Looking for a lens to take photos of reef

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Congrats in the new lens, a macro lense is indeed a great addition for corals pictures. It doubles as a great lense for portraits as well and for fish shots in a wide tank, you'll have to shoot a but farther from the glass though.
Checkout the articles in the stickies on this forum and they'll help a lot in understanding the basics as well as getting started with the new lense. I've been shooting tank pics for more than 20 years and macro lense had a steep learning curve for me in focusing and compositions.
Make sure to post pics you take when u get the lense, so you get feedback on how to improve.
How do people filter out the blue light? Do they make lenders filters for these higher end Cameras?
 
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Well I got my canon macro. I will say I'm not as still as I thought. I might need a nice tri pod to take photos of my tank through the glass and to have camera be still and take same picture over and over while I change the settings to see what the changes actually do. But gotta research tripods now
 
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A quick sample and test straight from camera to phone no editing trying to learn. I'm shaky
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Canon must have just raised the price on that lens, it used to be only 900. That sucks I was saving up for it myself.

But a good steady Tripod is a must for macros, a remote shutter would be handy too to minimize shake. Then some cameras have a setting called mirror lock up that can be helpful for macro shots and longer exposures by reducing internal vibrations
 

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It needs a head with it. That’s just the legs.

I would say look at something that comes with a ball head and the leg set combo. I would look at a unit in the 15-20lbs capacity. The reason for a little extra capacity is to allow you to mount cockeyed and still be stable.

I like manfrotto & Mefoto tripods for a beginner. Aluminum legs are fine.

Here’s a nice selection
 
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It needs a head with it. That’s just the legs.

I would say look at something that comes with a ball head and the leg set combo. I would look at a unit in the 15-20lbs capacity. The reason for a little extra capacity is to allow you to mount cockeyed and still be stable.

I like manfrotto & Mefoto tripods for a beginner. Aluminum legs are fine.

Here’s a nice selection
Ya I noticed I need a head. Is was gonna buy the mt290dua and for head xpro-bhq2
Good head but legs support only 11lbs I think. My camera is 2.5lbs with 100 macro

Together like 280 bucks. The mt055 is for like 20lbs also has lateral movement but I'm looking 375$ or so.
 

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