Macro lens for Canon 1100d

[Padso]

Looking a bit of advice guys on a macro lens.

I need to take some better close up shots for products we sell and was looking for a bit of advice on which lens we need for our camera. Its an 1100d and has a 18-55mm lens that came with it but it seems to blur out when in really close to objects.

Is this the type of thing that i need:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MACRO-Clo...=UK_Lenses_Filters_Lenses&hash=item232b404b9d

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

How close are you taking shots of ?

Your lense will have a minimum focusing distance written on it .. probably something like ~1m. Go to 55mm and stand 1m back ... see what happens.

What products are you selling ? Proper macro lenses are £100s not £20 lol .. that's a screw in adaptor thing and will be next to useless if you're doing anything remotely professional ?

Proper macro photography is for things like this ..:

Macro Fly And Their Friends / แมลงวัน บน จิกทะเล by AmpamukA, on Flickr

A real macro lense:

http://www.camerapricebuster.co.uk/Canon/Canon-EF-lenses/Canon-EF-100mm-f2.8-Macro-USM-Lens

 

[Padso]

How close are you taking shots of ?

Your lense will have a minimum focusing distance written on it .. probably something like ~1m. Go to 55mm and stand 1m back ... see what happens.

What products are you selling ? Proper macro lenses are £100s not £20 lol .. that's a screw in adaptor thing and will be next to useless if you're doing anything remotely professional ?

Proper macro photography is for things like this ..:

Macro Fly And Their Friends / แมลงวัน บน จิกทะเล by AmpamukA, on Flickr

A real macro lense:

http://www.camerapricebuster.co.uk/Canon/Canon-EF-lenses/Canon-EF-100mm-f2.8-Macro-USM-Lens

Its nothing too professional. Its to take some pics of products for our website which are resized to 640 x 480.

Probably as close as 8cm from the object

Is that number on the one you posted 100mm as close as that one will focus?

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Its nothing too professional. Its to take some pics of products for our website which are resized to 640 x 480.

Probably as close as 8cm from the object

Is that number on the one you posted 100mm as close as that one will focus?

No or by that logic, your 18-55 would be closer.

What are you taking pics of that you've got to be 8cm away from !? :S

If they're resized that small I bet you'd get away with a phone cam pic TBH..

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

I replied a long post. My phone wouldn't post it so in short,..
Try what TEG said. If you have trouble with that, then maybe invest in a 50mm prime and crop it. If you don't like that, then try a Sigma 105mm macro. Very good lens.

Probably OTT for your needs though.

Oh and as for the link you originally posted. May as well send me the £20 so I can buy some beers. It will be better spent!

 

[Scrooge]

I get this from a fixed 50mm and a screw on lens, I know it's not technically macro but it works for what I want it to do...

Buzzz! by scrooge89, on Flickr

Butterfly by scrooge89, on Flickr

 

[Padso]

Thanks for the advice chaps saved me wasting £20 on some more ebay crap!

No or by that logic, your 18-55 would be closer.

What are you taking pics of that you've got to be 8cm away from !? :S

If they're resized that small I bet you'd get away with a phone cam pic TBH..

Today i was taking some pics of in ear earphones and it was a pain trying to get close enough to fill the pic

I used my Iphone before but the camera seems to bring out much more detail in the pics.

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Don't worry about filling the shot - use live-view (assuming the cam has it?) and then crop it on the comp. Unless you're counting hairs on the back of a greenfly's leg, I really wouldn't bother spending any money just for this.

A 100mm 'Macro' lens will be a fantastically pin-sharp piece of kit however if you decide you need to buy a new lens - but at that length, with the crop factor, it'll be nigh-on useless for just about anything bar macro or portraits.

I'll take some photos with my camera later of some headphones and see what I get...

As for iPhone vs. 15MP camera - do some homework on sensor sizes you'll soon realise how much more detail you can get on something ~20mmx30mm than a phone-cam one at probably 2x3mm if you're lucky !

 

[Niall]

Just get a proper macro lens, there’s no real replacement. Even something like a second hand Sigma 50mm F2.8 Macro would do the job for what you want.

Things are getting way too technical here, the simple answer is to get a cheap second hand macro lens, such as the Sigma I mentioned.

 

[Yanoo]

I'd buy an extension tube set for the 18-55 mm lens. You could take closer pics with this setup and it would be a mega cheap option.