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camera = my magnifying glass - what do you use?

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grsnovi Veteran Member • Posts: 3,030
Re: camera = my magnifying glass - what do you use?

jim mij wrote:

What level of magnification is best for macro work ?

Define "work".

What is it that you're trying to show with your work?

Macro usually starts at 1:1 meaning that  10mm in "real life" end up taking up 10mm on your sensor.

I usually can see what I'm trying to shoot without further optical enhancement (other than my normal glasses). As somebody who has taken up "watch making" I have a number of loupes and magnifying visors as well as a microscope.

Much of what I have been doing involves watches I have open for which I'm trying to capture a state in the assembly or condition of a part.

I don't do bugs...   

I am thinking of getting a 2.5x - 5x lens for my FF Sony (most of my work to date has been with my APS-C Sony).

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