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09/12/2005 02:43:44 PM · #1 |
Just a question to ease my curiosity...
When I take macro photos, I have a DiMAGE Z5, I am only a few inches (if that) away from whatever I'm taking a photo of.
As for an example, my lens was about 3 inches away from this bee when taking a photo of it.
When taking a macro photo of something using DSLR, is the camera lens further from the object, or closer?
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09/12/2005 02:46:49 PM · #2 |
| all depends on the lense. WIth a "Supermacro" lense your goung to be 4 or 5 feet waya but the optics are not as good, if your using a macro lenses you are usally quite close. You can also mag rings and be further back, but in generall you will still want to be close |
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09/12/2005 02:54:36 PM · #3 |
Thanks Jutin...
I wasn't sure if it was the same with DSLR. My camera has a Macro and Super Macro setting that I use to take my macro photos with. I have thought about purchasing a macro lens for my camera, still not sure if I will or not. Seems to work fine the way it is. I just didn't know if I was the only one getting funny looks by the passerby while trying to chase bees around. haha
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09/12/2005 03:44:42 PM · #4 |
It's pretty normal. With my 60mm macro on the 20D I'm like 3 inches away at 1:1, and it's not much further with a 100mm macro either. That's speaking of the lens-to-subject distance; the 60mm is a very compact lens, where the 100mm sticks out quite a bit further. The film plane-to-subject distance is quite a bit different, but the working distance not so much.
There are much longer macro lenses that can do true 1:1 focusing that are probably worth investigating if you want to do macros of critters. Like 180mm, I know that one exists. I'm sure there are others.
Of course, this is only relevant on the dSLR side of the equation...
R.
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