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Raynox 250

Started Mar 24, 2022 | Questions thread
Gary from Seattle Veteran Member • Posts: 7,852
Re: Raynox 250

Columbusrat wrote:

Thank you, Jim. I know a tripod and focus rail could improve my photos a lot, but they wouldn't work for the way I do my photography - think kitten and butterflies! I could, of course, set up a shot in one position, put some sugar water on a likely-looking flower, then sit and wait... and wait... but I'm much happier just wandering round seeing what I might find, and then hoping I can get a few shots off before it flits off again. It's pretty much the equivalent of meditation for me.

I've ordered the Raynox 250. It'll be interesting to see how I get on with it. Reviews tend to be quite polarised, but at least with experience of the 150 I have an idea of what to expect.

I find the 250 quite good, albeit with a very shallow DOF and very little range of focus distance; this with the OLY Macro.

I think on your OP shot there are any number of things that could have affected the "sharpness" of the image.

DOF is one but you used F32. That might be a bit into diffraction.

A SS of 1/200 may not have been enough (overall SS not just narrow zone of sharpness) given your hand motion, the bug's or leaf motion, and the magnification of the image. I might think using 1/1000 or greater would be helpful unless on a fixed substrate.

I shoot Focus Stacked on tripod mosses, but also shoot a lot of handheld bees where really I think 1/1000 is very minimal.

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