Canon mcro zoom lens.

Hi everybody,

I'm considering to get a housing fro my eos 400d and a macro lens.

I've used a few times my friend's nikon d 70 with a 70/180 zoom 4,5/5,6 (1:1,3 almost macro).

I cannot find nothing similar in canon lenses, any suggestion?

Cheers.

Perezoso

Hi and welcome to Wetpixel.

You can use the Canon 70-200 F4L with a Canon 500D diopter for pretty good pseudo-macro performance.

Another lens to look at is the Sigma 17-70mm

Cheers

James Wiseman

Why not try the 100mm macro. It's sharp, inexpensive and there are many ports available for that lens.

Why not try the 100mm macro. It's sharp, inexpensive and there are many ports available for that lens.

I cannot agree more wholeheartedly.

This lens is really a workhorse for UW macro.

and as was mentioned it is relativly inexpensive.

I've been using the above mentioned Sigma 17-70 for some time now. It is a nice and versatile lens for underwater photography. But you're actually not getting very close. The max magnification is 2.3 so I would not recommend it if you are looking for a good 'macro' lens.

Kim