Features:
Enables macro photography using a standard lens
Includes +1, +2, +4 and +10 diopter filters
Includes nylon filter wallet
Ideal for photographing small items
Protected by 15-year warranty
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Spotlight customer reviews:
Summary: Good for nothing
Comment: This product is absolutely useless. I don't who can use this thing. It's either me being stupid, ether this product impossible to use. I use them with Canon XSI + Canon 18-55mm IS/Canon 55-250mm IS. I can not focus with at any distance with any of the macro concepts...
Totally useless.. I'm sorry I left US and I can not return this product (would siply cost me more than the product itself)
Summary: if you like careless workmanship, you're gonna enjoy these!
Comment: this close-up lens set marketed by 'sakar' under the name 'digital concepts' is all a product shouldn't be. the pouch in which the lenses are kept is designed so that each one is on the same plane, rather than having them in a keeper which places each behind the other. this means you have a rather bulky container instead of something compact. i myself prefer camera accessories to take up as little space as possible since i tote a goodly amount of them. the rim on one of the macros looked as if it had been struck by hammer and awl: a healthy indentation proclaimed the activity. and each and every lens had some sort of scummy film on it which, despite my efforts with cloth, brush, liquid and 'cleaning' pen, wished not to disappear.
how does a company become brazen enough to market such fodder?
i know not.
Summary: Worth it
Comment: I use these to take picture of jewelry for an auction company and in a studio setting and they turn out wonderful. It is a little harder especially with +10 to shoot insects in nature as the DOF is so small you could focus on the grasshopper's body and the legs will be out of focus. Be sure to set a decent aperture.
It takes a lot of time to get a good picture but it is possible. No trouble with the other magnifications. (+1 +2 +4) I generally use the Canon 50mm f1.4 with this lens and it works well. perhaps a lens with a real zoom would work better. Cheap and worth it.
Editorial reviews:
The Digital Concepts 58mm Macro Filter Kit includes four close-up diopters at +1, +2, +4 and +10 magnification, and a durable carrying case. These filters simply screw onto the front of any 58mm lens, and will maintain resolution and picture clarity while magnifying image size. Plus, these filters are double-threaded, which means you can combine them to achieve increased magnification, or you can attach additional optics such as polarizers or skylight filters. These macro filters are ideal for photographing small items and focusing in on details of coins, flowers, jewelry and insects, as well as industrial photos of miniaturized components, medical and dental laboratory work and other scientific photography.
