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What’s the best wide angle macro lens out there for Canon SLR cameras?

Thursday, June 16th, 2011 at 9:38 pm
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Question by The Revolutionist: What’s the best wide angle macro lens out there for Canon SLR cameras?
I have sigma 10-20mm wide angle lens, and I’m looking to sell it and buy a wide angle macro. What are the best wide angle macro lenses out there?

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Answer by Jim A
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4 Comments

Hondo on June 16th, 2011, 10:31 pm

A wide angle macro? I do not believe there is such a thing. If there were, you would need to get about an centimeter away from the subject to focus at true 1:1 macro. This would of course greatly increase the potential of hitting your front element on your subject! Macro lenses are generally telephoto lenses as that allows you to be at least a few inches away from your subject.

Tamron does make an 18-250 and 18-270 macro, but they are not really even close to a true 1:1 macro, and you would need to use the telephoto end in order to get very close at all…in other words they can hardly be considered a real macro.

Eclipse on June 16th, 2011, 11:12 pm

Wide angle macro? Do you truly understand what a macro lens does? Ultra-wide lenses like your Sigma 10-20mm lens have fairly close minimum focusing distances but, they are not macro lenses. That said, Tokina does offer a 35mm macro that offers a field of view similar to that of a 50mm macro lens on a full-frame camera. To my knowledge, that is the widest true macro lens available for a 1.6x crop, Canon DSLR.

Fang Yang on June 17th, 2011, 12:02 am

recommend you buy it online. may be you can go to http://www.pickegg.com/wholesale/Lenses.html to take a look, there are many lenses for your choice and the price is much lower.

suzzan on June 17th, 2011, 12:36 am

i was googling and found Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC IF Macro Lens for Canon Digital SLR Cameras which is really nice lens for canon SLR.

*Lens Construction – 15 Elements in 12 Groups
*Angle of View – 72.4 – 20.2 degrees
*7 Diaphragm Blades
*Minimum Aperture F22
*Minimum Focusing Distance – 20cm (7.9 inches)

http://www.amazon.com/Sigma-17-70mm-2-8-4-5-Digital-Cameras/dp/B000EGAMBW/?tag=pntsa-20

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