Macro or Closeup Lens

SkyWalker · 3rd March 2004

I am a Olympus C5050Z user.

For taking closeup of insects, what type of addon filters or lens I need ?

majere2sg · 3rd March 2004

Originally Posted by SkyWalker

I am a Olympus C5050Z user.

For taking closeup of insects, what type of addon filters or lens I need ?

Close up filters.. +2, +4 or +8
+2 will limit the focusing distance to around 50cm
+4 will limit the focusing distance to around 25cm
+8 will limit the focusing distance to around 12.5cm.
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megaweb · 3rd March 2004

I have tested this camera b4 , u need at least 2x closeup +4 filters to have the magnification.

steely · 3rd March 2004

hoya and vitacon has macro filter sets of 4 - +1,+2,+3,+4
you can use them individually or stack them for +10
they can be bought individually as well, there are also +10 filters
I'm sure there are other brands like tiffen and kenko

stacking in this order - camera>macro filter>wide-conv will take you even closer , but at the expense of DOF

there are a few older threads on Macro here in this section as well that are good references...

PS a mistake that i only learnt to rectify after reading up in CS - disable Macro Mode when you use a filter

SkyWalker · 3rd March 2004

Olympus does sell a macro lens for C5050.

May I know what is the difference between the macro lens and closeup filter.

Originally Posted by majere2sg

Close up filters.. +2, +4 or +8
+2 will limit the focusing distance to around 50cm
+4 will limit the focusing distance to around 25cm
+8 will limit the focusing distance to around 12.5cm.
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3rd March 2004	#1
SkyWalker Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 234	Macro or Closeup Lens I am a Olympus C5050Z user. For taking closeup of insects, what type of addon filters or lens I need ?

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megaweb Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: East Posts: 8,106	I have tested this camera b4 , u need at least 2x closeup +4 filters to have the magnification. __________________ See my Photo Gallery at the Clubsnap \| Pbase

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steely Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: East of SG Posts: 123	hoya and vitacon has macro filter sets of 4 - +1,+2,+3,+4 you can use them individually or stack them for +10 they can be bought individually as well, there are also +10 filters I'm sure there are other brands like tiffen and kenko stacking in this order - camera>macro filter>wide-conv will take you even closer , but at the expense of DOF there are a few older threads on Macro here in this section as well that are good references... PS a mistake that i only learnt to rectify after reading up in CS - disable Macro Mode when you use a filter Last edited by steely; 3rd March 2004 at 01:18 PM.