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It seems that this page used to be called "Close-up lens", which in my experience is the normal and correct term. Close-up lenses don't fit the definition of Filter, and the text of the article doesn't refer to filters either. On the other hand, there's no denying that the objects are lenses. It seems that the justification was "moved Close-up lens to Close-up filter: I have never heard anyone call it a close up lens". But that's hardly adequate. I propose to rename the article to Close-up lens. Groogle (talk) 03:53, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
@The High Fin Sperm Whale:: you moved "close-up lens" to "close-up filter" in 2009 with the comment "I have never heard anyone call it a close up lens". This I believe was a mistake. People certainly do use "lens". It's what Canon calls them. Nikon seems to call them "Macro lenses". After watching a spattering of youtube videos to get a sense of the terminology in use and it seems like most the introductory videos on close-up lens/filters start by explaining how "filter" is a misnomer and that it's not a filter but a lens and that "close-up lens" is more correct. So it seems your anecdotal justification just doesn't hold up. Given that the big manufacturers are calling them lenses and that they are lenses, the current state of the article title is doing more harm than good. It should be changed. Reading the article itself and the talk page and the edit summaries in their histories suggests that editor sentiment strongly prefers "lens" for the title than "filter". Unless you can expand your argument for the move, I intend to move it back. Jason Quinn (talk) 21:36, 25 July 2018 (UTC)
The external link to "DIY Close-Up Filter" appears to be broken. I suspect this needs to be deleted but that's a guess and I haven't researched it further. Jvasil (talk) 19:37, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
Marking as moot. Jason Quinn (talk) 21:40, 27 July 2018 (UTC)
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