hi, recently i just chanced upon a very interesting lens with a dedicated 1:1 marco extender... I have never dabbled in Marco photography before, so i am hoping some of the marco 'old birds' can recommend some basic accessories to get? thanks...
i only have a tripod... so i support tripods... but i think a monopod is less stable and might not be that useful for marco shooting... i realized that one must really have a very stable base... i do not believe a monopod will be much use in that area...
hi, recently i just chanced upon a very interesting lens with a dedicated 1:1 marco extender... I have never dabbled in Marco photography before, so i am hoping some of the marco 'old birds' can recommend some basic accessories to get? thanks...
i got a question...if a macro lens focal distance is 90mm...and the insect is pretty small...do i need to move up closer to the insect?
Hi im not really in macro, it is challenging but fun. To start with you will need a dedicated macro lens for 1:1. Anything less then 1:_ it is only a close up lens. I saw people using a TC for 2:1 3:1 but for me I only tried 1.4:1.
Next a good tripod, not any tripod is good for macro. Dun get yourself wrong that a CF triod is the best out in the market and you get one to shoot macro. A good macro tripod a allow you to angle the column of your tripod. Research on Man's XPROB models.
Dedicated light, the easy and cheapest way out now is ring flash from third party, pop one and you are done.
Remote, you just need one for moving object. Stationary you can make use of timer.
btw it is possible to shoot with just the pop up flash and without tripod/monopod
it just takes training
here is a sample of handheld and pop up flash macro
http://forum.clubsnap.org/showthread.php?t=199617
ortega, i saw that you are using tamron 90mm to take those shoots...can i know how close are you to those insects??? and if too near wont the insects run away??
actually no i am not using a t90
my lens of choice is still the nikon 105mm micro
but i am now playing with the new nikon 85mm micro DX
i am around minimum focusing distance of the lens that i am using at that time
(different lens have different minimum focusing distance)
you can get close to the insects, it all depends on your approach to them
sometimes the spiders will jump on my lens
Hi Ortega,
Do you think the VR on nikon 85mm micro is useful for taking macro? I just started macro photography and found it is quite tough to get the sharp photo. I tried using tripod but it was not easy to get closer to the subjects (bugs, etc..).