[Closed] Macro lens - how to choose

I'd also like to spend as little as possible

Macro filters rather than a true macro any good?

What's your budget?

yep, what's your budget? that will narrow your choice considerably

m4/3 lenses aren't cheap and there's little in the way of second hand stuff so there won't be a budget option, so "as little as possible" may be a lot, unless...

You use an adapter and old manual focus lens route. m42 lenses for example. A 50mm f2 can be had for £10, and adapter for another £15 and a set of extension tubes for £5 and you'll have useful manual focus setup.

Or... you could use extension tubes on one of your existing lenes. I'd have thought the 20mm f1.7 plus tubes would be a good bet.

No idea of budget really. I don't believe I can afford an full on macro lens. I'm looking for options before I decided to spend real money 🙂

Those extension tubes, do you have a link to them? I've googled about them but I'm not very familiar with photography and I'm not sure if I'm looking at the right stuff.

Thanks for all the responses!

[url= http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Macro-Extension-tube-for-Micro-4-3-M4-3-GF1-E-PL1-G2-G1_W0QQitemZ180595817511 ]m4/3 tubes[/url]

I've never tried m4/3 tubes so you'd want to do a bit of digging. But I have used m42 tubes [url= http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-UK-3-Steps-Macro-Extension-Tube-Ring-M42-Lens-/320622799878 ]like these[/url] with an [url= http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/M42-42mm-Lens-Micro-4-3-M4-3-M43-M-43-Mount-Adapter-/320551801037 ]m4/3 to m42 adapter[/url] and [url= http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/QUALITY-HELIOS-58mm-F2-LENS-M42mm-SCREW-MOUNT-/360356438833 ]m42 lens[/url] which works well.

Whatever you buy just make sure you look real closely at it first....

IGMC

I got normal 4/3 35mm macro for £180, many around for £200 now.