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No need for apologies.  That term is commonly used in English.

That's a great lens at a great price. I use one on my Canon T4i, either by itself or in combination with ProMaster tubes (with contacts) and or a ProMaster 2x teleconverter.

While virtually all of my non-tabletop macro is of live invertebrates (nocturnal spiders, centipedes, millipedes and pill bugs), I'm not a moral absolutist about such things. A lot of my initial ...

Do you NEED IS for macro. Probably not.  Most of my outdoor macro is of nocturnal spiders, centipedes, millipedes, and pill bugs.  It's all hand held with flash.  My Tokina 100mm macro doesn't have ...

I find that it gives me greater magnification with increased working distance.

My only macro photography that's not on a mount of some kind is outdoor macro of nocturnal spiders, centipedes, millipedes and pill bugs. For this I use exclusively a Tokina 100mm macro, sometimes ...

Despite the fact that my apartment is surrounded with flowers and shrubs and I live above a forest, there are strangely few interesting insects, especially in daytime. Most of my outdoor subjects ...

I'm not a fan of "sport" as the Brits call it.  I haven't watched a non-shooting sporting event since 1986.  I find it leaves me a lot of time for reading, photography and shooting.  Since I've ...

Try Ohio in March.  It was snowing this morning at 5:30am when I was on my way home from work. 80% of my photography is macrophotography, and probably at least 80% of that is tabletop macro. My ...

I've got two Neewer diffusers, a 5"x8" and the next size up (11"?).

Here's a picture of an earlier version.  I've since switched to a wireless flash and put it on a magic arm.:

Then you won't want the Amazon flashes since they're strictly manual. For tabletop focus stacking, they're great.  they're reliable and cheap enough where I wouldn't lose it if one of them died.  ...

Thanks. My use of the flash is almost solely for macro of nocturnal spiders around my home.  I wouldn't gain much if anything from the added expense of an Li-ion flash.

Virtually ALL of my use for this flash is outdoor macro work at night. I never take more than a 10-20 exposures at a time.  The subjects don't require a lot of power.  The AA version is more than ...

As I recall, there were reports of IV models having the failure as well. I just bought the cheap Amazon flashes which were much cheaper.  I've been very happy with them.

I got the Adorama R2 Zoom TTL flash yesterday. The flash works with the trigger the way it's supposed to. The instructions leave a bit to be desired, but so did the instructions for the Sigma. I ...

Most of my tabletop macro is focus stacking with a Wemacro.  I have three Amazon Basics manual flashes that I'm not afraid to abuse.  When they're back in stock, I'l be buying a couple of ...

The boxes say "Canon". I don't think the problem is with the Flashpoint devices, but with the very old Sigma flash.  I bought it to go with my Canon 350D.  From what I've read recently, the ETTL ...

It's not a radio problem since the flash won't even fire when the test button on the receiver is pressed. The problem appears to be related to the flash itself.  Apparently the firmware is too old ...

Thanks. I'll probably be getting either the mini or the battery powered Zoom TTL.