Macro at changi with 85mm

noob117 · 27th July 2008

Shot at changi point, during sunset with my 85 F1.8 and hoya +3closeup filter.

C&C gladly welcome.

puraime · 28th July 2008

now i want an 85mm with a +4. i especially like the flower on the wood grain.

inspire78 · 28th July 2008

Sorry newbie here, is 85 F1.8 a marco len ? Can i use a 70-300mm udm III to take what u taken n got about the same result? As in nice blur background n sharp on the object itself???

jasonlcs · 28th July 2008

Hi,

Just a question.

With the 85/f1.8 and +4 closeup, what is the minimum focusing distance
between the subject and your lens? For the 85mm f1.8 lens bare, the min
focusing distance is 85cm. I assume that it is a Nikkor telephoto AF lens.

Thanks for your input, in advance.

Regards,
Jason

JacePhoto · 28th July 2008

Pic with flower for me...

Anyway, is it a 1:1 or a cropped image that you have there?

mckenzy · 28th July 2008

Originally Posted by puraime

now i want an 85mm with a +4. i especially like the flower on the wood grain.

with the +4 the dof is extremely shallow... the +3 is still okay.

benedetto13 · 28th July 2008

i think the flower with te wooden grain is a great shot!

noob117 · 28th July 2008

Thanks guys

Originally Posted by inspire78

Sorry newbie here, is 85 F1.8 a marco len ? Can i use a 70-300mm udm III to take what u taken n got about the same result? As in nice blur background n sharp on the object itself???

the 85 is not a macro lens. i have tried using a sigma APO 70-300 with the closeup filter, how ever it is not sharp as compared to the 85 prime. which was very sharp.
And the longer the focal length you go the shallower the DOF and the poorer the image quality.

Originally Posted by jasonlcs

Hi,

Just a question.

With the 85/f1.8 and +4 closeup, what is the minimum focusing distance
between the subject and your lens? For the 85mm f1.8 lens bare, the min
focusing distance is 85cm. I assume that it is a Nikkor telephoto AF lens.

Thanks for your input, in advance.

Regards,
Jason

i was using the +3 and the minimum focuing distance was 25cm(measured from object to lens front element)
And im using canon

Originally Posted by JacePhoto

Pic with flower for me...

Anyway, is it a 1:1 or a cropped image that you have there?

the last ant pic is heavily cropped. even its still rather sharp.

im not sure if its a 1:1 thou. how do you calculate that?

noob117 · 28th July 2008

Just a few more for your viewing pleasure

jasonlcs · 28th July 2008

Thanks for the info.

Sorry for making the wrong assumption.
I have a Nikkor 50/f1.4 and +3 closeup.
N or C or whatever, it does not matter.
as long as we

photography ...

Will try to get closeup for my 85/f1.8
and post some photos.

Nice pics.

Originally Posted by noob117

i was using the +3 and the minimum focuing distance was 25cm
(measured from object to lens front element)
And im using canon

noob117 · 28th July 2008

Originally Posted by jasonlcs

Thanks for the info.

Sorry for making the wrong assumption.
I have a Nikkor 50/f1.4 and +3 closeup.
N or C or whatever, it does not matter.
as long as we photography ...

Will try to get closeup for my 85/f1.8
and post some photos.

Nice pics.

yup. its bout photography most

icic do post ^^

inspire78 · 29th July 2008

thks u for the info......still learning.....ps ps

noob117 · 31st July 2008

Originally Posted by inspire78

thks u for the info......still learning.....ps ps

no problem mann. no nd ps

maximize · 1st August 2008

so normally wat would be recommended for taking pictures like this... +3, +2 or +4... i noe that probably is how much background i want.. juz wanna noe wat do u normally use..

thanks...

noob117 · 1st August 2008

Originally Posted by maximize

so normally wat would be recommended for taking pictures like this... +3, +2 or +4... i noe that probably is how much background i want.. juz wanna noe wat do u normally use..

thanks...

i only got the +3. so i cannot comment much. but all i know is tt the higher the +(number)
the colser you can go to your object

maximize · 2nd August 2008

Originally Posted by noob117

i only got the +3. so i cannot comment much. but all i know is tt the higher the +(number)
the colser you can go to your object

yeap.. it does mean u can get much closer to ur subject...wat i understand also is that if u attached it to ur wide lens u can get more background.. thats why pple use close up filter instead of relying just on the macro lens... did u get ur close up filter locally? how much did u got for this? care to share?

noob117 · 2nd August 2008

Originally Posted by maximize

yeap.. it does mean u can get much closer to ur subject...wat i understand also is that if u attached it to ur wide lens u can get more background.. thats why pple use close up filter instead of relying just on the macro lens... did u get ur close up filter locally? how much did u got for this? care to share?

yeah i got it locally. at MS color 20SGD

maximize · 3rd August 2008

Originally Posted by noob117

yeah i got it locally. at MS color 20SGD

oh thks.. think i will drop by there... but why u choose a +3 instead of +1 or +4?

noob117 · 4th August 2008

Originally Posted by maximize

oh thks.. think i will drop by there... but why u choose a +3 instead of +1 or +4?

i wanted a +4 but they did not have stock.. so got the +3 la.
+1 quite useless right?

maximize · 5th August 2008

Originally Posted by noob117

i wanted a +4 but they did not have stock.. so got the +3 la.
+1 quite useless right?

yah.. cant see the effect.. not significant...

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maximize Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 412	Re: Macro at changi with 85mm so normally wat would be recommended for taking pictures like this... +3, +2 or +4... i noe that probably is how much background i want.. juz wanna noe wat do u normally use.. thanks...