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Lens suggestion

Started Jun 1, 2020 | Discussions thread
Michael Meissner
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Re: Lens suggestion

Acydstyne wrote:

Thank you all for the suggestions

from further reading, I remembered the G7 does not have in body IS. So if i get a lens with no IS, i will need a tripod as well? Or do people usually just hand hold these?

IMHO, for macro shots of things like watches, you want stabilized support.  Sure if you can get enough light so that you can get a fast enough shutter speed at ISO 200 and a large aperture, you don't 'need' the support.

But in general, you want some sort of support.  In particular, unless you are just taking one picture, you want to have the camera at the exact position it was in the previous spot.

If you are doing manual focusing, you want the camera rock steady.  Otherwise, you will move the camera and have to redo the focusing all again.

I tend to think lighting is your most important item.  Camera support and setup of the watches is probably second.  Then at third is what lens to get.  If you don't have good lighting, and proper camera setup, the lens likely will only slightly improve things.  Of course depending on how far away your watch is for the camera, changes the lighting and setup.

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