Canon 250D 58mm Close-up Lens for A700, A710IS, G1, G2, G3, G5, G6&EOS SLR Cameras

Product Description

The Canon Close-up Lens 250D is the right accessory to bring you closer to your subject when shooting with the Powershot G5, G3 and G2.

Amazon.com Product Description

The Canon 58mm close-up lens 250D uses two lens elements that reduce color aberrations. The 250D is recommended for lens focal lengths from 38-135mm.

Customer Reviews:

Great for small critters.......2007-05-23

I use this lens with the Canon A710IS. It turns out, this is a pretty generic closeup lens (not specific to the Canon compact digicams); it is compatible with a lot of lenses. It works fine with the full 6x zoom on this camera (210 mm equivalent).

With natural lighting, this lens gives great results. At closest focus with max zoom (about 7 inches), the field of view is about 1.4 inches across (compared to around 7.5 inches across at same distance without the lens, where you'd have to use 1x; or, with 6x zoom, you'd get about 4.1 inches across at closest focus, about 22 inches away). The result can be stunning detail of small critters. I take a lot of small-critter close-ups, and I find this lens most useful for the skittish ones (spiders, flies, butterflies). But if the subject will hold still for you, you can do better without this lens, using 1x (no zoom), with a field of view about 1 inch across at about 1/2 inch from the subject; but, at that distance you often have a problem with the lens casting a shadow over the subject. Bottom line: If you have the Canon A710IS or similar camera this lens makes a huge difference and is well worth the money (especially with the A710IS where closeup ability is the greatest weakness).

I use this lens only with maximum zoom setting. If you go down to 1x (35 mm equiv.) this camera lets you go into macro mode, but it gives a field of view about 2.1 inches across at 1/2 inch from the subject. Not good!

A word of caution. After blowing a bunch of photos using this lens, I figured out that even if the camera shows you a green "OK focused" signal, it will *still* be blurry unless you hold the camera between about 7 and 10 inches from the subject. So, in practice, you will want to take several shots at different distances to make sure you get within the zone where focus is sharp. Also, it is very hard to see if you have the right parts of the critter in focus, so throw in a few extra shots for that too. But, it is all worth it to get a couple of sharp close-ups. One thing that helps is the relatively speedy focus of this camera, so you can take the shot before your hand sways out of the plane of focus.

There is no vignetting whatsoever with this lens at any zoom setting (unlike the 1.75x teleconverter). However, a rather significant drawback is the shadowing the adapter causes in flash photos. It is not a sharp-edged shadow, in fact it creates more of a linear gradient, darkest at lower right and brightest at top left. Happily, many closeups will be of tiny subjects anyway that still occupy only a small portion of the image, so once you crop the image, the shadowing gradient is pretty subtle. I got several excellent photos of this kind already. However, when you want to keep the whole image (e.g. a close-up of lichens over a rock), the shadowing will ruin the photo, unless perhaps used as an added subtle fill-flash. This is a shame, because with a working distance of 7-10 inches provided by this lens, you could imagine some really great flash photography otherwise. (Normally the problem with flash with point-and-shoot close-ups is it is too bright.)

The most convenient way to use this lens will be keeping it threaded onto the adapter already; you can then pop the whole thing on and off the camera very quickly. Unfortunately, only a standard filter-box is provided with this lens so you'd need to find a larger container to hold it together with the adapter.

Incidentally, if you try (carefully, loosely!! so the lenses don't touch) combining this lens with the 1.75x teleconverter for the A710IS, the results are: Field of view about 3 inches across at 31 inches distance (farthest), or 2.5 inches across at 19 inches distance (closest focus). Probably not worth doing.

One nice feature of this closeup lens is it has 58 mm threads on both sides, so you can add a polarizing or other filter on top. In fact, once you have the $20 adapter that is required for this lens (for A710IS), you can add 58mm filters for everyday use even when not using add-on lenses -- that was a nice surprise!

Perfect for Close-Ups.......2007-01-16

This is great for close-ups, I am using on my Powershot A610, I recommend this for anyone.

Good quality - but know what you want to use if for.......2006-11-05

This is a quality piece and can take good close-up pictures of still objects. I was looking for something to capture moving/flying insects, this is not what I needed. My fault not the lense.

Can anyone post any sample pictures?.......2006-04-26

I'm looking for a closeup lens for my Canon EOS Rebel XT. But before buying I wish I can see some pictures taken using this lens.

magnifies but gets blurry.......2006-03-15

This lens does ok at magnifying about 2x max. On full zoom, the magnification was not as sharp as without the close-up lens.

Canon 250D 52MMClose Up Lens for A10, A20, A40, A60, A70, A75, A80, A85, A95, A510, A520, A520&A540

Average customer rating:

Works great with my Canon A95 camera
Outstanding
Canon 250D and 500D doublet achromat close-up lenses

Canon 250D 52MMClose Up Lens for A10, A20, A40, A60, A70, A75, A80, A85, A95, A510, A520, A520&A540

Manufacturer: Canon
ProductGroup: Photography
Binding: Electronics

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Product Features:

Suitable for use with the CANON A80 - A70 - A60 and other model Digital Cameras as specified
Requires LADC52C adapter for use with thesecameras

ASIN: B00006HQ55

Product Description

Specially designed 52mm Close-Up Lens for digital cameras specified below / Requires CANON LADC52C adapter

Customer Reviews:

Works great with my Canon A95 camera.......2007-05-13

I bought this to take pictures of small artificial flies (sizes 18-20). The pictures came out great.
One can see all the details of the flies.

Outstanding.......2005-10-06

Only problem is I live in Holland and have to have things sent to my daughter in the US and then forwarded since you don't ship overseas. Any hope that may change in the future?

Canon 250D and 500D doublet achromat close-up lenses.......2004-10-04

The Canon 250D and 500D are doublet type close-up lenses which are corrected for chromatic abberation ("achromat"). They offer better performance than the less expensive singlet type lens. I have been happy with the performance of these lenses used on an EF 100mm/2.0, even when used stacked together for higher power (which Canon does not recommend).

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Canon - Close-up lens 250D

Manufacturer: Canon
ProductGroup: Photography
Binding: Electronics

Canon LA-DC52F Conversion Lens Adapter for A510, A520 & A540 Digital Cameras

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Manufacturer Part Number: 250D-52

ASIN: B0004018DY

Product Description

This 52mm Close-Up Lens 250D changes closest focusing distance from infinity to 250mm (approx. 9.9") from front of lens.

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Canon - Close-up lens 250D

Manufacturer: Canon
ProductGroup: Photography
Binding: Electronics

Product Description

Canon is an industry leader in professional and consumer imaging equipment and information systems. Canon's extensive product line enables businesses and consumers worldwide to capture, store and distribute visual information. Cannon also provides a widerange of accessories that are fully tested and 100% compliant with the corresponding equipment. All accessories are noted for their high reliability and superior quality.This double-element close-up lens for EF lenses and PowerShot cameras requires conversion lens adapter LA-DC58 for attachment to PowerShot G1.

Opteka 58mm Close-Up Set (+1, +2, and +4) with 10x Macro Lens for Canon EOS Film & Digital SLR

Average customer rating:

Good product if you can't afford a real marco
Close-up set
Good but not great

Opteka 58mm Close-Up Set (+1, +2, and +4) with 10x Macro Lens for Canon EOS Film & Digital SLR

Manufacturer: Opteka
ProductGroup: Photography
Binding: Electronics

Product Features:

Simply screws onto the front of the existing camera lens
Allows super close-ups, photograph details which would be otherwise impossible
Enables you to get much closer than the minimum focus of the standard camera lens - as close as 4 inches from the subject
High definition optics produce sharper, more intense pictures
+1, +2, +4, 10x macro, and lens pouch included

ASIN: B000SKTZLW

Product Description

Cameras fitted with normal lenses do not permit us to move closer than a certain minimum distance from the object being photographed. The Close-Up lens, which is simply mounted in the front of our normal taking lens, permits the taking of close-ups and also makes possible the photography of details which would be quite impossible without using the Close-Up lens. The easy to use solution for getting extra close. These lenses enable you to get much closer than the minimum focus of the standard camera lens - as close as 4 inches from the subject. Ideal for cataloging small items and focusing on details.

Customer Reviews:

Good product if you can't afford a real marco.......2007-11-05

Overall, this is a good product if you can't afford the real macro lens. My only problem with it is the depth of field - it's very limited. I tried changing the aperture a lot of times, and it did not affect the depth of field (changing the aperture would affect the depth of field on regular lenses). Also, I only tend to use the +10 lens because the other 3 don't seem to make that much of a difference. I would recommend this product for beginners or anyone that just wants to 'try out' macro photography.

Close-up set.......2007-10-10

LOVE IT! This set is perfect for close up, macro photos. It takes a little time to focus properly(for me anyway), so i would recommend using them for flowers, and other things that aren't in motion.

Good but not great.......2007-09-12

Before getting this i was so excited to see what it could do and it didn't totally live up to what i imagined it could be, it is still a good product though

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