Hey all,

Newbie here, been doing photography for about 6months now and am slowly starting to work out my area's of focus... no pun intended lol One of the is Macro photography.

Now, I've been doing a bit of looking into the various macro lenses, and am just overwhelmed with the different varieties, and all of the different reviews I'm finding on them. One site will tell me a lens is great, then the next will contradict it.

So I'm just wondering what a suitable macro lens for beginner would be? I'm running a Nikon D5200

I've been looking at the Sigma lenses, specically the 70-300mm Macro Telephoto lens and was thinking that it would be the best option for me. Mainly because of the price, as I can't really afford much over the $200 mark It seemed ok, but i've read some bad reviews on it, so thought I might ask you guys for some advice Is that a good lens? and is there a better one around the same price range?

Thank in advance

Jason