Opteka 10x 52mm HD Professional Macro Lens Review

I received this lens a few days ago and have taken more than 100 test shots using a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ7 digital camera with a 12X optical zoom.

So far, the results have been spectacular. I am getting much sharper images than I have been able to get with a less expensive Bower and other macro lens attachment sets.

The working distance is under 3 inches (less than 70 mm), which means that I have to get the camera bit closer to subjects than they'd like. I usually shoot spiders and insects and they scare easily. In contrast, a Bower macro lens attachment set can give me working distances over 6 inches.

This macro lens attachment has a fixed magnification of 10X. With my Lumix, the field of view with this lens ranges from about 3-1/2 inches (65 mm) at 1X zoom to about 3/8 inches (9 mm) at 12X zoom with relatively little image degredation at 12X.

The field of view for the full Bower extension set with 12X zoom is about 13 mm, though I do not usually use this set with zooms above 6X due to severe image degredation. However, the Bower set allows me to shoot at much lower lower magnifications for wider fields of view.

Thus, I will still carry the Bower macro extension set for versatility but will use the Opteka whenever possible for better resolution.



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