Lets try this one again. It's been awhile.
The magnifying glass must be a glass one and not a plastic one. the optical quality of glass is better than even the so called "Optical" plastic versions. They dont tend to scratch as much either.
What I choose to do is to go manual focus, use the zoom control to get the size image you want. No, the camera is not set in the macro mode. The reason is quite simple. The magnifying glass won't focus on infinty anyway and will only allow you to focus about 13-14 inches away even at full tele. So get it off macro mode and use the zoom control for size.
Because we are in manual focus we then just move either forward or backward to focus. Push the shutter half way to lock everything and just move either in or out untill you see sharp focus and then push the shutter the rest of the way.
DOF is always tuff and its a toss up of what the lighting is like and how much you want in focus. My set-ups are generally with external flash for either full exposure of for just fill. The F/stop on the CD-1000 is permantly set at F/11 max and it stays there. The flash is used to compensate for the loss of light. This way max DOF is always reached and even then its not enough most times, so selective focus becomes important.
Next the magnifying glass size. See if this makes sense. The larger the magnifying lens, the less distortion becuase of the curviture in the centre of it is less than a smaller version. Also the less chromatic abberations take place the larger it is.
Doe's it get closer than the diopter filter type of lenses or anything else, the answer is yes it does. I can take a shot of a flies eye at 20x digital the just about fill's the 1600X1200 image of the CD-1000. Nothing else will do that. Plenty of photos to prove the quality and the sizes.
I just hold it up the the front of the lens front element, hard up, the closer the better.
Heres a couple of shots taken with it (reminds me, I have to get back to Ron, sorry Ron, forgot :-(( )
Someone mark this one because I don't really like typing much
)
All the best and hope this helps explain a few things.
Danny.
Just grabbed this off the site. Each one is full frame at 1600X1200 and they do look sharp.
Macro, what a world.
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http://www.macrophotos.com
The magnifying glass must be a glass one and not a plastic one. the optical quality of glass is better than even the so called "Optical" plastic versions. They dont tend to scratch as much either.
What I choose to do is to go manual focus, use the zoom control to get the size image you want. No, the camera is not set in the macro mode. The reason is quite simple. The magnifying glass won't focus on infinty anyway and will only allow you to focus about 13-14 inches away even at full tele. So get it off macro mode and use the zoom control for size.
Because we are in manual focus we then just move either forward or backward to focus. Push the shutter half way to lock everything and just move either in or out untill you see sharp focus and then push the shutter the rest of the way.
DOF is always tuff and its a toss up of what the lighting is like and how much you want in focus. My set-ups are generally with external flash for either full exposure of for just fill. The F/stop on the CD-1000 is permantly set at F/11 max and it stays there. The flash is used to compensate for the loss of light. This way max DOF is always reached and even then its not enough most times, so selective focus becomes important.
Next the magnifying glass size. See if this makes sense. The larger the magnifying lens, the less distortion becuase of the curviture in the centre of it is less than a smaller version. Also the less chromatic abberations take place the larger it is.
Doe's it get closer than the diopter filter type of lenses or anything else, the answer is yes it does. I can take a shot of a flies eye at 20x digital the just about fill's the 1600X1200 image of the CD-1000. Nothing else will do that. Plenty of photos to prove the quality and the sizes.
I just hold it up the the front of the lens front element, hard up, the closer the better.
Heres a couple of shots taken with it (reminds me, I have to get back to Ron, sorry Ron, forgot :-(( )
Someone mark this one because I don't really like typing much
)All the best and hope this helps explain a few things.
Danny.
Just grabbed this off the site. Each one is full frame at 1600X1200 and they do look sharp.
Macro, what a world.
.............................
http://www.macrophotos.com
