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heres my package April 17 2009 at 4:10 PM		(Login c2jerrett) Missing-Lynx members from IP address 72.139.19.78

OK I'm buying a good camera for the first time. This is what I worked out at the local shop.Nikon D60 with a Metz 15 macro slave,close up filter kit and a few more items. I have a good tripod and all kinds of lighting. I was wondering was it worth buying the Macro slave for model pics or go all out and get the macro lens?

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(Login vbuenokov)
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Take a couple of photos first and see if you are happy with the results.

April 17 2009, 11:07 PM

A Macro lens is no small investment and it only does one thing, take macro photos. Try with the kit lens and see if it does what you expected. if not, then a MACRO lens is in your future.

The photo below was taken with a 2001 era 2MP Olympus C2100Uz with as many close up filters I could add, a tripod, remote control and no flash. It is a 1/2400 scale battleship on Battle Ship Row in Pearl Harbor. The rigging is eye sutures, and the ship is only 2 inches long, 1/2 " high. The remote control and the tripod allowed the camera to take the picture withut moving.

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If your D60 can do this with the kit lens, the I think you are good to go. If you plan on doing more MACRO Fine Art photography, then maybe the macro lens is what you want.

I hope this was helpful.

Aloha,
Val

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