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depends how good you are at getting close without disturbing your subjects ;) I use a Tamron 180mm (nice apart from a focus limiter) but the 70-400mm G SSM actually works surprisingly well for those flightier ones that won't let you too close. This is taken with my FZ50 at 400 mm (35 mm eq.) + diop...

basically: buy the Alpha that you can afford... I think an A358/A380 and both 50 mm and 100 mm Macro will be a good kit. But all depends on your budget... For more technical stuff, probably the new 30mm Macro will help too. Well since I'm more interested in dragon- and butterflies I think I'll have...

I'm still struggling between buying a Panasonic or a Sony. Interested in macro I would like your opinions which body is best suited for this. Lens recommendations?

Thanks. I will look into it.

I live in Sweden. Here I can buy one for 700 £. Best price in EU is 630 £ according to my price hunter site. But you said 550! Where?

Hello, I'm returning to the world of photography after more than 20 years of absence. My favourite topics are macro (insects), travel and landscape. In those days I used Olympus OM2/OM4. Recently I read about the DRO feature of the A700 and also that it is possible to set values for ambient/flash wh...