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That is what I would use.

:D

Over the course of seven months it ran to 12 threads, so something over 1600 posts. All very good-natured with lots of examples and discussion, some quite detailed, about post processing JPEGs and ...

Thanks Rodger. :) After much experimentation over the years, the FZ330 is now my go to camera for this sort of thing (m43 for flowers, APS-C for common birds in flight).

The following figures relate to my current flash setup working at a particular level of output that I typically use for insects. The numbers may vary with other setups and output levels. Flash sync ...

I'm dipping into my backlog to process an odd day's captures here and there. These are from March last year. They were captured hand-held as raw in our garden with a 45-175 lens on a G80 and ...

Thank you. :) No it isn't enough, not for my taste anyway. You can only get around half the depth of field with the FZ1000 as with most other cameras. To get the same as f/8 on the FZ330, which is ...

I don't think it is a focusing issue. Here is a comparison of the SLR image as posted with a version that has had some post processing. (The EOS version was processed from a 667 pixel high already ...

Thanks Steve. Shield bugs are fine. They stand around a lot and when they do move, like this one was, they move at a stately pace - and using flash as the primary light source means that ...

Thank you Cyril. :) Yes, I sometimes get time off for good behaviour. :D

Thank you! A lot of people don't really like looking at insects. My wife says things like "well I can see it is a nice photo, but ..... " For my part I think some of them are really good looking.

Thank you. :) A Raynox 150 for all of these I think. That is what I use most of the time with the FZ330, like with the FZ200 before that. It gives a nice range of magnifications for the mid-sized ...

Thanks Erik. That is a great compliment, and much appreciated.

Thanks Jerry. I never used a 150, but I know it was very well thought of. I seem to recall that some people thought it slightly better than the FZ200 in terms of image quality, but perhaps I am ...

Thanks. Like all small sensor cameras with a limited range of apertures the FZs are a bit limited as far as bokeh goes, but it can work out nicely sometimes.

Thanks Bruce. It is winter here now too, and not much in the garden to photograph. Lots of wind and rain recently.

Thanks. My FZ200s, two of them, served me well. The first one broke down after over 100,000 shutter activations. The second one is pretty much in retirement now I have the FZ330.

Yes indeed. Your perseverance paid off.

In an attempt to clear some of my backlog I have been picking days at random to process. These are from July 2017. They were captured hand held with a Raynox 150 and Venus Optics KX800 twin flash ...

Similar here. For close-up/macro I have used four formats: 1/2.3", m43, APS-C and FF, often two sometimes three of these in the same session. Aperture/DOF is a primary issue (with diffraction as a ...