Learning to do macro well will help all of your shooting, especially that long lens you're getting. The closer you are to something, the more important keeping the lens still and getting critical focus becomes, because DOF becomes much shallower than what you're used to, and every movement of the camera is multiplied. Getting good with up close with the macro lens will help when you get the long lens, because you'll face many of the same issues with the long lens, and the long lens will be really heavy, compounding the problem. An added bonus is that VR and autofocus don't work well at macro distances.
So anyway, a tripod will help, as will some practice shooting at something using different aperture settings, and using autofocus, manual focus, and live view. You're off to a good start. |
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