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I love macro photography. This photo above, as you can probably guess, is a very close-up of the aloe plant below. But I've noticed that I can only get "so close" and focus, manually or automatically. I talked to a guy at a photo shop about it and he suggested getting a macro lens (the expensive way - anywhere from $500 to $1000!!) or a set of filter lens that you screw onto the end of your lens with different "powers" that will let you get closer and focus (the less expensive way - about $70 for the set). I have a set of those but they won't fit the end of the lens of my digital camera. So. . . I'm going to experiement a little tomorrow and take my lens from my film camera and see if it will work on the digital body with these macro lens. If not. . . I may be spending $70 soon. I asked him about extension tubes, which I'd read about, and he acted like that was the worst thing I could do. I don't know what to think. If anyone out there could make a suggestion, I'd sure appreciate it.
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Here's a photo of the aloe plant with natural light coming in from the side. I really like this photo, too. Then I saw the drops of water where I had just watered it and decided to go macro but think it could be better than the results I got.
It's a fun hobby but sometimes expensive!
Your film lens should fit the digital...if the digital and the film are the same brand. I can't remember if you have Cannon or Minolta...but you can interchange digital and film lenses although you might have to focus manually. I've read that you can and that you can't but I used my film lens on my digital and it was fine...It's cheaper doing digital and making a mistake than doing film and having it come out all blurred because the digital is basically free until you print it....Hope that made sense.
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