Brill thanks, looks like a good shout, I will check it out. Absolute top for budget would be £500 but if I can do the job for around £250 that's far more palatable. Focal length, this is where my knowledge is limited, I thought macro lenses tended to be much higher focal length than 30mm. Does longer focal length just mean you don't need to be as close to the subject?
You're right about the longer focal lengths giving you more room to work with your subject (lighting etc)- but using a relatively short macro lens will give you a larger depth of field and thus less need for focus stacking.
Brill thanks, looks like a good shout, I will check it out. Absolute top for budget would be £500 but if I can do the job for around £250 that's far more palatable. Focal length, this is where my knowledge is limited, I thought macro lenses tended to be much higher focal length than 30mm. Does longer focal length just mean you don't need to be as close to the subject?