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Moving from 60mm macro to 30mm Macro lenses? Maybe?

Started Mar 24, 2021 | Questions thread
Architeuthis Regular Member • Posts: 491
Re: Moving from 60mm macro to 30mm Macro lenses? Maybe?

Here come the samples with the 12-40mm Pro lens behind the Zen DP170. I use his combination mostly at night, but I always regret that I am not using it more often during the day. It is just too tempting to go for either real macro or for real WA...:-D

I think the 12-40mm lens, to some extend, overlaps with the 30mm macros. Of course one cannot go for 1:1 with the 12-40 lens, but for my taste the working distance with the 30mm macros would be too close when 1:1 is required. I remind that with all the macros, 60mm, 45mm and 30mm, you can go for the same 1:1 scale, but the working distance becomes smaller and smaller...

When further away and at larger scales (I think this would be how I would mostly use a 30mm macro), I regard the 12-40mm to be better: one can also go quite close, but has the choice to zoom out to moderte WA. My tactic is always just to zoom in a little as is required (e.g. not to scare an animal) in order to have the least water between object and domeport...

Wolfgang

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