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RE: This will be the last image I ever post on Steem......
I have been wanting to move up the scale a bit with macro photography.
For a budget of around £1K would sort of camera / lens would you point me toward?
Lens..
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sigma-105mm-Macro-Canon-Cameras/dp/B0058NYVXG - £330 new. Or go second hand.. Theres a Canon equivalent which is ever so slightly better but double the price.
Camera
Second hand camera body such as the Canon 60D or 70D- £100- £200. You could probably get one of the more amateur bodies for around a few hundred new but not sure how good they are going to be. I'd always rather spend money on glass than a body though (he says after just buying a new body).
That is what all of my macros up until now are taken with but i do have the following two additions. These allow you to shoot at lower apertures and get a larger depth of field - the flashgun provides a brighter light source and the diffuser helps to make it softer.
Flashgun
Maybe a second hand canon 580 EX II speedlight flashgun or something like a Yongnuo speedlite (which are pretty good, i have a couple)
Diffuser
And then something like https://www.manfrotto.com/uk-en/ezybox-micro-ll-ls2211/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwuNbsBRC-ARIsAAzITue12cZ3AqlRvnuEGHj_xd9qYaueO1Z2sWMD7bOQB2p9BPj3TWsj8UUaAsbjEALw_wcB
You could optionally buy some extension tubes as well. They move the lens further away from the sensor and give even more magnification at the expense of the amount of light hitting the sensor.
Ping me on discord if you want to chat more about it
Thank you for all the info Mark - most useful.