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Would like to see a macro zoom lens

Started 1 month ago | Discussions thread
OP EricShaltz Forum Member • Posts: 69
Re: 50mm lens and high res camera

The problem is I have 3 macro lenses 50, 70 and 100, I pick the one I want depending on the relative size of foreground and background I want, I'd like them to be one zoom lens.

I feel like large aperture macro lenses aren't very useful because you can't get anything in focus at f/2.8 anyway, so you're mostly using them at like f/8 or lower, so what's the point of having it be f/2.8?

controlled lighting as in my scene is always the same brightness, I always shoot at f/11, and with the lenses I have, that have relatively low light loss at macro ranges, I don't have to change any settings when I want to get a closer shot, most of the time. Where as a lens that has lots of light loss at macro range, I'd have to start changing settings whenever I want a closer shot, which is annoying.

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