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Lens comparison for macro work

Started Feb 20, 2022 | Questions thread
gardenersassistant Veteran Member • Posts: 9,656
Re: "Macro Lens" ... "Macro" ... too broad a term

RazorSharpWO wrote:

If super-close focus is your real goal, take up look at Gardner's Assistant's blog, he has a lot of experience shooting a huge variety of subjects, almost all of which is greater than 1:1.

Thanks, but even if the OP is interested in going beyond 1:1 I think he should steer clear of my stuff, for two reasons he mentions in this post above:

  • He writes "This post is still more about choosing the right lens of the available selection. That's why I want actual user experience to aid me in my own decision making". I have no relevant experience with any of the lenses he mentions.
  • He writes "However, I am concerned with capturing fine detail. Like many I'm possibly cursed that way." I produce invertebrate images that are devoid of fine detail and produce flower images at a small size where any fine detail that was captured is not visible.

And for flowers etc there is another reason: I use two techniques , both of which are unlikely to be available to the OP because of the lenses he is interested in and by implication the camera systems he is interested in.

I believe, as you and others have clearly explained, what equipment would be suitable depends on what exactly the OP will be wanting to do, or more appropriately perhaps at this stage given the OP's uncertainty about that, what range of subjects, sizes etc he wishes to explore to work out what he will be wanting to do. In either case, my approach and the type of kit I use isn't it! (IMO)

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