I need a good, somewhat cheap macro lens

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I will be working on shooting jewelry at first so something like this might come in handy. I'll let you know.

thanks again.

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I've found a focusing rail -- also known as a macro focusing stage -- to be just about a necessity with high magnification photography. It makes everything so much more simple, and becomes increasingly more important the higher the magnification is.