CHG_CANON wrote:
Starting with lenses:
EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM - a 'DX' style lens specifically for her EOS Rebel
EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM Macro
EF 180mm f/3.5L USM Macro
Tamron 90mm f/2.8 Di VC USD Macro
If she has a tripod, the non IS lenses make sense, but all the options are relatively expensive, even shopping used. She might start into macro using her existing lenses, especially the longer zoom, with an extension tube (Extension Tube EF 25 II) that allows her to focus, retaining AF, at close 'macro distances'.
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I second your suggestion to start her on inexpensive extension tubes. They are inexpensive and will take advantage of her existing lenses. She will have the same learning experience as a dedicated macro with little to no degradation in image quality.