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RX100 Macro
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ChristianHass
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Not particularly good. The minimum focus distance is about 2" at the widest setting and about 2 feet at the longest.
Add a high quality close up filter and you might be getting somewhere.
Add a high quality close up filter and you might be getting somewhere.
LTZ470
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You have to use Focus Peaking as with any other Sony, even with the Nex Series to get good close ups...
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ChristianHass
Senior Member
I agree, turning on peeking and twisting the front ring to the right until you're at the closest possible focus makes it a lot easier to work with.
What I meant was that other comparable compacts have close focusing to 1cm, so they can get a lot closer than the RX100.
It's just something to be aware of, one of the areas where the RX100 doesn't do as well as the competition.
Thanks for your help.
I am considering the RX 100 vs the Canon S 110 as a present for my wife. I am leaning strongly towards the RX 100. However, she likes to take pictures of flowers (not necessarily macro shots) so I am wondering how the RX 100 would handle this & how it would compare to the S 110.
Thanks.
Flycoop
I am considering the RX 100 vs the Canon S 110 as a present for my wife. I am leaning strongly towards the RX 100. However, she likes to take pictures of flowers (not necessarily macro shots) so I am wondering how the RX 100 would handle this & how it would compare to the S 110.
Thanks.
Flycoop
islandphotos
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I am considering the RX 100 vs the Canon S 110 as a present for my wife. I am leaning strongly towards the RX 100. However, she likes to take pictures of flowers (not necessarily macro shots) so I am wondering how the RX 100 would handle this & how it would compare to the S 110.
I think see would like the RX100. This shot was not marco just cropped & PP, but had tack sharp IQ to begin with. - Glenn
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BubbaHotepUK
Forum Enthusiast
I find the Sony HX20V much easier for macro work than the RX100. I've failed miserably to reproduce some shots I took with the HX20v with the RX100, photos on my Flickr site:
The extra 1cm closer the HX20v gets makes all the difference.
The extra 1cm closer the HX20v gets makes all the difference.
From all I have read the S110 is far ahead of RX100 when it comes to macro - not only because of better magnification but also higher lens quality for close focus, better AF and better IS in the macro/close-up range. For 'close-up pictures' with lower magnification factor (e.g. flowers), the balance may shift in favour of RX100.
James First 007
Well-known member
Hi,
You said,,you have to use focus peaking ????
Did you mean peaking level ?
Please recommend technique as I own an RX100.
Thanks,
James
You said,,you have to use focus peaking ????
Did you mean peaking level ?
Please recommend technique as I own an RX100.
Thanks,
James
Martin87
Leading Member
I would say average. The 20MP of resolution helps out a bit if you wanna get even closer to your subject.
LTZ470
Forum Pro
Yes, set up the Front Ring for use to Focus Peak, I use High Setting, it's easy and you can exact the focus point where you require it, especially when DOF is so shallow at times...
ChristianHass
Senior Member
I find it a lot easier to focus with peaking when shooting closeups with the RX100.
You turn on focus peeking, twist the front ring clockwise (seen from behind the camera) until it's at minimum focus distance. You won't get any confirmation, so just turn it quite a bit.
Then you can move the camera itself to adjust the distance and see on the screen exactly what's in focus until you're happy, and then press the trigger.
josefwells
Active member
There is also this flickr group dedicated to rx100 macros. Smaller, less traffic.
I have quite a few images there, I had been holding up various magnifying bobbles infront of the lens, zooming in, and doing the already-mentioned focus-peaking trick.
For christmas I got a carryspeed adapter and some cheapo macro diopters from amazon which makes the process easier, still with good results I think.
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I have quite a few images there, I had been holding up various magnifying bobbles infront of the lens, zooming in, and doing the already-mentioned focus-peaking trick.
For christmas I got a carryspeed adapter and some cheapo macro diopters from amazon which makes the process easier, still with good results I think.
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