My Macro Photography Setup - Update 2012

Second image i'm to upload tonight showing my setup for the last image i just posted below ( Look down )

 

Now, this setup is pretty cheap all except the body of course...

 

The body is the Canon 550D which i got for 600 pounds and payed off over 6 months... it came as a bundle with the 18-55mm Lens which has proved very very useful as a beginner photographer. When i recieved the camera i realised i would need a lot of space so i bought myself a 16gb HCSD card at 30MB/S which is just amazing for 20 pounds.

 

For a while, i played around with the DOF, but in all honesty i didn't know what to do with the camera, where to begin... so i began with the basics - the extension tubes... !!

This inspiration came from Thomas Shahan's setup and consists of ;

 

50mm F1.8 FD Prime lens - 15 Pounds.

I Also have the 28mm F2.8 FD Prime Lens not shown here.

 

Bellows - 20 Pounds Ebay price

 

Extension tubes - 9 Pounds from Amazon

 

The flash was slighty more pricey at 70 Pounds but it's the cheapest you can get these days and does the job, not using too much battery power which is a BIG upside... I also should mention i use rechaegable batteries, saves quite a bit of money.

 

The flash chord was 20 Pounds also, shouldn't have went to Jessops !!

 

I normally catch my insects and bring them indoors, giving them something to eat and calming them down enough for me to start snapping away... If not i will do it the hard way and chase them around a field - usually in the summer time when it's not minus 2 :-)

So i hope this clears things up with some of you wanting to know, if you need any more tips or information contact me here on Flickr or at my Facebook page here ;

 

www.facebook.com/pages/Macro-Photography/126069520823109

 

Thanks

Done