Originally Posted by woodbe
Oh, and the difference between a wide angle and macro lens...
Wide angle lenses are just that - anything from a 35mm lens on a 35mm format camera at 54 degrees angle of view, and a fisheye at 180 degrees on the same format. A canon 35mm lens has a maximum magnification of 0.18
Macro lenses are usually between 50 and 200mm focal length. This gives them flat planes of focus which is important given the shallow depth of fiels at high magnification. A canon 180mm Macro has a maximum magnification of 1, and an angle of view of about 11 degrees.
woodbe.