What lens is suitable for close-up lenses?

What lens is suitable for a close-up lens?

A close-up lens is a close-up accessory similar to a filter. Using it alone to observe the scenery is like a magnifying glass. Its front side is convex for image magnification, while its back side is slightly concave to reduce field curvature to a certain extent.

Close-up lenses are generally designed based on the 50mm standard fixed-focus lens. When used with zoom lenses, especially those with variable aperture and relatively small aperture, the effect will be obviously not as good as Fixed focus lens.

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Advantages and disadvantages of close-up lenses

Advantages: The close-up lens has a simple structure and is cheap. During operation, exposure compensation adjustment is not required. And can be used alone or in combination, which is very convenient. In addition, in addition to being suitable for single-lens reflex cameras, the close-up lens can also be used for rangefinder cameras and twin-lens reflex cameras.

Disadvantages: Although aberration is controlled to a certain extent, it cannot be completely eliminated; it will slightly affect the clarity of photos during use; focus work will be limited. After attaching a close-up lens, you need to move the distance between the camera and the subject to coordinate focusing.

The difference between close-up lenses and macro lenses

1. Close-up photography includes macro photography; macro photography is a special type of close-up photography.

Close-up photography and macro photography are backward compatible.

2. The biggest difference between macro photography and close-up photography is whether the photos are "micro" enough.

For example, you take a picture of a face. If you can capture all the facial features clearly, this is called close-up photography; if you can capture only one hair on this face clearly, this is called macro photography.