anita_nowinska

<p>Thank you lovely helpful men.. that has given me a lot of answers. <br>

I just had another conversation with someone and their answer was that it's not the wrong lens I have been sold..but the wrong camera! That a 5D is better for landscapes and portraits and I would be better off with a 60D, which would give me better results for macro?<br>

Or... if The 5D has so many more pixels will I get the same ability to get closer by cropping the photo down?<br>

What do you think?<br>

As I said, I'm an artist as opposed to a professional photographer and being female, tend to run around taking pictures rather than spending time setting up for shots. ( and I'm incapable of reading an instruction manual too..it's much easier to ask lovely people like you)<br>

I think I may give back the 70-300mm lens they sold me, which feels a bit redundant and swap it for the extension tube. The MP-E 65mm I think may inhibit the hand held side of things and inhibit the spontaneity of grasping a shot which lasts for a moment. Like seeds taking off on the breeze</p>

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<p>Ok here is an example photo. I want to get even closer to the droplet. or a dragonflies eye etc. </p>

<p>Someone has suggested bellows but that looks too cumbersome to be walking around a forest with. I've tried swapping the lenses over and the Tamron also doesn't get as close in on the 5D as it did on the 20D (which someone just said was to with frame size?)<br>

So which lens will give me an image covering a larger part of the frame on the 5D ie a stronger lens?</p><div></div>

<p>OK, so Ive just had a look at bellows online.. HUGE! The photos I am taking are hand held whilst out and about and Im lucky that I have a very steady hand. So the bellows looks a bit cumbersome and heavy.<br>

So is the answer that there is NO lens which would take me closer in when using the 5D?</p><div></div>

<p>I have just upgraded to an EOS5D<br>

I was using a TAMRON 90mm 1:1 macro lens with my EOS 20D<br>

On buying the new camera i asked for a lens which would enable me to take photos of even small things, closer up than the TAMRON<br>

I was sold a CANON 100m 1:2.8 and told that it would be more powerful than the TAMRON and is also 1:1<br>

WHAT lens do I really need? What wil; allow me to get even closer to tinier objects and focus in on them?<br>

Any advice greatly appreciated<br>

Anita</p>

<p>Hi, Im new to this forum and hope someone can advise me.</p>

<p>I have a CANON EOS 20D and have been using a TAMRON 90mm1:1 lens for macro photographs.</p>

<p>I have just upgraded to an EOS 5D. I asked Jessops for a MACRO lens which is stronger and can do even smaller objects than the TAMRON lens.<br>

They have given me a EF100mm 1:2.8.<br>

Ive just put in on the camera and tried it and doesn't go anywhere as close or as small as the old TAMRON lens!<br>

Could someone please recommend which lens it is that I need to get closer and small objects than the 90mm lens. and WHY is the 100mm canon one not doing the job?</p>

<p>Any advice greatly appreciated</p>

<p>Anita</p>

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