Product Description

Explores the world of MACROPHOTOGRAPHY with your Digital Camera and Camcorder... The lens includes a snap-on universal mount suitable for 52mm to 67mm filter size. DCR-250 Super Macro lens obtains the maximum macro magnification power when set at the most telephoto position of zoom lens. The lens is made of high index optical glass elements which produce rich and razor sharp image. DCR-250 is also suitable to 3-CCD chip or mega-pixel Digital Camcorders. All of Raynox conversion lenses are proudly made in Japan. At Raynox's wholly owned manufacturing subsidiary, every stage of production is rigorously checked and tested so that the lens elements compensate effectively for astigmatism, distortion and spherical aberration.... for an excellent image quality.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #502 in Camera & Photo
• Brand: Raynox
• Model: 250
• Dimensions: 4.00 pounds

Customer Reviews

I absolutely love it!!
I am so glad I purchased this macro lense for my Fuji s100 fs. It helps to get such wonderful, detailed close ups!! If anyone is thinking about getting one, I absolutely recommend it!! here are some pictures I took with it!!

3SIS with DCR-250
The optical quality of the DCR-250 rivals some much more expensive macro lenses for DSLRs. The shallow depth of field is a problem with all macro lenses and not just the DCR-250. Macro photography takes some practice and than the DCR-250 produces very sharp crisp images.

very good macro lens
This is a really good macro lens. Using it on my 18-55 mm Canon lens, I got 1:2 magnification, which is good, but not amazing. Most of the times I am using it with my Sigma DG 70-300 mm zoom lens, and in this setting the DCR-250 achieves an amazing 3.5:1 magnification ratio! (in both cases I use maximal telephoto)

With this amount of magnification come a few problems: most importantly, the depth-of-field is extremely small. Lowering the aperture as much as possible will help, but you still have trouble getting even both eyes of a bug in focus at the same time -- people often combine multiple exposures to obtain the incredible bug shots that you can find online. Of course, lowering the aperture also means *very* little light will get into the camera, so you most likely will need to use an external flash when taking macro shots (the internal flash will likely be hindered by the lens + macro lens combination, since the focusing distance is about 10 cm with the DCR-250). There are also ring flashes, specially designed for macro photography.

In a word, this is a very good alternative to buying a much more expensive dedicated macro lens. The adapter that comes with the DCR-250 allows it to attach to basically any lens, and you can actually successfully use it with many point-and-shoot cameras. It takes a while to get used to it before you can take great shots, but it's worth it.