new to phtography...

[alfa147x]

i just bought a new rebal Xti amd im looking for a Macro lens. my budget is around $100
i was wondering what should i be looking for when i go shopping?

Thanks Alot for the Help

 

[tfinch2]

$100 for a macro lens? Dream on.

 

[FilmCamera]

Probably about the cheapest you could do for Macro with a Canon would be this stuff:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/control...ku=12142&is=USA&addedTroughType=search

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/control...u=375102&is=REG&addedTroughType=search

Otherwise they make a 50mm f/2.5 Macro for about $230ish or the 100mm Macro for $450ish.

 

[stinkycheese]

You should be looking for more money on your way to the store.

 

[yhelothar]

FilmCamera: well said. Extension tubes and a good fast fifty is probably the best entry into the macro world.
You could probably get it for much cheaper than $100 if you go the manual focus route.
Here's two pics I took with my $50 SMC Takumar 50mm F/1.4 lens and $16 set of extension tubes..
ants
beetle

 

[alfa147x]

Originally posted by: virtualgames0
FilmCamera: well said. Extension tubes and a good fast fifty is probably the best entry into the macro world.
You could probably get it for much cheaper than $100 if you go the manual focus route.
Here's two pics I took with my $50 SMC Takumar 50mm F/1.4 lens and $16 set of extension tubes..
ants
beetle

were would i get one over a lower price?

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: alfa147x

Originally posted by: virtualgames0
FilmCamera: well said. Extension tubes and a good fast fifty is probably the best entry into the macro world.
You could probably get it for much cheaper than $100 if you go the manual focus route.
Here's two pics I took with my $50 SMC Takumar 50mm F/1.4 lens and $16 set of extension tubes..
ants
beetle

were would i get one over a lower price?

eBay is where I got mine.
There are a lot of very high quality manual focus primes on the m42 mount that sells for next to nothing. It works great on the canon mount with a simple $10 adapter.
Here's a comparison between the SMC Tak 50mm F/1.4 I used and a modern 50mm F/1.8 Canon

 

[DeviousTrap]

Originally posted by: alfa147x

Originally posted by: virtualgames0
FilmCamera: well said. Extension tubes and a good fast fifty is probably the best entry into the macro world.
You could probably get it for much cheaper than $100 if you go the manual focus route.
Here's two pics I took with my $50 SMC Takumar 50mm F/1.4 lens and $16 set of extension tubes..
ants
beetle

were would i get one over a lower price?

Grab a Canon 50mm f/1.8 for $70 or so, and then a cheap set of extension tubes on eBay. Should be a total of under $100.

 

[arrfep]

Get a 50mm f/1.8 for $75. Then grab a Macro Coupler or two for $7.95 a piece. Then go to a flea market and buy any cheap manual focus prime of any brand you can find (you can score awesome manual glass for very cheap), as long as it has filter threads on it. Then, as long as you have the corresponding size macro coupler, you mount the cheap prime lens onto your Canon lens lens front to lens front. This allows macro photography. The magnification level equals A/B where A is on camera lens and B is the coupled lens. i.e. a 50mm mounted on a 50mm is 1:1; a 50 mounted onto a 200mm lens on camera equals 4X magnification.

So actually...if you already have the kit lens, you should be able to buy just the 50mm prime and the appropriate size coupler (52mm to 58mm, I believe), and then you'd have a variable focal length prime. I've never tried in on a zoom lens but I don't see why it wouldn't work. Plus then you have a killer prime lens in the 50 f1.8 so expenses are minimized.

Oh and you can just send me the leftover $13.😉