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A teeny tiny spider. So tiny!
Trying out my new 65mm macro lens to see if I could hand-hold it at 4X. Yes! As long as I drown it with light using my MT-24EX.
Trying out my new 65mm macro lens to see if I could hand-hold it at 4X. Yes! As long as I drown it with light using my MT-24EX.
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Want something a lot cheaper that can get you started, assuming you already have a SLR lens and camera?
Check out bellows or extension tubes. I use Kenko brand extension tubes because they have an electronic pass-though and you can still control all of the lens functions from the camera. Pass-through is needed for TTL metering, and is just more convenient in general, allowing you to set the aperture and use AF any time you want. Non-electronic tubes are a bit harder to use, since you have to set the settings you want, lock them in, pop the lens off the camera, then attach it to your tubes. I'm too lazy. :) The basic idea is that the tubes change the optical performance of your lens by moving it further away from the sensor, allowing you to focus much closer to the front element, which increases effective magnification.
I've used them on a 35mm, 50mm, and 100mm prime, and I've even played around with them on my 70-200mm zoom. Granted, the Kenko versions are $160 or so for a three tube kit... but plain old non-electronic tubes can be had for less than ten dollars!
Bellows are another option to solve the same issue, and they allow you a lot more control because they can change size by expanding and contracting. I haven't used them... maybe someday! I've seen people use a macro rig with the 65mm lens AND bellows for over 10x magnification. Insane!!!
Seriously, extension tubes. Check them out! They can make a lot of lenses into macro lenses.
Check out bellows or extension tubes. I use Kenko brand extension tubes because they have an electronic pass-though and you can still control all of the lens functions from the camera. Pass-through is needed for TTL metering, and is just more convenient in general, allowing you to set the aperture and use AF any time you want. Non-electronic tubes are a bit harder to use, since you have to set the settings you want, lock them in, pop the lens off the camera, then attach it to your tubes. I'm too lazy. :) The basic idea is that the tubes change the optical performance of your lens by moving it further away from the sensor, allowing you to focus much closer to the front element, which increases effective magnification.
I've used them on a 35mm, 50mm, and 100mm prime, and I've even played around with them on my 70-200mm zoom. Granted, the Kenko versions are $160 or so for a three tube kit... but plain old non-electronic tubes can be had for less than ten dollars!
Bellows are another option to solve the same issue, and they allow you a lot more control because they can change size by expanding and contracting. I haven't used them... maybe someday! I've seen people use a macro rig with the 65mm lens AND bellows for over 10x magnification. Insane!!!
Seriously, extension tubes. Check them out! They can make a lot of lenses into macro lenses.
Omg that's adorable!
I've officially become desensitized to most of my fear of spiders by forcing myself to look at macro pics of them...now I find the medium ones bearable so long as they stay about 1 and a half feet away at least, the small ones FREAKING ADORABLE and the large and/or poisonous ones...still need to go die in a hole about 69 kilometers away from me.
...*cough*
I've officially become desensitized to most of my fear of spiders by forcing myself to look at macro pics of them...now I find the medium ones bearable so long as they stay about 1 and a half feet away at least, the small ones FREAKING ADORABLE and the large and/or poisonous ones...still need to go die in a hole about 69 kilometers away from me.
...*cough*
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