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New Camera for Dental Macro Photography recommendations

Started May 2, 2018 | Discussions thread
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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 is going to be out of the question for dental use, as I 99% of the time shoot live patients and teeth before extraction...

Definitely skip the 28 Macro.  The working distance is waaay to short for what you want to do.

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.

Any of the threee cameras you are looking at will work fine of course.  The EF adapter has a tripod mount on the bottom of it for better balance with the smaller M-series cameras.  I like the Fotodiox Pro Adapter .  I also have the genuine Canon adapter and they both work identically.

Battery life might be a consideration though (the M5 does have a bigger battery).  If you're connected to 120 VAC directly then that won't matter.

Best of luck,

R2

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