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What is micro and macro?

What is difference between micro and macro lenses?

  • does canon have micro lenses?

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    A macro lens is a lens that is specifically designed for top focus and resolution at very close distances. Canon makes an outstanding example in their EF 100 mm f2.8 macro lens. In the full frame Canon series cameras it will give you almost 1 : 1 coverage and on the small sensor Canon DSLR cameras, it will give magnification. A true macro lens is designed to be what is called a flat field lens which means that it will give edge to edge image sharpness even at close distances. I am not that familiar with what Nikon calls a micro lens, but most micro lenses I have heard about will focus closer than normal lenses but are not optically designed to do this and produce close up images which are of far less quality than the true macro lens which is optically designed specifically for close focusing (and costs significantly more that a simple close focusing lens).

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If I remember correctly, Micro is the word Nikon call their "Macro" lenses. Everyone else seems to call theirs "Macro". Who is a Nikon buff here?? Dr. Sam et al!!!!!!!

Pooky™

micro means very small. macro means very big. no canon only has macro lenses.

jammer813

It seems to matter which end of the lens you are talking about. Micro means small, so if your subject is small and you want to make it look big you end up with a "macro" view of a "micro" subject ... Get it? LOL, give me a shot of good single malt and I might ...

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