So when I was in the US I got some extension tubes for my Canon camera and this gives the opportunity to take extreme closeups with any standard lens. This is a “cheat” to turn any lens into a macro lens. Very well, I have tested with both my 18-250mm and the 50mm 1.4 and they both work great for macro shots. The 50mm is much more light sensitive and that means you need to go very close for the nice shots and that does not always work well with for instance insects and similar.
Here are two examples that I have taken with my 18-250mm and all extension tubes connected giving 65mm distance from the lens to the sensor and the maximum macro.
Note that using all tubes makes it very hard to get nice focus. Starting with fewer tubes and rather zoom and cut the image later might be a good idea.
