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I bought the camera for my wife for her birthday. She photographs birds from a distance and plants & insects up close. When either of us try to focus on a spider in its web, all of the surroundings are pretty good, but the camera will not focus on the spider (even when it is absolutely still)...

An old grainy attempt at fruit Macro , not a particularly nice image , reminds me of something Alien

I made a promise to someone I would make this thread, sorry I'm late mate. But I hope this helps. I have 4 different flash diffuser setups, mainly for macro but some can be used for other things. I'll start with the basics: A very very cheap and simple flash diffuser, you can search for Dorr...

Does anyone use flash with diffusers for their macro flowers? Which one do you use/recommend? Thanks!

Using OM1 and Oly 60 macro with godox flash. Attempt a 6 pic stack. Many, Many, Many failure to stack. This as close as i got and then cut wings off. Been watching quite a few of Vids my Micael Widell since he shoots lot of OM gear. really need to work on my hand holding shots. Day...

Hello! I'd love for Voigtländer to release RF-mount versions of these two lenses: Voigtländer 50mm f/2 Macro APO-Lanthar; Voigtländer 65mm f/2 Macro APO-Lanthar. Question: How likely to you imagine that they'd release at least one of those two in the next 1-3 years? Some relevant elements...

A pretty black/blue damselfly in Costa Rica. Might be Oculate Dancer, Argia oculata.

A leaf-cutter ant clinging to its leaf coupon. It had gotten lost in a blossom of a hibiscus bush.

I bought the Sony FE 70-200mm f/4 Macro G OSS II Lens to go with my new Sony A7cR. The "R" version came with the add-on grip, so true handling is actually pretty good. But after using it for a bit and for the Single April challenge it's not really what I want for my kit. I want something...

Having accumulated many 35-mm slides from the film days, I wanted to digitize them. I found that using my flat-bed scanner to do that would be quite onerous. I bought a camera-mounted slide duplicator on Ebay that appears to be identical to this...

There seem to be a lot of spider shots in the forum, but no specific thread for same... So here it is for those who like these little guys.

Although I have the G9II and Gh6, I still love the Gx85. Amazing camera for all sorts of things. Here are two examples of 35 MY old 1/2" snail shells. These are handheld using the built-in flash with the fossil on a black mouse pad. I love the 60mm f2.8 but the 75-300 with the dual element Canon...

Will start with a skipper and a yellow butterfly.

An ant with a golden butt. Costa Rica.

Leafhopper, genus Raphirrhinus. Grasshoppers in love

Haven’t used this one much, but not for lack of liking it. I just like some others more! I’ll make a point to put more in here, but for now-

Classifieds Type For Sale Price 365 Item Voigtländer 35mm F2 Macro APO-Ultron Lens My Location USA Picture File(s) attached Description Payment method: CA$H, USPMO, Z®, or PP Item condition: 10 Preowned equipment, but appears as new. Shipping instructions: Actual Insured Selling as I no...

A fly with red eyes. Taken with diffused flash.

OK, up here north of the equator the days are getting shorter and it is getting colder, too. Where I live it is not the rainy season but the rainier season so outside photo jaunts are fewer. So, stuck pretty much inside I have to photo something, right? And photos of the kitchen get boring...

Thinking about adding a small compact for daily carry that can take a nice macro wildflower photo. My current EDC is a Fujifilm X30 (2/3" sensor), but my preferred wildflower kit is a Panasonic micro four thirds with macro lens. The Fuji is borderline okay for small wildflowers, but I'd really...

Still testing out this new lens. Tried out the Shift ability, while only 8° in each direction, it gave me approximately 56 MP in 1:1 format out of my 32 MP sensor in panorama stitching, not bad but not great. I was shooting handheld ao the alignment is not perfect all around but it was easily...

I hauled out my old and trusty Nikon D2x with the Sigma 180 3.5 macro lens and waited to find a shot of a bee on the flower,

Heuou. I got my diffuser and I got (the wrong) Raynox DCR-150 to get better closeups from my Tamy zooms (for now) buy I need a flash. I was initially thinking of Meike MK320 for a light and portable setup with the Laowa 85mm f 5.6 APO Macro and Tamron 24/35mm f 2.8 Di III OSD Mqcro. It's cheap...

Heuou. I know it sounds weird but there's a method to the madness :p I decided to get the Laowa 85mm f 5.6 APO Macro lens (going to buy it this Friday, used) and I decided to go with the Meike MK320 flash for a handheld macro flash setup. Where I need help is getting a macro diffuser to go on...

The only lens I was missing on my new system (Nikon Z) was a macro lens. I don't shoot much macro but it is good to have sometimes. Because of that there was no rush to buy something but the other day I noticed one store here had €100 discount on it! So, here it is... :) Tried it a little...

The first ripe blueberries in our garden

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Hibiscus

I'm talking about an OS family holiday with an OM-1. I'd rather shoot hand held than take the Gitzo but a small tripod might be nice for the occasional macro or landscape. At this stage, I intend to take a 12-40 f2.8, 60mm macro and 17mm f1.8.

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I have posted a few different posts specifying how I do this across the World Wide Web (especially with the MC-14), but I wanted a single post about the process that makes it possible for the MC-20. First off, the way this was made possible originally was through the PIXCO extension tubes that...

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I don't know the name of this Autumn flowering shrub 4 meters tall and covered with plowers

Have had this goodie laying around but not used it much. But suddenly I needed to take some macro photos with my new system, came to think of this and thought it might fit my Nikon Z DX 16-50 lens, and it did! Actually, this is the go-to super macro gadget for Micro Four Thirds because it fits...

Man, I want the lens, but $1500 is pretty pricy.

Hello, recently I was thinking of what could help with the diffraction effect from working at f 11, f 16, f 22 and f 32 (very few lenses can close down that much). One solution is working with either manual or automatic focusing rail, which is more or less mandatory for extreme magnifications...

"That" time or the year is approaching, for some it's already here, the weather is cold and/or wet, the clouds are grey most days, the light is getting shorter every day. For some winter can be difficult to go through (I am affect by depression of winter season). So, the question is What is...

Hello, now that autumn is here the mushrooms are starting to spring up and I would like to photograph the. Though I don't have a proper 1:2 or 1:1 macro lens I do have the Tamron zooms that can get very close. But being zoom lenses they do have a very long and large shape to them that will block...

According to Peter Forsgard in this video: Oly 90 mm f:3.5 Macro

Hi all, I recently purchased a very cheap negative scanner on Amazon, and was pretty disappointed with the results. I found online a description of a process using DSLRs using 3D printed parts -- I'm intrigued by the idea - especially since I have a K-1, and the goal is to digitize film from...

I spent some time today with my "like new" never been used V1 of the 35-100mm f2.8. Got this lens for $370 paypaled and shipped. For stills it is an amazing tool. I also did some shoots with my 58mm Canon 500D close up filter on the lens and the macros were very good (even in comparison 60mm Oly...

I thought it would be good to lay down some comments on the Olympus MCON-P02 Macro converter. This converter works on a small collection of Oly lenses, and I have 2 of them, the 25mm 1.8, and the 45mm 1.8. After messing around with it for a few weeks, I must say I'm entirely impressed with such...

Thought I'd start a showcase for this lens.

I got this lens a few days ago. With the Panasonic GX80... And with the Olympus E-M1