A macro lens is a lens designed for taking extremely close-up photos of the subject. If you’ve ever seen a photo of a spider’s eyes or the veins of a leaf, that was a macro photo.

微距镜头是设计用于对被摄体进行超特写拍摄的镜头。 如果您曾经看过一张蜘蛛眼或树叶的静脉的照片，那就是一张微距照片。

Most macro photos are taken with the camera within a foot or so of the subject. Non-macro lenses just won’t focus this close to the subject. Their Minimum Focus Distance (MFD) is normally around three feet. For a macro lens, the MFD is generally somewhere between 8 and 12 inches.

大多数微距照片是用相机在距被摄对象约一英尺的范围内拍摄的。 非微距镜头只是无法将其聚焦在靠近拍摄对象的地方。 它们的最小聚焦距离(MFD)通常约为三英尺。 对于微距镜头，MFD通常在8到12英寸之间。

What really sets a macro lens apart isn’t just its close MFD, however—it’s the fact it combines a close MFD with a relati