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Wow, guys thanks, this is helpful. I should mention that I upgraded from a digital point & shoot...my 35mm film days are long behind me, and I never shot with anything but the lens my camera came with. However, I did take photography classes in high school and college, so I understand f/stops, ISO and depth of field, generally. I'm having to dredge this stuff up from deep memory storage!
I've also got two lenses: DT18-55mm F3.505.6 SAM and DT55-200mm F4-5.6 SAM zoom lens.
I want to use this to take close-ups of the orchids. Distance from the subject is an issue for me in the chair. Two feet away is probably the best...four feet is really quite a ways away (I just took out a tape measure to check), but perhaps with a tripod and a remote shutter release this could work.
Mike, you brought up the word "Macro". I don't really think I understand what that means. How does it compare to the lenses I already have?
Also, I've seen some "close up" filter kits. They're inexpensive, but do they work, and if so, how?
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