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Raynox 250

Started Mar 24, 2022 | Questions thread
gardenersassistant Veteran Member • Posts: 9,656
Re: Raynox 250
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Columbusrat wrote:

Gary from Seattle wrote:

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.

Thanks Gary. I'm limited to 200 by the flash though, and I really want to use the pop-up. I do realise that I'm pretty much asking the impossible though, and can't expect great results - they just have to be good enough for me. And I'm setting the bar pretty low!

If flash is providing most of the illumination then the effective shutter speed is the length of the flash pulse. This is likely to be quite short. The length of the flash pulse gets shorter as the flash power is reduced. I run my flash at 1/4 power and have no problem with motion of my hands, the subject or the substrate it is on at up to 8X magnification hand-held.

As to image quality using the camera's pop up flash, have a look at Mark Berkery's images. (Mark posts here as macromeds.) For a long time Mark used the camera flash and he produced wonderful images that way. Search for "Velcro" on this page to see the way Mark diffused the camera flash with a small, home-made snoot.

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