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Opteka 58mm 10x HD² Professional Macro Lens for Olympus EVOLT E-520, E-510, E-420, E-410, & E-3 Digital SLR Cameras
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(5 out of 5) by James C. Liebegott on Apr 9, 2009 (Western PA)This has given me very good service, and the price was right. The dealer was prompt and exact. Well Pleased with this transaction.
As good a lense as ANY
(5 out of 5) by richard romano on Dec 22, 2008 (staten island, new york United States)I used it briefly because it's a Christmas gift for my wife, but when I used it ,it took some great pics. Can't wait for Christmas so I can use my wife's gift! Happy Holidays!!
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Stay away from this crap
(1 out of 5) by Adri on Aug 2, 2009I don't know what the others liked about this "professional macro lens", but i found this item a real CRAP. From the beginning it looked weird because the paper that comes inside the box said something like "discontinued", so i was a bit skeptic and trying it finally confirmed my doubts: IT'S A CRAP; and an expensive one. You can only use this lens if your camera is on a tripod; forget about hunting insects with your camera, or following them around because you won't be able to focus unless you're a rock holding a camera, and the insect is a close friend of you to let you get as as close as 5 mm from it. So this is a lens just for studio macro, not in-field macro. May be that's why they say is a "professional" lens, because you can only use it in a studio with very special conditions.
Other thing is you should not use it with a super zoom lens, it just do a bit of job with a wide angle lens, and that's the way to avoid the vignetting you get from using a super zoom lens. I shoot Olympus so i had to use it with the 14-42 mm lens, with the 40-150 mm was impossible to get any result.
So, if you don't have enough money to buy a real macro lens, like me :), i think it would be better to buy one of those sets that have like three or four close up lenses of different X measures, or get a magnifier and place it in front of your super zoom lens and it would do a better job.
Other thing is you should not use it with a super zoom lens, it just do a bit of job with a wide angle lens, and that's the way to avoid the vignetting you get from using a super zoom lens. I shoot Olympus so i had to use it with the 14-42 mm lens, with the 40-150 mm was impossible to get any result.
So, if you don't have enough money to buy a real macro lens, like me :), i think it would be better to buy one of those sets that have like three or four close up lenses of different X measures, or get a magnifier and place it in front of your super zoom lens and it would do a better job.