04-06-2016, 07:21 AM
I second Klaus in this aspect, meaning "aren't that hot" still lacks of some today normal comfort features.
They might be nice, but always manually focusing. Meaning "no fast changes of subject". Also meaning "you need additional hardware like stepping motor driven macro slide for focus stacks". No, closing the aperture is not helping to get the same picture.
Some of them come with VR/OS, usesless to macro, very useful in other aspects of photography.
Sure, one can make a real bargain by buying a cheap but good old macro lens instead of blowing hundreds of € / $. And a lot of macro shots will look equally good becuase no one uses those lenses wide open. But I'm sure, here the first would split into good and mediocre.
They might be nice, but always manually focusing. Meaning "no fast changes of subject". Also meaning "you need additional hardware like stepping motor driven macro slide for focus stacks". No, closing the aperture is not helping to get the same picture.
Some of them come with VR/OS, usesless to macro, very useful in other aspects of photography.
Sure, one can make a real bargain by buying a cheap but good old macro lens instead of blowing hundreds of € / $. And a lot of macro shots will look equally good becuase no one uses those lenses wide open. But I'm sure, here the first would split into good and mediocre.