Affordable DSLR camera and macro lens?
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Tenshoa
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We're currently looking at the Canon T3i with an EF 60mm or 100mm f/2.8 macro lens.
What are you using and pros/cons?
Thank you
Define "affordable".
I'm using a Nikon D40 with a 90mm Tamron Macro. Love mine but my next lens will be the Nikkor 105mm. Supposedly the best macro lens for a Nikon but they are not cheap.
Don't go with the 60mm. Keep it around 100mm. Make sure lens is 1:1. Otherwise it's not a true macro.
You could always go the super budget route and use an extension tube but the quality just isn't the same. Though it might be fine depending on what you want it for. Shoot me a text and I'll send you over some of my macro shots.
raidendex
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I have the Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM Lens, works quite well for macro photography.
Camera should be fine as well. I used T2i for a few years, just recently upgraded to 7D MarkII. While the camera definitely has a lot of new/improved features over T2i, it is not necessary for taking good shots.
Camera should be fine as well. I used T2i for a few years, just recently upgraded to 7D MarkII. While the camera definitely has a lot of new/improved features over T2i, it is not necessary for taking good shots.
Lilmatty5dimes
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I found a canon 30d on craigslist for $250. Works great for taking pics and a great cheap beginner dslr. All I really need to do is fork out some money for a better macro lens and it'll be a great camera. I'm looking at getting the t5i when I can stop spending money on coral and save up a lil. Lol
raidendex
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In general, I would say as long as the camera can record in some RAW format, then it's a good start. That way you get all the possible data that camera's sensor saw at the moment you took a picture and not a JPEG that was processed and likely lost some data yielding a rather blue image that can't really be corrected easily later on. Imagine any DSLR that takes lenses should be able to shoot in RAW. In cases where it is not, or you really do not want to develop RAW files and just get quick JPEGs you could use custom white balance feature, also common in DSLR and even point and shoot etc. With custom WB you just take a picture of your sand bed or some white object that you insert into the tank and produced JPEGs will looks much closer to what you see instead of being overly blue etc.
