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Message: <blockquote data-quote="aroy" data-source="post: 308926" data-attributes="member: 16090">You existing 18-55 kit lense is quite good for close up shots. The magnification at 55mm is about 0.3, so on the DX sensor - 24mm x 16mm, objects upto 16*3=48mm (or 2 inches) should fill up the whole space. You can check my shots of insects and flowers here<a href="http://nikonites.com/wide-angle/21129-18-55mmg-vr-ii-3.html#axzz32EEjvzuZ" target="_blank">http://nikonites.com/wide-angle/21129-18-55mmg-vr-ii-3.html#axzz32EEjvzuZ</a><a href="http://nikonites.com/macro/21534-insects-non-macro-lenses.html#axzz32EEjvzuZ" target="_blank">http://nikonites.com/macro/21534-insects-non-macro-lenses.html#axzz32EEjvzuZ</a>Till you get a dedicated macro lense, the 18-55 coupled with the 24MP sensor does quite a passable job.</blockquote>