J. C. O'Connell wrote:
> they dont allow "better control of the background"
> when you WANT some more background do they? Thats
> what shorter lenses are for in a lot of cases.

Of course, I agree with that.  I use wide angles a lot for flower macros.

> It is not always desired to have the extreme telephoto
> effect. And even with the shorter lenses (50mm is NOT
> short in macro range on APS anyway) 

I have a 500mm and use a 300mm for butterfly closeups.  50mm is short. :-)

> you can control
> background somewhat with DOF/aperture if needed.

Of course.

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Christian
http://photography.skofteland.net

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