For all photography and video enthusiasts, a macro lens is more than just a basic necessity. A macro lens is very useful to provide detailed images of small objects or features. Even though almost ...

Save your money for more lenses; convert a cardboard tube and some simple parts into a lens extension tube to take macro photographs on the cheap. You'll need a DSLR body cover, a lens socket cover, ...

If you don't feel like taking apart your cellphone or camera to add your own macro lens, a reader over at DIY blog Make found out that taping a lens from a pair of reading glasses over your camera ...

With some practice, you'll start to notice things that will look cool under the lens. (Stan Horaczek /) Your smartphone camera is more capable than ever of capturing amazing pictures, but getting out ...

This article is part of our roundup of iPhone camera lenses. I like bees. Very much. And macro photos of bees? They send me over the (magnified) moon. Photos taken with so-called macro lenses let you ...

The term macro is a bit misleading. While the name implies that you’re going to take pictures of very big things, most people know that you’re actually shooting big images of very small things.

So as I learn photography by taking pictures, I am now in the stage of taking macro pics with my 75-300 lens.(Canon) I usually set the lens to f=100mm, get the aperture to max opening to get a nice ...