Viltrox is a Chinese company that’s really impressed me over the last couple of years. They make some of my favorite lenses, ranging from extremely compact and lightweight ‘Air’ series primes to ...

Spring is one of my favorite seasons of the year to photograph, usually because I spend some of my time chasing bees and blooms in an attempt to capture nature’s colors and textures through macro ...

Macro photography — the art of taking pictures of tiny things — can be an expensive pastime. Good lenses aren’t cheap, and greater magnification inflates the price even further. One way to release a ...

A bee photographed using a 105mm macro lens with 14mm and 27.5mm extension tubes stacked together. The insect was lit using an LED flashlight on Thursday Nov. 18, 2021. A few weeks ago, a friend ...

Lens manufacturer Meike has updated its website with a Macro Extension Tube Set Auto Focus Adapter Ring (MK-L-AF1) that's now available for around $60 (USD). The MK-L-AF1 is designed to be used with ...

The best macro lenses out there can fetch over $1,000 — and even those typically max out at a 1:1 magnification ratio. Those of us wanting greater magnification — or who are simply working on a ...