This is well written and structured. The fundamentals of the macro are there. One complaint: the author makes still too the good share with alone Canon and Nikon brand. Page 9, I quote "if you are really passionate about photography, just keep in mind that the current market of digital SLR is dominated by the two Japanese firms Canon and Nikon". Too bad he have not also gave his luck to other brands and especially to other true approches.C'est the 2 brands have a important optical of park and proven, but it shortcut fact Forgot the advantages of IOC and other compact, with eg for latest Sony full frame a recognized Photo potential (one can also quote Fuji, Panasonic or Olympus that make prove of innovations and wealth). Finally, the postprocessing part is almost nonexistent. A true rained capital gain would have been to propose a of RAW processing approach adapted to the macro. The author surely has an opinion on the question. To a book written in 2014 got a little pity! There remain some beautiful illustrations ....