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EF-M 28mm Macro - Ring Photography (PICS)

Started 8 months ago | Discussions thread
Ali Senior Member • Posts: 1,969
Re: To: Ali
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Marco Nero wrote:

Ali wrote:

Nice photos and interesting back story for the ring!

By "Ring Photography" I thought this posting was going to be about ring light, and it was partly the case. Appropriate that the ring light was used for a ring.

Sorry about that.

oh no need for apology, I just thought it was amusing!

Like the iPhone photo in there as well.

That iPhone (iPhone 13 Pro Max) was one of the better decisions I've made in terms of useful photographic tools in recent years. It's enabled me to travel about daily without needing to drag a dedicated camera with me. I'd say that with so many others doing the same, it's perhaps a prime example of what's killing off large segments of the camera industry today. I was surprise that this particular photograph turned out, considering the low sun. But there's a rich vibrancy and crispness to the HEIF files - presumably from the HDR method the phone uses.

Indeed. I’ve taken to using RAW for most of my iPhone images lately but most come out pretty good without any edits.

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I found the EF-M 28mm Macro lens (and also the Macro feature on the iPhone 13 Pro Max) handy last year when trying to verify a laser engraved serial number on a diamond. These numbers are so thin they could be printed lengthwise on a single strand of human hair... And there was some difficulty seeing them with even a 12x jeweller's loupe. The image below shows salts from handling the diamond with my fingers, but you can just barely make out the serial numbers on the side.

That is pretty cool!

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A friend of mine found and cut a green/teal Australian sapphire - which I photographed with the 28mm lens. It reminds me how versatile the lens is when I look back over the images, but without stacking the images and just using single shots, they came out fine. I designed an Opal pendant for that diamond and the same 28mm Macro lens came in handy for getting some tighter angles when it was finished. Again, the ring-light offers additional illumination and reflections on the surfaces. In wish I'd thought to try the Star Filters at the time I took those images.
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iPhone - Cropped macro Image

iPhone - Uncropped macro image

EOS M6 + EF-M 28mm Macro lens... using my old iPhone as a reflective surface.

M6 + 28mm Macro (end result 01) - Australian Sapphire

M6 + 28mm Macro (end result 02) - Australian Sapphire

Beautiful!

M6 + 28mm Macro - Opal Pendant (closeup / macro)

M6 + 28mm Macro - Opal Pendant

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Regards,
Marco Nero.

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