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A few weeks ago bought an adapter for my EOS that would allow me to mount my old Canon FD lenses. This would allow these lenses to perform as excellent macro lenses. These are my first few experiments using the Canon 100mm f/4. The FD 100/4 was also a macro lens when used with the A1, and it's still sharp as a tack!
A few weeks ago bought an adapter for my EOS that would allow me to mount my old Canon FD lenses. This would allow these lenses to perform as excellent macro lenses. These are my first few experiments using the Canon 100mm f/4. The FD 100/4 was also a macro lens when used with the A1, and it's still sharp as a tack!
Test shot using Soligor 70-220mm 1:3.5 MC lens. Handheld wide-open at 220mm and 1/20s exposure, ISO 800. This lens is basically a re-branded Tokina lens. I got it with extensive haze on variator group and a lot of gunk accumulated on other elements. Cleaned very well with ROR - must be the lubricant vapor condensing.
The lens is unusual - it is twice as big and heavy as other lens in similar range. The bloody thing is almost as big as 300mm 6x7 S-M-C Takumar. In this case size appear to matter as the lens is amazingly sharp for an old zoom, plus produces excellent macros at 1:1.5 rate. Apparently there is a later model of this lens slightly lighter - Soligor 70-222mm. In any case this appears to be a great find and a good candidate for a favorite lens. Got it off Ebay for USD $23.81
This mud salamander is another animal from the Price Lab outreach collection at the University of Kentucky
Copyright © 2009 - All rights reserved - "After the rain"...a fabulous purple iris in a small apartment garden proudly displaying its beauty after a springtime Ukrainian rainstorm ...sometimes photo art requires being at the right place at the right time to make the right capture. I just happened to find this one while walking along the sidewalk. Kyiv, Ukraine Copyright 2009 All rights are reserved.
*15-07-09 Chosen as the "Moderators and Administrator's Photo of the Week" on the prestigious and highly popular "Hidden Treasures" and has received two Administrator's Special Awards from "4M´s Photographic Dream" photography group on Flickr."
**18-10-10 Recipient of 3 "Moderator's Special Awards" in The Wonderful World of "1001 Nights" but unfortunately too many awards to qualify for entry into the "Magic City" award (40 Max).
Ромашка (Bellis perennis) 9-кратное увеличение, 51 изображение, объектив микроскопа ЛОМО, план ахроматический 9-X.Камера Sony Alpha 6400, ISO-100, время экспозиции-1/10 сек. Сильфонное устройство, диффузор.
Das Gänseblümchen (Bellis perennis) 9-fache Vergrößerung, 51 Bilder, LOMO-Mikroskop-Objektivplan achromatisch 9-X.
Kamera Sony Alpha 6400, ISO-100, Belichtungszeit 1/10 Sekunde. Balggerät, Diffusor.
The daisy (Bellis perennis) 9 x magnification, 51 images, LOMO microscope objective plan achromatic 9-X.
Camera Sony Alpha 6400, ISO-100, exposure time-1/10 second. Bellows device, diffuser.
Sat in the shed for while hoping to get some bird shots, but I think they knew I was there. So here is a shot of the thawing snow on the shed window, taken from inside the shed. The reflection of our conservatory can be seen in the dropplets.
A few weeks ago bought an adapter for my EOS that would allow me to mount my old Canon FD lenses. This would allow these lenses to perform as excellent macro lenses. These are my first few experiments using the Canon 100mm f/4. The FD 100/4 was also a macro lens when used with the A1, and it's still sharp as a tack!
They started with excellent macro photos of the original steel punches.
Unexpected Baskerville: The Story of LoveFrom Serif
June 27, 2023
Philips Medium Format Enlarger PCS 150.
So i used Photoshop Elements to select a crop of the former image (nr 4 in this set) and used the Invert function to get a positive.
Image looks very flat. Still a red shift but that would be easily corrected in a next shot of the negative.
Please don't look too much at the sharpness. I know that it is horrible !
Main goal was to see how the colors behaved. And to me this result is very disappointing.
My set-up was very amateuristic. Just remove the Enlarger lens, put the Nikon D40 on the easel and pointed it upwards. Autofocus was used, ISO set at 200 and Colorbalance at Tungsten (3000K).
A much better performance would be reached with one of the latest DSLR's with its super megapixels sensor and, very important, an excellent macro-lens.
A few weeks ago bought an adapter for my EOS that would allow me to mount my old Canon FD lenses. This would allow these lenses to perform as excellent macro lenses. These are my first few experiments using the Canon 100mm f/4. The FD 100/4 was also a macro lens when used with the A1, and it's still sharp as a tack!
They started with excellent macro photos of the original steel punches.
Unexpected Baskerville: The Story of LoveFrom Serif
June 27, 2023
Sample images from a Tamron SP 52BB, an Adapt-all 2 90mm f/2.5 Macro. One of the highest resolving lenses I've tried. Simply excellent.
Macro mode bokeh.
While on Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina, I came across an amazing butterfly garden when my main macro tool, my Canon G10's battery ran out. My spare battery? Well it was charging back at the room. Was I going to give up? Call it a day? Hell no. Photography is all about being creative and resourceful with what you have. So -- I grabbed my EOS 7D, which I had been using with my 500mm to take close ups of bears and eagles and attached the only other lens in my bag -- a Canon 28mm 1.8 prime. And guess what? It works as an excellent macro lens.
This is an uncropped image taken with that lens, handheld. So there you have it. Macro with a wide angle lens.
Camera Canon EOS 7D + Canon 28mm 1.8
Exposure 1/6400 sec
Aperture f/4.0
Focal Length 28 mm
ISO Speed 400
Olympus E-PL5 in an Olympus Housing - best value
What can I say? Every Bluewater Photo customer who gets an Olympus PEN micro-four thirds camera is really, really happy with it. They are usually looking for better auto-focus and image quality than their compact camera system, and they are not disappointed. For a very good price, you can get a good housing, and great fish, reef and macro photos. For another $1,049 you get a wide-angle lens and dome that gives you stunning 180 degree wide-angle shots.
The Olympus E-PL5 is a mirrorless camera, which accept micro-four thirds mount lenses. It has a sensor 4-5 times larger than high end compact cameras, and can auto-focus while taking video. The housing is larger than a compact camera housing, but much smaller & lighter than a dSLR housing. The E-PL5 comes with a great 14-42mm kit lens.
Great housing and camera for the money
Same amazing sensor as the Olympus OM-D
Better image quality and faster focusing than compact cameras
Smaller size and better price point than a dSLR setup
Excellent macro and wide-angle options
Get great TTL with the YS-01 or YS-D1 strobes
Take ultra-wide, ultra-sharp wide-angle shots with the Precision dome port and 8mm fisheye lens
Great selection of small micro-four thirds lenses by Olympus and Panasonic
Do you want 1/250th sync speed and 2 control dials? Check out the new Olympus OM-D
The Canon S3is has excellent macro and super macro facilities, the latter allowing you to focus at 0 inches.
Tested with:
Canon 40D
ISO 250
Aperture Priority Mode
Wired Shutter Release
Tripod Mounted
$10 SGD Note >.<
No post processing done other than the cropping and stitching as shown.
Conclusion:
Like most lenses in the market, the image is soft when the aperture is wide open@2.8 and the quality turns out after 1 to 2 stops down as seen in the image.
This lens proved to be useful and would be able to produce excellent macro images if coupled with some image sharpening and noise reduction.
This is an excellent macro and telephoto lens. Sharpness is legendary, low light telephoto is possible on a tripod. I have a really enjoyed using this one!
Details: www.sigmaphoto.com/shop/150mm-f28-ex-apo-dg-hsm-macro-sigma
Camera set up: Canon 450D | Tamron 90mm 2.8 | f/3.2 | ISO 400 | 1/80s
Read my review of this great lens: Excellent Macro Lens
With pinholes you can do excellent macro shots... this one is a grass closeup.
Imagine you would be a frog taking a picture ;)
This half-inch spider crawling on the ceiling was the first shot on a recently acquired Jupiter 37A lens mounted on a bellows. Despite some color fringing, this lens doubles as an excellent macro lens with extension tubes or bellows.
I'm testing the Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-HX5 point and shoot camera. As far as I can see the picture quality is OK for being what it is (a pocket camera - don't expect DSLR quality), although not significantly improved compared to my old Sony T500 camera (see my photo set with photos from that cam)
I'm not an expert in optics, so I don't know why this is -- but a treat the HX5 shares with lots of other pocket cameras, which DSLR's do not have in a typical kit, is excellent macro capability.
Macro wise this camera has an edge on the T500 in the sense that you don't have to enter a special macro mode to do macros. Just shove the lens as near the object as you want and click. That's a great improvement.
March 30, 2010.
So I was feeling a little uninspired tonight, I didn't want to go outside, I had no immediate ideas for my 365. I have been considering taking a photo of my ZD 14-54mm (mark 1) for some time now, as it has been a fantastic lens, and I cannot really say anything bad about it!
I have used this considerably since getting it, and with good reason! It is a versatile zoom: covering an EFL of 28-108mm, it is sharp, decently fast, and it is capable of fast focusing and excellent macro capability.
Taken with my OM Zuiko 50mm lens at f/4.
Steps: 0.
I picked the title because it was right, and because Fatboy Slim and Christopher Walken made me do it. Seriously, that is one of my all-time favorite music videos.