Best Buy:Raynox DCR-250 2.5x Super Macro Lens

List Price : $99.95 Price : $75.00

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.

RAYNOX DCR-250 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.

Raynox DCR-250 2.5x Super Macro Lens Reviews

86 of 90 people found the following review helpful:

The Wild Bronco of Macro Converters..., February 9, 2005

Nick Tropiano (Havertown, PA United States) - See all my reviews

Ignore the bonehead who blew a gasket (below) over a customer service issue, and childishly decided to flame the manufacturer on all of their listings here. Raynox products are well-made, have good optics, and are a good value.

This particular macro lens is ->extrememly<- powerful! Because of this it has a ->very<- low depth of field. If you're new to macro photography I might recommend the Nikon 6t, but if you want the most powerful macro lens in its class, go with this one. It uses a spring clip to attach to the lens, which means you don't need to buy step-up/down rings.

42 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

Raynox DCR 250, July 9, 2006

Graham Hind (Llandrillo, Wales) - See all my reviews

This excellent product was well-recommended on forums such as DPReview. Works great with My Panasonic FZ30. The trick for really close work is to get an approximate focus using AF if you can, but then switch to manual focus and move physically to get what you want - I'm thinking here of chasing bugs etc. Of course you have to be patient and you need to practice - just remember your first few shots might be disappointing, although OIS helps

Otherwise for still subjects a tripod will obviously give a better result. Frankly, used with something decent like the FZ30 this outperforms glass on an SLR costing many times more.

36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

New Levels of Macro Photography, May 6, 2007

Roshan Kamath - See all my reviews

I've been suitably impressed with the Super Macro - it takes macro photography to entirely new levels. Using the Super Macro does demand greater patience & stability from the photographer; and one has to take some time to 're-learn' the new limits of depth of field/focus for one's favourite camera when employing the lens. However, if you are a serious macro photographer you are probably employing due diligence in this area anyway.

The resulting images are extremely crisp & clean. I haven't had any occasion to complain on any aspect of the quality of the images provided I take enough care to ensure that the subject is correctly in focus.

My decision to buy this lens was also motivated, in part, by the Snap-on Universal mount that goes with it. It really is snap-on and significantly reduces 'mounting' time. I'm really pleased that I don't have to screw the Super Macro into my lens threads.

Highly recommended for the serious macro photographer.

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