Thanks for the replies.
Ideally I would like to be able to shoot both nevous flighty insects (I'm off to Borneo for 3 years so lots of beasties!) and also extreme close-ups of plants. I'm completely new to all this, but from reading I think I'd like to go beyond 1:1 for the plant shots, so I believe I'll need something extra to the lens to get this level of magnification (?).
Thanks for the reccomendation prostie, I'll check the tubes out. I wonder how much difference these tubes will make to the level of magnification I can get? Will it make more (proportionate) difference to a smaller focal length lens?
Thanks for the article Leif, very useful. Presumably the 180 Sigma will not enable me to get any closer than the 105 (they're both 1:1 I believe) so is the main advantage that you can shoot from further away and still get the same magnification?
Cheers
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