To heck with the lens, where can someone buy white balance :)

have both canon 100 and a sigma, the sigma is a good choice to save some bucks (I think it was about a 400 or so difference between my two).

ain't that the truth lol
all in the eye......

So what kind of a lens would you need to take close ups like that of corals that are near the back of say a 24" tank?

Darren, those would be the expensive ones :)

any of the 100mm range macros will be able to do roughly 1:2 or 1:3 ratio of macro if you want 1:1 at 24" you'll be looking at the 150mm+ range

the lens i use for all my macro shots is the sigma 150mm f2.8 which is a $1000+ lens. With the new canon 100mm f2.8 "L" lens out the older 100mm f2.8 non L is a steal for performance you can generally find them at roughly $400-500

I learnt a long time ago that its the person behind the camera and not the camera. I have a buddy that had pictures he shot with his kids fisher price camera published in FHM...
I shoot models and fashion, I am good at this. I can make a car look good while using a model. But a car on its own is very tough for me.

I'll post up a couple of my screwing around with a macro lens pictures here on of these days. Maybe even bust out the tripod to try and get some real nice ones one day. Till then I will sit back and enjoy everyones else's great pictures.

im gonna have to say 100mm f2.8 and get wireless speedlight triggers.

here are some of my shots with that lens

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5086/...005e9baa_b.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5204/...399ba1dd_b.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5248/...509b9afb_b.jpg

I also have the 150mm 2.8 Sigma which I got for around $700 on sale. It does 1:1 at around 18".

I don't even know what words to use to describe these photos. I do sports, equine photography as a side hobby-I seriously need to learn from you.