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1 HOURS Great photographers can make the most of any camera and lens, but they can’t work miracles. Some genres or techniques require certain items of kit, and there’s really nothing you can do to get around it.

Macro is one of those genres – if you can’t focus close enough to your subject, it’s impossible to capture a decent close-up image. However, if you’ve never tried macro before, shelling out on a specialist macro lens before you’ve even left the starting blocks might feel like a gamble. If only there was a way to shoot macro with any old lens…

Actually, there