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Title: Macro for travel kit Post by: KeithB on May 19, 2011, 07:42:37 AM Bob:
Good article on the travel kit. What about a good fast macro instead of the 50/1.8? My 60mm EF-S macro is not much bigger and is what I usually take. Title: Re: Macro for travel kit Post by: Bob Atkins on May 19, 2011, 10:15:18 AM Yes, the Canon EF-S 60/2.8 macro USM (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0007WK8KS/bobatkinsphotogr) could substitute for the Canon EF 50/1.8 II (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00007E7JU/bobatkinsphotogr) and provide additional macro capability.
Actually I should go back and add to the article the fact that I took along a 2 element closeup lens for use with the Tamron AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 SP Di VC (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B003YH9DZ4/bobatkinsphotogr). That's my "macro" lens, though on this trip I didn't actually do any macro work (which is why I forgot to include it!). I use a 62mm Nikon 5T on the Tamron 70-300, which has a 62mm filter size. However for some reason Nikon seems to have stopped making their sereis of 2 element closup filters so the "T" series of clloseup lenses is no longer available. The Canon 500D series filters would be equivalent. |