Wide Angle lens: Just spotted this - for $15... 0.43x 52MM Wide Angle Lens + Macro for Nikon Nikkor AF-S DX 18-55mm 55-200mm Is it worth it? just how "wide angle" is this going to be...

BeachLady Loc: Surfside Beach, SC

Just spotted this - for $15...

0.43x 52MM Wide Angle Lens + Macro for Nikon Nikkor AF-S DX 18-55mm 55-200mm

Is it worth it? just how "wide angle" is this going to be for me? I find myself thinking...$15...why not? So, guys, WHY NOT? Thanks for your input - as always!!

Lens Cap Loc: The Cold North Coast

I bought one for my Olympus was not happy with it....bad focus, bad distortion.....but if you are like me you will need to find out for yourself....it is only $15.00...may be you would want to buy mine for cheaper...

BeachLady wrote:

Just spotted this - for $15...

0.43x 52MM Wide Angle Lens + Macro for Nikon Nikkor AF-S DX 18-55mm 55-200mm

Is it worth it? just how "wide angle" is this going to be for me? I find myself thinking...$15...why not? So, guys, WHY NOT? Thanks for your input - as always!!

Don, the 2nd son Loc: Crowded Florida

Lens Cap wrote:

I bought one for my Olympus was not happy with it....bad focus, bad distortion.....but if you are like me you will need to find out for yourself....it is only $15.00...may be you would want to buy mine for cheaper...

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shagbat Loc: London

BeachLady wrote:

Just spotted this - for $15...

0.43x 52MM Wide Angle Lens + Macro for Nikon Nikkor AF-S DX 18-55mm 55-200mm

Is it worth it? just how "wide angle" is this going to be for me? I find myself thinking...$15...why not? So, guys, WHY NOT? Thanks for your input - as always!!

Hi Lady, I used one on a Nikon, about 7 shots later I gave it to my son with instructions to treat it as a bit of fun.
The macro bit only will give reasonable macro shots and is very easy to cart around. The critcisms others have levelled at this I can confirm, but as you say, for $15!

Screamin Scott Loc: Marshfield Wi, Baltimore Md, now Dallas Ga

As the old adage goes, "you get what you pay for"...

BeachLady Loc: Surfside Beach, SC

Sounds like I should keep my $15! :-) So...for macro photography, what DO you recommend? Reversing ring?

Screamin Scott Loc: Marshfield Wi, Baltimore Md, now Dallas Ga

True macro lenses are the most convenient way to shoot macro. What are you wanting to take pictures of ?....That will determine the focal length to get. I have 8 different true macro lenses running from 55 to 180mm. Some are auto focus , others are manual focus. That said, the majority of the macro images on my Flickr link were taken with an older manual focus 105mm macro lens from the mid 80's... There are other ways to capture macro images, it's just that true macro lenses have the fewest idiosyncrasies...

BeachLady wrote:

Sounds like I should keep my $15! :-) So...for macro photography, what DO you recommend? Reversing ring?

shagbat Loc: London

BeachLady wrote:

Sounds like I should keep my $15! :-) So...for macro photography, what DO you recommend? Reversing ring?

For about the same money, you could buy an OPTEKA 10X
macro converter, or even a stack of cheap macro screw on filters, this would be your cheapest introduction to macro.
Auto extention tubes might be another option, but more costly. For wide, if your budget runs to it, consider Sigma's 10-20mm. I love mine!

shagbat Loc: London

BeachLady wrote:

Sounds like I should keep my $15! :-) So...for macro photography, what DO you recommend? Reversing ring?

Won't work with your kit Lady.

Screamin Scott Loc: Marshfield Wi, Baltimore Md, now Dallas Ga

Macro filters (actually they should be called lenses) & extension tubes both limit the magnification. Except for the pricey 2 element version filters, filters are pretty unsharp towards the edges... A true macro lens allows for varying magnification ratios simply by turning the focus ring. With tubes & filters, you have to add or subtract different ones to change the ratio.... That fact, plus the fact that doing that takes time, makes them less convenient. As for a wide angle lens, I'd agree with the Sigma 10-20 as I have one as well. Doesn't do macro & it's a DX format lens.

shagbat wrote:

For about the same money, you could buy an OPTEKA 10X
macro converter, or even a stack of cheap macro screw on filters, this would be your cheapest introduction to macro.
Auto extention tubes might be another option, but more costly. For wide, if your budget runs to it, consider Sigma's 10-20mm. I love mine!

shagbat Loc: London

Screamin Scott wrote:

True macro lenses are the most convenient way to s... (show quote)

I have the Nikkor 55mm F3.5 Scott and a Sigma 150mm,
Both superb, but I have a special affection for the Nikkor.
Who needs auto focus for macro work?

Screamin Scott Loc: Marshfield Wi, Baltimore Md, now Dallas Ga

6 of mine are older manual focus macros...I have the F2.8 version of the Nikkor 55mm (love it's color rendition, shame it only goes to 1/2 life size natively). I have an AF 105mm Sigma & a 180mm F3.5 Tamron AF macro

shagbat wrote:

I have the Nikkor 55mm F3.5 Scott and a Sigma 150mm,
Both superb, but I have a special affection for the Nikkor.
Who needs auto focus for macro work?

shagbat Loc: London

Screamin Scott wrote:

6 of mine are older manual focus macros...I have the F2.8 version of the Nikkor 55mm (love it's color rendition, shame it only goes to 1/2 life size natively). I have an AF 105mm Sigma & a 180mm F3.5 Tamron AF macro

Just had a look at your site Scott, well impressed! Excellent.
I'm not a true macro man, but I do a lot of fungi, the Nikkor is only perfect and with a 13mm tube I can get 1:1, but I would rarely need it.

BeachLady Loc: Surfside Beach, SC

I have always liked little flowers & bugs on them...thinking I might enjoy some macro work with my Nikon 7100 - have the "big" lenses (18-55, 55-300, 18-200, 150-600). And on occasion I've wished for a wider view than my 18, but can probably live without it (now that I'm learning about taking panoramic shots.