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dont use the "filter" macro lenses they are junk. its like looking thru the end of a beer bottle

i dont like macro tubes either because you have to be super super SUPER close to the object depending on what size tube you use.
sometimes you darn near have to touch the object.

but if you decide to go with tubes, and that ok. spend the extra money and get the Kenko auto focus enabled tubes.
otherwise you loose total aperture control and you are stuck using the widest aperture of the lens and for macro work that isnt good, especially on a tube.

using a tube with say an F 1.8 lens or even an F2.8 lens your DOF is maybe a couple of millimeters or less.
if you have the kenko tubes you can still control fstop and thus get a better DOF to get more in focus.

plus tubes will turn any lens into a macro...

Kenko AF tubes are exactly what I would have gotten, but I do not have the time or money to wait for a Kenko set.
I'm leaving on vacation to West Virginia on Saturday, and there are lots of flowers/insects/wildlife where we live...

I had about $80 in bitcoin spare, so I bought an $80 Amazon gift card with them through a transaction service and bought these:
http://www.amazon.com/Zeikos-ZE-CVAF...pr_product_top
Due to $h*tty manufacturing I dont expect to be able to stack all three and retain AF/fstop control...hopefully two work well and they attach/release smoothly enough.
For $70, we will see if they were worth it or not. Considering the Kenko's are $200, if these work "well enough" to be functional I'll be happy.

As far as nearly touching the object, 60mm macro 1:1 should have the same focus distance as a 60mm (or in my case 55mm) prime/zoom at 1:1, right? I understand thats awefully close, though I should be able to do 1:2 with the 55-300mm at a distance.