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What’s the best wide angle macro lens out there for Canon SLR cameras?

I have sigma 10-20mm wide angle lens, and I’m looking to sell it and buy a wide angle macro. What are the best wide angle macro lenses out there?

A wide angle macro? I do not believe there is such a thing. If there were, you would need to get about an centimeter away from the subject to focus at true 1:1 macro. This would of course greatly increase the potential of hitting your front element on your subject! Macro lenses are generally telephoto lenses as that allows you to be at least a few inches away from your subject.

Tamron does make an 18-250 and 18-270 macro, but they are not really even close to a true 1:1 macro, and you would need to use the telephoto end in order to get very close at all…in other words they can hardly be considered a real macro.

Canon 550D / t2i Lens tests – various old lenses, macro, wide angle – eos dslr