Good reef macro lens for Rebel EOS cameras?

[Aquattro]

To heck with the lens, where can someone buy white balance

[hippo!]

have both canon 100 and a sigma, the sigma is a good choice to save some bucks (I think it was about a 400 or so difference between my two).

[hippo!]

Originally Posted by Jeff000

There is a lot more to taking pictures like yours then the lens.
I have 12 years photography and several thousand in equipment, and it took me a good while to figure out how to take good pictures of my marine tank, and even still I have a very hard time getting pictures like yours.

ain't that the truth lol
all in the eye......

[PoonTang]

So what kind of a lens would you need to take close ups like that of corals that are near the back of say a 24" tank?

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by PoonTang

So what kind of a lens would you need to take close ups like that of corals that are near the back of say a 24" tank?

Darren, those would be the expensive ones

[imisky]

Originally Posted by PoonTang

So what kind of a lens would you need to take close ups like that of corals that are near the back of say a 24" tank?

any of the 100mm range macros will be able to do roughly 1:2 or 1:3 ratio of macro if you want 1:1 at 24" you'll be looking at the 150mm+ range

the lens i use for all my macro shots is the sigma 150mm f2.8 which is a $1000+ lens. With the new canon 100mm f2.8 "L" lens out the older 100mm f2.8 non L is a steal for performance you can generally find them at roughly $400-500

[Jeff000]

Originally Posted by hippo!

ain't that the truth lol
all in the eye......

I learnt a long time ago that its the person behind the camera and not the camera. I have a buddy that had pictures he shot with his kids fisher price camera published in FHM...
I shoot models and fashion, I am good at this. I can make a car look good while using a model. But a car on its own is very tough for me.

I'll post up a couple of my screwing around with a macro lens pictures here on of these days. Maybe even bust out the tripod to try and get some real nice ones one day. Till then I will sit back and enjoy everyones else's great pictures.

[MarkoD]

im gonna have to say 100mm f2.8 and get wireless speedlight triggers.

here are some of my shots with that lens

[sphelps]

Originally Posted by imisky

any of the 100mm range macros will be able to do roughly 1:2 or 1:3 ratio of macro if you want 1:1 at 24" you'll be looking at the 150mm+ range

the lens i use for all my macro shots is the sigma 150mm f2.8 which is a $1000+ lens. With the new canon 100mm f2.8 "L" lens out the older 100mm f2.8 non L is a steal for performance you can generally find them at roughly $400-500

I also have the 150mm 2.8 Sigma which I got for around $700 on sale. It does 1:1 at around 18".

[DisneyCoralReef]

Originally Posted by MarkoD

im gonna have to say 100mm f2.8 and get wireless speedlight triggers.

here are some of my shots with that lens

I don't even know what words to use to describe these photos. I do sports, equine photography as a side hobby-I seriously need to learn from you.