Luminous Landscape Forum
Equipment & Techniques => Cameras, Lenses and Shooting gear => Topic started by: kevs on December 08, 2023, 07:07:24 pm
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I have the Canon 250 and 500 macro attachments for a long time. The images look fine/ great, but it never occured to me to ask: how is the glass with these attachments? Do they hold their own with the L 24-105 I have or the non L 85 1.8 or 50 fixed I use them with? thanks.
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Are your close-up lenses 250 and 500 or 250D and 500D?
The "D" designates a double-lens design, i.e., better quality.
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A good overview:
https://www.canon.co.uk/pro/infobank/close-up-lenses/
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Thanks Slobadan, great yes I have the D, so then adding these to my canon glass keep it on par with great Canon macro lenses?
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Thanks Slobadan, great yes I have the D, so then adding these to my canon glass keep it on par with great Canon macro lenses?
It can never be on par (i.e., the same) as with a dedicated macro lens, especially not if photographing flat subjects. Macro lenses are designed as flat-field lenses, that is, capable of reproducing a flat object sharp from center to corner. The lenses you mentioned are typical curved-field lenses, that is, sharper in the center than in the corners. Adding a close-up lens to such lenses is not going to deliver the same result as a dedicated macro lens, but it might be pretty close for most practical purposes. Especially if you are shooting, say, a flower in the center of the picture, with the background nicely out of focus.
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thanks Slob, in face shooting flowers. My question how is the glass -- does glass quality hang with L series lens glass?