Hoag
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I have been struggling lately to find a solution to shooting macro. I don't shoot a lot of macro. To be honest, I shoot very little macro, so I don't want to spend a lot of money on a macro set-up for my Sony A6000 & Nauticam housing.
I had looked at the Sony 30mm macro lens, but the feedback I was getting is that it was OK for fish portraits, but not practical for anything close up.
I had considered the Sony 50mm macro lens, but the port for that requires both an adapter and a port which would drive up the cost by the time I was done to a point where it was not really practical given how little I expect to use it.
Then yesterday, somebody proposed what might be an interesting solution. They suggested using a "medium zoom" such as my kit lens (16-50mm) and a macro diopter on the port. That way, I already own the lens, and all I would need to acquire are the port (which I planned on anyhow) and a diopter.
Does anybody have any experience doing this? If so, how did it work out?
Thanks.
I had looked at the Sony 30mm macro lens, but the feedback I was getting is that it was OK for fish portraits, but not practical for anything close up.
I had considered the Sony 50mm macro lens, but the port for that requires both an adapter and a port which would drive up the cost by the time I was done to a point where it was not really practical given how little I expect to use it.
Then yesterday, somebody proposed what might be an interesting solution. They suggested using a "medium zoom" such as my kit lens (16-50mm) and a macro diopter on the port. That way, I already own the lens, and all I would need to acquire are the port (which I planned on anyhow) and a diopter.
Does anybody have any experience doing this? If so, how did it work out?
Thanks.