The Canon EF 50mm f/2.5 compact macro presents the possibility to really open up your eyes to the detail of life and your settings. Macro photography allows you to shoot objects in great close up. Shooting dew, insects, water, leaves, flowers or basically everyday things will now be so much more interesting and take your photographs to a whole new quality. My digital photography has truly advanced quite a bit, most definitely since purchasing my macro camera. It hasn't merely advanced my photography but has presented me a much unique viewpoint about the everyday objects around me.

The Canon 50mm macro can focus down to 0.5x. Focusing down to life size may be possible through the use of an optional Canon life size converter, though the converter is yet another $200, so if it's extremely important that you get 1:1 you might even think about the Sigma 50mm macro for Canon to provide a good option or take into account upgrading to the Canon 60mm or - if you are really very interested, the Canon 100mm!

* Weight 9.9 ounces

The Canon EF 50mm f/2.5 compact macro provides not simply a wonderful place to begin for anyone entering macro photography, but it surely will service you well even as a more sophisticated photographer. Certainly being a 50mm lens, you will have to get in really close up to get a shot, but apart from that I genuinely cannot fault mine - actually, I love it! So now if macro photography is your absolute interest you very well may take into consideration moving directly for the 100mm, however for most, the 50mm macro is a good spot to enter into macro.