Your thoughts on the M6ii + 28mm f3.5 macro?

Foskito wrote:

R2D2 wrote:

Sittatunga wrote:

jim mij wrote:

Foskito wrote:

Hello guys,

I have an RP with the kit 24-105mm and the 35mm f1.8 IS. I mainly use it to take hundreds of product shots of my wife's online jewelry store. The close focus capabilities of the 35mm allow me to produce great IQ images.

I have been tempted by the M system for years, (never pulled the trigger though) but now that the refurbs are at an incredibly low price I am super interested in getting an M6ii and the 28mm f3.5 macro, I guess the extra 6mp might be handy?

Thanks in advance!

The m6ii provides great detail for macro, although i use the ef-s 60mm (with an adaptor) rather than the native m28 lens. I have samples in this and the macro forum if you want to browse

The 60mm might also work on your RP (with an adaptor)?

When i asked in this forum about the 28 folks advised me to stay with the 60, but our needs might differ

regards

Jim

The 60mm is an EF-S lens, so it will give a maximum 10Mpx cropped image with the RP. I can't see the point in adapting it if you have both cameras when you get 32Mpx from the M6 II.

It would make a nice portrait lens too on crop; the 28mm is a nice standard lens, with a focal length about the same as the diagonal of the M6 II sensor. The built-in lighting of the 28mm (and the EF-S 35mm macro) is quite versatile; the choice of left side, right side or both sides lit at two intensities. That's not quite what you can achieve with tabletop lighting and a bit of working room, but good for something you can put in a jeans pocket.

+1 Sometimes I’ll toss the M6ii + 28 Macro in my bike bag for shots of opportunity along the way. My strong preference for (lightweight) lighting on-the-go is a piece of translucent plastic with a hole cut in it and stuck on the end of the lens like this…

With this diffuser you can use either the pop-up flash, or a more powerful hotshoe mounted flash.

Note: With the 28 Macro, the diffuser slides nicely right onto the miniscule lens hood. Shown here sandwiched onto a Raynox Close Up Lens.

This setup provides a really nice diffuse light, and stops action/shake with the flash.

You can’t use the Focus Bracketing Mode with flash though. However you can shoot 14 fps with an external flash and “cut slices” right through your subject using the “Lean Technique” for stacking later (note: you need to “tape over” the hotshoe’s communication contacts in order to achieve 14 fps with the flash).

R2

ps. Info here provided for others (I know you know this stuff already ).

Great solution R2, thanks!!

Looks really good, but I'd radius that internal corner. The stress concentrations from rectangular windows were what caused the first jet airliners to break up in mid-air. The sharp corners of the hatches did something similar to a lot of the Liberty Ships too.