QUOTE(akagidemon @ Nov 25 2010, 08:06 AM)
thank you for the kind remarks adriancs
just using a closeup filter with my kit lens. still considering which macro lens to go for. 90,105 or 200mm macro lens. any suggestions?
QUOTE(adriancs @ Nov 25 2010, 08:22 AM)
Personally I prefer longer macros, so I would choose the 200mm. The 200mm (or 150mm) gives you quite a lot of working distance so you don't have to get very near and scare away your subjects. But sometimes 200mm can be a little long physically, heavy and hard to position in certain ways to take the shot.
There is also the choice of 50, 55 and 60mm macros, which are "wide" macros and I find them to be quite useful too. You can take environmental macro shots with medium magnification and also use it as a general purpose medium speed normal lens. The bad part is that at 1:1 mag the 60mm has very little working distance, as close as just a few inches in front of the lens. Lighting then becomes difficult, or you might cast a shadow over your subject, or even scare it away (or get bitten by it, if you're photographing a snake!).
The 90/100/105 macro range is sort of a compromise in between both but generally also suffers from the short working distance problem.
My suggestion is to just use the kit lens for now. With the close-ups, you can get as close as twice life size on DX. Its a lot of money to spend just to get another 2x magnification to life size, and you'll probably need it for only 10% of the time. I carry a +4 closeup with the 50/1.8 all the time and it usually gets me to about 1:2 on DX, very very satisfactory for a <RM500 investment. The macro lenses stay in the studio, and only gets brought out on very specific purpose planned trips only which makes its
cost vs. usage very uneconomical.the 90/100/105 should be a good one for starter lah.. because the result from SP90 is satisying but the 105mm surely is a killer macro..
like this one, kelmarin dulu punya:

QUOTE(weirdo88 @ Nov 25 2010, 09:22 AM)

Great now I'm in deep poison hole already
Very tempted to get nik 2470, SP90, good CPL and GND filters, new camera body

alang2 mau poison terus lah kasi habis duit... go for D700, 2470, 200mm macro, and those B+W filters
This post has been edited by freddy manson: Nov 25 2010, 10:07 AM