Re: Some notes from a workshop I gave
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c h u n k wrote:
Joseph S Wisniewski wrote:
trobinson41 wrote:
Hi. I've been doing regular macro photograpy for years using Nikon equipment. I'd like to get into extreme macro, but I'm not sure of the best way to proceed. I know about focus stacking -- it's the equipment that I'm wondering about.
Here's my current setup:
Nikon D750
AF Micro Nikkor 60mm
Tamron SP Di AF 180mm 1:3.5
I've dug up the notes from a macro photography workshop I used to teach back in the before time. It's a bit dated, and the only thing it shares in common with my WIP "The Macronomicon" is the name, but it does have some interesting notes on how coupling and bellows work.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1BxKR63NlKUrAw4epwt2AO4McLz12EX4v?usp=sharing
Let me know if you find it useful, or if you have any trouble accessing it.
And if you only manage to take one thing away from it, let it be the words "light everything like a portrait". It doesn't matter what you're shooting: an insect, a rock, a flower, a coin, a watch, a car, a building... figure out its personality and let the lighting speak to that and you've got a picture people will remember.
I LOVE that advice
RE The (yet another) brand vs brand tribalism, I think its pretty obvious that Olympus/M43 is very capable, and for some maybe even the best option, *WHEN* photographing only macro magnifications in a studio with controlled lighting. Its limitations are when your photography is more diverse than just macro in a studio or basic macro in the field. I just think that should be mentioned when people start advertising a camera system in an otherwise brand neutral thread, or really, he shoots Nikon so not sure why selling cameras for Olympus came up. Seems like it should have been solutions within and for Nikon.
I shoot Canon but opted for the Venus 25mm which I believe also has Nikon mount. Its a fully manual lens but is ridiculously sharp. The lack of auto aperture is its only weakness vs the Mp-e65 I could find, but when photographing in the field, that is a worthy issue to consider (if there are other similar options for Nikon?). Its strengths are the focal length gives it a higher *perceived DOF, and its size makes it much easier to find subjects in the frame. As with all lenses, it does lose sharpness as diffraction limits creep in based on fstop/magnification, but if the plan is to stack, that shouldnt be an issue.
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