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<blockquote data-quote="Tom Grove" data-source="post: 326560" data-attributes="member: 25730">I have a few questions regarding macro shooting…&nbsp;What makes a macro lens a macro lens? Is it the ability to focus on smaller objects and at a closer range than standard lenses? If so, what is that ideal closer range?&nbsp;Also…&nbsp; I have 3 different lens attachments that came as a package deal when I bought my D7000 (fisheye, telephoto, and wide angle) that all have a separate removable “macro” lens attached to them. They are unusable without the macro attachment and the macro alone makes my other primary lenses blurry… so obviously it’s unintended to work that way. Yet they don’t make much of a difference as a whole when attached to the primary. Is this because they are junk attachments, or am I using them wrong. When I try to do macro, it doesn’t do anything different than my mains (Nikon 18-55mm VR, Nikon 55-200 VR) normally do without them…&nbsp; I realize it is probably my inexperience so that’s why I am asking…&nbsp;If you made it this far through this belabored questionnaire, I applaud you! If you respond, I thank you in advance.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tom Grove, post: 326560, member: 25730"] I have a few questions regarding macro shooting… What makes a macro lens a macro lens? Is it the ability to focus on smaller objects and at a closer range than standard lenses? If so, what is that ideal closer range? Also… I have 3 different lens attachments that came as a package deal when I bought my D7000 (fisheye, telephoto, and wide angle) that all have a separate removable “macro” lens attached to them. They are unusable without the macro attachment and the macro alone makes my other primary lenses blurry… so obviously it’s unintended to work that way. Yet they don’t make much of a difference as a whole when attached to the primary. Is this because they are junk attachments, or am I using them wrong. When I try to do macro, it doesn’t do anything different than my mains (Nikon 18-55mm VR, Nikon 55-200 VR) normally do without them… I realize it is probably my inexperience so that’s why I am asking… If you made it this far through this belabored questionnaire, I applaud you! If you respond, I thank you in advance. [/QUOTE]

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