Macro lens

[Rob Sermon]

Being a photographic neophyte, and seeing some macro lenses in the ST marketplace, what does a macro lens do?

Bug face, ya! Tornado??? Forget the technical jargon; I'm lucky I can fix a sandwich.

 

[Darren Addy]

The wikipedia page is pretty good on this subject! You may also enjoy some alternatives to purchasing a macro lens for the job.

 

[Rob Wadsworth]

You might find this thread on STORMTRACK fun and interesting. There are a lot of members that contributed a lot of thoughts, comments, and some pretty awesome pictures - too.
http://www.stormtrack.org/forum/showthread.php?t=17892&highlight=Macro+photography
Just use the 'search' link and put in 'macro phoyography' and see all kinds of things pop up!
Enjoy...