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Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

06/13/2007 10:38:53 AM · #27

Originally posted by KarenNfld:

peanut shell...

here's my 30 day macro gallery as well...

all hand held and most with nothing more than sunlight through a window. if i used flash, it was off camera w/ a lumiquest ultrasoft (most often) or the lightsphere.

quite a few of them also had a 50mm reverse mounted to my 90mm macro lens. i'll probably do that for this challenge...

as for f/stop, usually anywhere from 22 to 64 if the 50mm's reverse mounted... sometimes lower if it's not.

it's all in what DOF i'm after...

jrdawson

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

06/13/2007 11:12:55 AM · #28

Here's an example I submitted in the last round of challenges... d'oh!

Talk about bad timing. lol.

bdenny

Sony DSC-H5

06/13/2007 11:15:18 AM · #29

Originally posted by jrdawson:

Here's an example I submitted in the last round of challenges... d'oh!

Talk about bad timing. lol.

I just took a picture of the same thing yesterday! It gives a really good bokeh if placed in front of a window and OOF.

MattO

Nikon D4

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II

06/13/2007 12:05:23 PM · #30

Originally posted by kudzu:

[as for f/stop, usually anywhere from 22 to 64 if the 50mm's reverse mounted... sometimes lower if it's not.

it's all in what DOF i'm after...

What lens do you have that can stop down to F64 and just how hard is it to light something stopped down that far?

MattO

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

06/13/2007 12:53:10 PM · #31

Originally posted by MattO:

What lens do you have that can stop down to F64 and just how hard is it to light something stopped down that far?

tamron 90mm macro. and it likes a LOT of light. especially if i've got the 50mm reversed...

a few examples of extreme f/stop:

f/40 :

f/51 :

f/64 :

citymars

Nikon D700

06/13/2007 01:14:24 PM · #32

Originally posted by albc28:

So if it's a Macro shot and i can guess what it is.....is that DNMC???

Actually I think that's a fair-ish question. To put it another way, is it more interesting to viewers if they can eventually guess the subject, or if it is so abstract that it can't be figured out?

MattO

Nikon D4

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II

06/13/2007 01:18:38 PM · #33

Originally posted by kudzu:

Originally posted by MattO:
What lens do you have that can stop down to F64 and just how hard is it to light something stopped down that far?

tamron 90mm macro. and it likes a LOT of light. especially if i've got the 50mm reversed...

When I look that lens up at B&H it shows Fstops only to F32 is this an older lens that you have?Link to B&H

MattO

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

06/13/2007 01:31:36 PM · #34

Originally posted by MattO:

Originally posted by kudzu:

Originally posted by MattO:
What lens do you have that can stop down to F64 and just how hard is it to light something stopped down that far?

tamron 90mm macro. and it likes a LOT of light. especially if i've got the 50mm reversed...

When I look that lens up at B&H it shows Fstops only to F32 is this an older lens that you have?Link to B&H

no... that's the right one (and now it's on sale?! grrr)

anyway... the tamron site doesn't have the minimum apature listed. i think b&h made it up.

below f/32, it reads 36, 40, 45, 51, 57, and 64

of course, focused to infinity, it wont go past 32, so that may be where they got that...

Sheryll

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

06/13/2007 01:33:33 PM · #35

Originally posted by kudzu:

especially if i've got the 50mm reversed...

I've seen comments about this before. How do you reverse a lense? I mean its obvious you turn it around but, how do you connect it so the light doesn't come in on the sides?

bassbone

Nikon Z8

Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-120 f/4 S

06/13/2007 01:37:26 PM · #36

There are a couple of choices - but the one I use is a lens ring that goes into the body of my D70 (like a regular lens) but it has threading that allows you to screw the lens on backwards to the threads where filters go.

Originally posted by Sheryll:

Originally posted by kudzu:
especially if i've got the 50mm reversed...

I've seen comments about this before. How do you reverse a lense? I mean its obvious you turn it around but, how do you connect it so the light doesn't come in on the sides?

SoulMan1978

Sony Alpha a55

Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED Zoom Lens for Sony Alpha

06/13/2007 01:38:19 PM · #37

Originally posted by Sheryll:

Funnily enough, someone asked this here the other day. Is this any good to you?

Message edited by author 2007-06-13 13:39:17.

citymars

Nikon D700

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

06/13/2007 01:38:22 PM · #38

Originally posted by Sheryll:

If I understand correctly, there are more details in this thread.

EDIT: Wow, that was fast, Soulman - you just beat me to it! :-)

Message edited by author 2007-06-13 13:39:09.