Re: New Camera for Dental Macro Photography recommendations
SprK wrote:
Thank you for the detailed reply
I feel that the 28mm, due to its focusing distance, which is going to be rather short in order to get down to 1:1
It shoots at both 1x (1:1) and also at 1.2x at ultra close distance (Super Macro) which is closer and tighter than the 100mmL lens can get. Canon likes to refer to this aspect of the 28mm Macro lens as "Going beyond Life Size". The differences in the results from either of these lenses isn't easy to demonstrate here.
is going to be out of the question for dental use, as I 99% of the time shoot live patients and teeth before extraction...
Yes, I assumed that was what you wanted to do... The only reason I posted images of extracted teeth is because I had taken them last week. But I can take pictures with the lens inside my mouth of my teeth that are more detailed than the images my dentist's specialized camera can produce. I've simply elected not to post images here from the inside of my mouth. I can't do that with the 100mm lens. Not only does it not fit in my mouth but the MFD is about a foot away.
I like its other uses though.
My concern with the M50+100mm Macro+Adaptor+Ring Light is whether this is going to be a bit difficult to balance properly - front weight issues etc.
As I said, it's front-heavy, especially on a light bodied EOSm when the Ring Flash is attached to the 100mmL lens. The added weight and bulk of the battery pack and the ring-flash is why I don't carry it around like this with the ring flash on it all the time. But it's a fairly light system compared to using the lens on a DSLR. The best results from the 100mmL lens are from a Full Frame DSLR. The results and focal length you are getting from your APS-C cameras will be the same as on an EOSM. One advantage I can envision is that you can tap the Magnify icon on the screen to zoom in to 5x or even 10x magnification to be certain you are getting the specific details you need. This applies to either lens.
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One of the things I like about the 28mm Macro is that it's so small, light and short that I can simply rest the edge of the lens against something to add stabilization and that's much harder to do with the 100mm lens unless I have sufficient light or complete lockdown on a tripod. There's other reasons why this lens is interesting and there's few wide-macros out there in the first place. But the contrast and color are certainly notable.
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28mm Macro Lens - A newborn baby skink from the smallest species of lizard here. Take a look at your own fingers to see just how tiny it was. Click on the image to see it larger with more detail.
28mm Macro Lens - MFD on a silver dollar.
28mm Macro Lens - Poppy seeds... the kind you get on a muffin or a pie.
28mm Macro Lens - Edge of a diamond. To be fair, it wasn't a tiny one.
I rarely get to photograph Arachnids on Arachnids but this image still surprises me.
28mm Macro Lens - Air Bubbles in 45 million year old amber.
28mm Macro Lens - A juvenile Harlequin Bug. Slight crop - Insect Size was 9mm long.
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Regards,
Marco Nero.