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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cristian Mihai" data-source="post: 1629923" data-attributes="member: 54311">I would agree that the 50-200 is great lens for macro, but, IMHO, 70-300 is also a great lens for macro. I wouldn't buy 50-200 for macro. I really don't think that it is an important difference in IQ quality for macro pics between these two lens. This because 70-300 has a greater magnification power and the ability to focus at about 0.9 meters in manual mode. Also the macro pics are taken at small apertures (great f numbers), so the maximum aperture of the lens it isn't so relevant. But for birds, if you make a comparison between 70-300 and 50-200 + EC-14, you'll find out the the last combo provide a better IQ image.For example, here is a macro shot taken with E-520 and 70-300 (using the built-in flash):<a href="http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/270619/ppuser/54311" target="_blank">http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/270619/ppuser/54311</a></blockquote>