G12 and Raynox close up lens

Am I right in thinking the Lens Adapter LA-DC58K is the right mount for a Raynox rather than the Filter Adapter FA-DC58B?
Raynox DCR250

ok answered my own question, Lensmate Adapter A and C are a better bet, aluminium against plastic and tighter fit.

Toby, both will work fine, what I have done with mine is remove the Raynox from its carrier, and then fitted a stepping down ring 58mm to 43mm and then fit the filter directly to the adaptor - there may be another ring in the mix, as I don’t think I could get one to go all the way down in a single step. The problem I found is that the squeeze adaptor which is fitted to the Raynox did not align perfectly with the lens. The size difference does not impact on the image at all. I have built up a set of achromatic close up filters, I do find that the DCR-250 is a bit too strong at +8 but great quality, my weapon of choice is the Sigma Achromatic +1.6 (which I have in 58mm), mid range I use a Konica Minolta CL49-200 +4 (which is 49mm). I picked the Minolta and Sigma up for very silly money (I think £1 for the Minolta and £10 for the Sigma), I would like the Canon 250D and 500D but I don’t think they would be any better than what I have and they do cost a lot of money new.

John Baker wrote in post #11052606
Toby, both will work fine, what I have done with mine is remove the Raynox from its carrier, and then fitted a stepping down ring 58mm to 43mm and then fit the filter directly to the adaptor - there may be another ring in the mix, as I don’t think I could get one to go all the way down in a single step. The problem I found is that the squeeze adaptor which is fitted to the Raynox did not align perfectly with the lens. The size difference does not impact on the image at all. I have built up a set of achromatic close up filters, I do find that the DCR-250 is a bit too strong at +8 but great quality, my weapon of choice is the Sigma Achromatic +1.6 (which I have in 58mm), mid range I use a Konica Minolta CL49-200 +4 (which is 49mm). I picked the Minolta and Sigma up for very silly money (I think £1 for the Minolta and £10 for the Sigma), I would like the Canon 250D and 500D but I don’t think they would be any better than what I have and they do cost a lot of money new.

thanks for info. I'll see how I get on with Lensmate. I also have the Nikon 3T & 4T close up filters which have a 52mm thread.

racketman wrote in post #11058928
thanks for info. I'll see how I get on with Lensmate. I also have the Nikon 3T & 4T close up filters which have a 52mm thread.

Those two have a really great reputation, from memory the 3T is a +1.5 and the 4T is +2.9 simple Lensmate a + b unit and a stepping down ring and you are in business. I also picked up a really cheap eBay special reversing ring, which allowed me to fit a “Nifty Fifty” 50mm f1.8 reversed on my adaptor tube. While it is very dark and very close, from reading I think it is about the equivalent of a +20 lens, DoF was miniscule but magnification was amazing.
I look forward to seeing some of your work, how are you planning on lighting your images? Now we are in the spider season I need to get the 50 out and have some fun!!!

i've only ordered lensmate A & C sections for use with Raynox. With a step down ring 58-52 I should be able to mount the Nikon close up lenses; it will vignette from wide 28mm, to about 40mm but I would only want to use it at max tele for macro anyway.
Shame Canon compacts don't macro focus throughout the zoom range like Ricoh without need for adapters.

The real issue is that the lens will focus up close at the wide position, which can be fun for those wide-angle macro shots. Thought I would add some pics, to show what we are on about... Apologies if you have seen these before, but thought they would brighten up the post!!!

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nice dragonfly and damsel shots; this guy has some fine G10 macros:

http://www.pbase.com/a​llonkira/canon_powersh​ot_g10

That is nice work, well presented...
But there is some great work on your Flickr, respect!