05-11-2016, 09:40 PM
I think there had been a Yasuhara manual macro lens with built-in LED lamps (but since the lens itself was stone age, it required an external power source). I might be mistaken on some counts here.
This lens looks really left field... in a pretty good way. And to those who doubt the usefulness of a wider macro - me & my wife have been doing very close shots of flowers with a Sigma 14mm f/2.8 lens (MFD: only 18 cm, and that's from the sensor, not the front lens). I can't see using a 28mm lens to shoot insects - I'd need much more working distance (say, during the recent trip I was having loads of fun with a 70-200/2.8 and extension tubes until one of these broke in half and sent the lens tumbling to the ground). But for flowers and small stuff like coins and pins... well, that'd be it.
This lens looks really left field... in a pretty good way. And to those who doubt the usefulness of a wider macro - me & my wife have been doing very close shots of flowers with a Sigma 14mm f/2.8 lens (MFD: only 18 cm, and that's from the sensor, not the front lens). I can't see using a 28mm lens to shoot insects - I'd need much more working distance (say, during the recent trip I was having loads of fun with a 70-200/2.8 and extension tubes until one of these broke in half and sent the lens tumbling to the ground). But for flowers and small stuff like coins and pins... well, that'd be it.