This is probably the most expensive close-up diopter on the market (well... this and the 500D and these come in two diameters.)
If you want to do close-up photography with a DSLR, the ideal solution is to own a true "macro" lens with 1:1 scale macro capabilities. Those are expensive and tend to run around $400 and go up from there. You can also use "extension tubes" which are fairly inexpensive.
But if you can't swap lenses because you own a camera with a permanent lens, a close-up diopter is a great solution (and pretty much the only solution.)
There are far less expensive close-up diopters but they are single-element diopters. The edges of a single-element diopter will tend to split light so that it starts to separate into a "rainbow" spectrum. It's usually not obvious but if you inspect the images around the edges you'll notice objects tend to have blue and red "fringing" (one edge will be blue, the opposite edge will be red.) This is the color spectrum starting to separate because the glass is working like a prism.
This close-up diopter uses an achromatic "doublet" configuration which uses two glass elements stacked instead of one. The first element allows of the close focusing distance (but starts to have "fringing" problems near the edges of the image frame) and the second element corrects the fringing caused by the first element. The result is a nice tack-sharp close-up diopter free of color fringing (chromatic aberration) problems.
So yes... it's more expensive than the cheap adapters... but the image quality difference is worth the difference in price.
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This does the job, I use it to take pictures for flowers, and other objects around town.
When I want to take pictures of people or landscapes I just unscrew the adapter, throw it (carefully ) in my bag and off I go.
Don't expect amazing detail, I have included pictures before/after
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