Viltrox is a Chinese company that’s really impressed me over the last couple of years. They make some of my favorite lenses, ranging from extremely compact and lightweight ‘Air’ series primes to ...

The essence of macro photography comes down to the capabilities of the optical system. The most important feature here is the ability to get the largest possible projection of the object onto the ...

Macro photography — the art of taking pictures of tiny things — can be an expensive pastime. Good lenses aren’t cheap, and greater magnification inflates the price even further. One way to release a ...

February 13, 2011 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Save your money for more lenses; convert a cardboard tube and some simple parts into a lens extension tube to ...

Reversing the lens orientation is common practice in macro photography. To get even more magnification you can increase the distance between the film and lens by using an extension tube or bellows.

Close up photography can be expensive if you buy a true macro lens. But there are less expensive ways of going in close. You can add a whole host of accessories to get you right in to the action These ...

I don't want to sell it but I am getting GAS at the moment. And lookin to upgrade to an auto focus version of another Tamron macro lens. This set has to go. This is the highly reputable macro lens in ...

The best macro lenses out there can fetch over $1,000 — and even those typically max out at a 1:1 magnification ratio. Those of us wanting greater magnification — or who are simply working on a ...