tree trying it out. Not posted yet but maybe tomorrow.