Originally Posted by
Abhishek Jamalabad
For my Canon equipment, I find the 18-55mm kit lens good enough for wide angle macro work. I have seen friends using the 50mm f1.8, again with good results. I don't know if any 3rd parties produce 1:1 macro lenses shorter than 40mm. Depending on what quality of results you desire, you might choose to invest in a more expensive wide angle or wide angle zoom or standard FL lens. Canon has a lovely 10-18mm lens, which is again brilliant for wide angle photography of medium to large sized macro subjects. You may or may not want to go one more step further and invest in a fisheye lens. Whatever you choose, do consider (a) the minimum focusing distance, (b) the issue of the lens casting a shadow if it is very wide and you are using the built-in flash. I would bother too much about AF and AF performance if the other qualities of a lens are good, because with this kind of work AF would not matter much.
I use both Nikon and Canon equipment, but I have not used the Nikon 18-55mm kit lens much for macro-type work. I believe it might be as good as the Canon (which is good enough for me).
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