D60 and Canon Macro100 USM

[David Gore]

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Dave

Wondering how this works with the D60?With the 1.6 factor that makes for a pretty powerful macro....also,seems to me it would be very good for portraits.

 

[Diane S.]

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Dave

Wondering how this works with the D60?With the 1.6 factor that
makes for a pretty powerful macro....also,seems to me it would be
very good for portraits.

Dave,

I used it for macro shots. You can view some of them on my site, listed below. GO to the macro category. They turned out great. Haven't used it for portraits or anything else yet. Just got it in August.

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[David Gore]

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Dave

Wondering how this works with the D60?With the 1.6 factor that
makes for a pretty powerful macro....also,seems to me it would be
very good for portraits.

Dave,
I used it for macro shots. You can view some of them on my site,
listed below. GO to the macro category. They turned out great.
Haven't used it for portraits or anything else yet. Just got it in
August.

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Diane
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Dave

Thanks Diane...after visiting your site I'm really excited to receive the camera...Do you use a tripod??Do you have a ring flash??

 

[Rob Eastham]

I love this lens. I especially like it when combining it with my canon 50mm 1.8 using a reversing ring for almost 5:1 magnification. With this I can make even small things like this 12mm wolf spider look pretty intimidating:



This is a great budget combination for shooting insects when compared to the price of the MP-65 - more versatile too.

Rob

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Dave

Wondering how this works with the D60?With the 1.6 factor that
makes for a pretty powerful macro....also,seems to me it would be
very good for portraits.

Dave,
I used it for macro shots. You can view some of them on my site,
listed below. GO to the macro category. They turned out great.
Haven't used it for portraits or anything else yet. Just got it in
August.

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Diane
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Visit my online portfolio:
http://www.designsbyduchess.com/dsphotography/

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Dave
Thanks Diane...after visiting your site I'm really excited to
receive the camera...Do you use a tripod??Do you have a ring flash??

 

[WalterK]

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Dave

Wondering how this works with the D60?With the 1.6 factor that
makes for a pretty powerful macro....also,seems to me it would be
very good for portraits.

Here is a link to a shot of a dime with the 100mm 2.8 macro on a D60. I used the MR-14EX ringlight, which has 2 independently adjustable light tubes on it for control over shadows. the shot was handheld, and not lined up perfectly square, but it will give you an idea of 1:1 magnification on the D60.

http://www.pbase.com/image/6086855/original

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Walter K

 

[david kratville]

get the MR-14EX ringlight with it and you can hand hold shots. I caught this guy hanging out eating lunch one day and was able to handhold for this shot. The 160mm (effective) on the D60 works really good for poratraits too!



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http://www.pbase.com/davkrat

 

[TerryAhBo]

I am new to take marco pics and I want to learn more.

What is a reverse ring? Do you mean using this ring can "combine" the two lens, 50mm and 100mm marco together to take pictures?

Can other lens be combined too?

Terry

This is a great budget combination for shooting insects when
compared to the price of the MP-65 - more versatile too.

Rob

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Dave

Wondering how this works with the D60?With the 1.6 factor that
makes for a pretty powerful macro....also,seems to me it would be
very good for portraits.

Dave,
I used it for macro shots. You can view some of them on my site,
listed below. GO to the macro category. They turned out great.
Haven't used it for portraits or anything else yet. Just got it in
August.

--
Diane
- - - - -
Visit my online portfolio:
http://www.designsbyduchess.com/dsphotography/

Template/Theme designer for Frontpage and CSS/HTML
http://www.designsbyduchess.com

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Dave
Thanks Diane...after visiting your site I'm really excited to
receive the camera...Do you use a tripod??Do you have a ring flash??

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AhBo

 

[Phillips40]

David,

Here is a gallery of my macro shots with the Sigma 105 macro (about $300) and the MT-24EX ringlite ($650, but not really a "ring" light, it's really a "twin lite"):
http://frankphillips.com/macro/
The macro flash will improve your macro shots by 1,000% in my opinion.
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Frank Phillips
http://www.digicaminfo.com

Thanks Diane...after visiting your site I'm really excited to
receive the camera...Do you use a tripod??Do you have a ring flash??

 

[Rob Eastham]

The reversing ring allows you to mount another lens back to front on the end of a lens that is mounted normally. In the case of my example this means getting a 58mm male to 52mm male reversing ring from somewhere like B&H (100mm macro has 58mm thread and the 50mm MKII 1.8 has a 52mm thread). I don't tend to mount any other lenses since this combination is pretty close already and difficult to manoeuvre in and out of focus even on a tripod. If you wanted to try other lenses though you would obviously need the correct reversing ring but also you need to make sure you are pretty well matched from one lens thread to the other or else you will get vignetting.

Here's another example:



Rob

What is a reverse ring? Do you mean using this ring can "combine"
the two lens, 50mm and 100mm marco together to take pictures?

Can other lens be combined too?

Terry

This is a great budget combination for shooting insects when
compared to the price of the MP-65 - more versatile too.

Rob

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Dave

Wondering how this works with the D60?With the 1.6 factor that
makes for a pretty powerful macro....also,seems to me it would be
very good for portraits.

Dave,
I used it for macro shots. You can view some of them on my site,
listed below. GO to the macro category. They turned out great.
Haven't used it for portraits or anything else yet. Just got it in
August.

--
Diane
- - - - -
Visit my online portfolio:
http://www.designsbyduchess.com/dsphotography/

Template/Theme designer for Frontpage and CSS/HTML
http://www.designsbyduchess.com

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Dave
Thanks Diane...after visiting your site I'm really excited to
receive the camera...Do you use a tripod??Do you have a ring flash??

--
AhBo

 

[Rob Eastham]

Jus realised that that the pillpug shot in the previous post was actually shot with my 28-135 IS zoom and Kenko extension tubes - got much more chromatic aberration on this shot as I recall - needed a bit of Photoshop work. This setup obviously doesn’t let you get quite as near as the reversed set-up.

Rob

The reversing ring allows you to mount another lens back to front
on the end of a lens that is mounted normally. In the case of my
example this means getting a 58mm male to 52mm male reversing ring
from somewhere like B&H (100mm macro has 58mm thread and the 50mm
MKII 1.8 has a 52mm thread). I don't tend to mount any other lenses
since this combination is pretty close already and difficult to
manoeuvre in and out of focus even on a tripod. If you wanted to
try other lenses though you would obviously need the correct
reversing ring but also you need to make sure you are pretty well
matched from one lens thread to the other or else you will get
vignetting.

 

[Richard Seaman]

Terry,

Here are some tips:

http://www.richard-seaman.com/Me/Photography/Insects/index.html

Richard.

I am new to take marco pics and I want to learn more.

 

[stevewolf]

The Canon 100 mm macro and Canon MR-14EX ringlight make a great combination. With the 1.6 factor it also makes a good short telephoto, which I've used to photograph a mountain bike race.
http://arnica.csustan.edu/photos

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Dave

Wondering how this works with the D60?With the 1.6 factor that
makes for a pretty powerful macro....also,seems to me it would be
very good for portraits.

 

[Chris96895]

Whats better the MR-14EX or the MT-24? Will they both work with the 50 macro as well? and or the Sigma 105?

 

[stevewolf]

"Better" is a subjective term. The MR-14EX is a true ringlight whereas the T-24 is two flashes on a single mount. I don't have experience with the T-24 but I'm certain you can't get nearly as close as with a true ringlight, which sits on the front of the lens. The disadvantage of the ringlight is that it provides a more artificial and sometimes flat light which many don't like. You can compensate for this a bit with the MR-14EX because you can adjust the relative strengths of the internal flashes. Ringlight photos are often not very artsy but it allows you to get maximum depth of field in any situation, indoors or out. I'm a scientist so I'll take detail over aesthetics if I have to choose. The Canon ringlight clips directly on to the the front of the Canon 100 mm macro but I believe you can attach it to any lens with the proper filter size or thread mount adapter.

http://arnica.csustan.edu/photos

Whats better the MR-14EX or the MT-24? Will they both work with
the 50 macro as well? and or the Sigma 105?

 

[Doug Warner]

Here is a link to a shot of a dime with the 100mm 2.8 macro on a
D60. I used the MR-14EX ringlight, which has 2 independently
adjustable light tubes on it for control over shadows. the shot was
handheld, and not lined up perfectly square, but it will give you
an idea of 1:1 magnification on the D60.

http://www.pbase.com/image/6086855/original

Wow!. Better than I expected. How close was the lens to the subject during this shot?

 

[Phillips40]

Because the dual flash heads on the MT-24EX (which also sit on the front of the lens) can be rotated in and out toward the center of the lens, you CAN get as close as you want...at least as close as the minimum focusing distance on the lens. Essentially, you can "aim" the flash heads where you want the light to go. The MT-24EX will do everything the MR-14EX will do, only more and better.

The MT-24EX will attach directly to Canon's 50 macro, 100 macro, and 180 macro. With a $13 adapter you can attach it to Sigma's 105 macro (58mm threads). There are also two other adapters (52mm and 72mm) that Canon makes so that you can attach the MT-24EX to those thread sized lenses, too.
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Frank Phillips
http://www.digicaminfo.com

Whats better the MR-14EX or the MT-24? Will they both work with
the 50 macro as well? and or the Sigma 105?

 

[Marc Brackhahn]

I have a EF 100 mm f/2.8 usm macro lens and the MT-24EX. Do you have any favorite settings for the twin lite? Any suggestions how to get the most out of it?

 

[Phillips40]

I haven't had it long enough to have fully experimented with it. I do know that "out of the box" it works beautifully in E-TTL mode, as evidenced by the shots in my gallery. My next experiments will be using ratios to see what I can do with it. Let's both post our findings once we've had time to really flesh it out...
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Frank Phillips
http://www.digicaminfo.com

I have a EF 100 mm f/2.8 usm macro lens and the MT-24EX. Do you
have any favorite settings for the twin lite? Any suggestions how
to get the most out of it?

 

[Victor]

That is the cutest spider in the world, and I hate spiders,

 

[WalterK]

http://www.pbase.com/image/6086855/original

Wow!. Better than I expected. How close was the lens to the
subject during this shot?

At the closest focusing distance, which is about 8" from the lens surface, I think.
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Walter K