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G16 For Macro Photography

Started 3 months ago | Questions thread
OP Pete E New Member • Posts: 4
Re: G16 For Macro Photography
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Just for the sake of anyone else reading this thread in the future, I can confirm I bought the Raynox DCR -250 and I am very pleased with it.

I went this route because I like my G16 and didn't want to buy another camera if I could avoid it.

I have only played with the Raynox a little bit, but the extra magnification offered is way more than I will ever need.

In hindsight, I could probably have gone with the less powerful (and slightly cheaper) 150, but the 250 will work for me.

When using the 250, I have found by zooming in up to X10 power, I get fantastic close ups, but still have a reasonable working distance to the subject.

I now need to play about with ithe 250 fitted some more to find a sweet spot set up using no more than the X5 optical zoom on the camera.

One thing this close up lens has highlighted is I need a better copy stand set up, preferably something which allows easy fine adjustment of the camera position to allow for fine focusing..

I have ordered a short focus rail and will try that in the short term,and then look at a better copy stand when I understand exactly what I need...

Thanks again for everybody's help,

Regards

Peter

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