Olympus 60mm f2.8 Macro is it all hype?

Started 4 months ago | Discussion thread
tedolf
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Honeslty, you people must think I am stupid!
In reply to Mjankor, 4 months ago

Mjankor wrote:

ptox wrote:

tedolf wrote:

Just get a nifty fifty and some cheap extension tubes.

Really, what more do you need for macro of insects?

Tedolph

Tediolph.

Well, one thing I found recently is that the ability to handhold the camera at arms length, framing with the LCD, and using the touchscreen "tap for focus and shoot" works really well.

Manual focus is great, if you can hunch around the camera and the subject isn't flighty.

Holding a 1:1 macro shot at arm's lenght!?

Are you kidding?

I have never taken that sort of a macro shot where the camera wasn't: a) on a tripod or some sort of support; or b) I had the camera or lens braced against something.

Lower magnification macro hand held shots yes, but not 1:1 and definately not at "arms lenght".

Is this some sort of hypothetical thought experiment or have you really dont this?

tEdoloph

Edited 4 months ago by tedolf
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