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Saying hello from North Wales

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Hi

I have dabbled in photography for 30 years or more, but never seriously. I've just recently treated myself to a D5600, and so far so good. I've always loved macro photography, and have been watching many youtube videos.. And I'm thoroughly impressed. So on the way back from the shop I grabbed myself a clump of moss.

I must have taken over 100 shots, I'd say 80% were deleted on first view. after looking at the rest at 100%, it seems they are blur. When looking at them in PS or LR they seem pretty sharp.. but alas.. I might need new eyes :(

 

This is one of the better pics.. I had to make it a lot smaller due to 20mb size upload limit.. (it was 153mb) 😯

 

If anyone can give me any tips..

 

Thanks

Rocatah

 

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Oh camera was on a tabletop tripod



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Hello Rocatah

 

I'd say 20% hit rate was pretty high.

Mine is less than that.

 

Can't see your picture - if you can get it down to around 200Kb, you should be able to post it here.

Alternatively open a Flickr account - free for the first 1000 uploads - post the BB code here.

 

We need more pictures on the forum!



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Ohh... didn't realise it hadn't uploaded.

 

TAS_0624-Edit | Moss | Tracy Scott | Flickr

 

Hope this works..

 

 

I think I may have been a bit optimistic with my 80%



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The three buds that are in focus are rather soft. I wonder, did you use a tripod?

It may be possible to increase the f number & still have just one or two buds in sharp focus.

I found running it through N X Studio, I was able to sharpen it up a little.

 

Others may be able to give more meaningful comments!



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Hi

By soft do you mean out of focus?

I think this is the problem. In the viewfinder it looked ok. I tried the live view but that seemed much less sharp.

My camera was on a tabletop tripod.

For some reason I didn't use my remote shutter release, that may have helped a little, and I only turned on the self timer for the last 40 or so.

I'll try with my full size tripod and better set up tomorrow..

 

Thanks for replying 



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By soft, I mean not sharp.

There could be a number of reasons for this.

You've used a tripod & self timer, so that isn't the problem.

 

Are you using the 'kit' lens (18-55mm) or something else?

Increasing the f-number may sharpen the image, but that would increase depth of field - which you may not want for subject example.



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Hi

My lens is a Laowa 100mm f2.8 2X Ultra Macro APO. I received it yesterday morning and this was it's first outing. It is a manual lens which didn't excite me very much.

I wear reading glasses but wasn't using them to see through the viewfinder, that could be an issue too.

Will definitely try increasing the F number..

Lots of practice..



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I wear reading glasses but wasn't using them to see through the viewfinder, that could be an issue too.

 

 

I also wear glasses & fitted +1 dioptre viewfinder lenses to the cameras I use - expensive, but necessary!



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What is the reproduction scale here? What aperture? What shutter speed?

Did you have the UV filter mounted on the lens? I have found that a filter degrades the Laowa significantly between 1:2 and 2:1. 
 

For critical focusing on a tripod, I tend to use LiveView zoomed in to focus, especially with a pentamirror camera like the D5xxx series.



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Here is a series of 2:1 macros.

 

In the first one, a slow articulated lorry went past my house.

gallery_1251_552_104391.jpg

 

 

In this second attempt, an XC90 went past, causing some resonant vibration too.

gallery_1251_552_296480.jpg

 

 

Third time lucky!

gallery_1251_552_493056.jpg

 

 

EXIF for all three

Body: Nikon Z6II

Lens (mm): 100
ISO: 100
Aperture: 5.6
Shutter: 30
Exp. Comp.: 0.0

 

The subject matter on a sturdy kitchen table, but with steel legs.

Camera support: a video tripod with a fluid head.

No filter on the lens.

Processed in Photo Ninja, only WB and the Scenic vivid preset applied.

 

These show how much even the slightest vibration degrades the photo at these magnifications.



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I wear reading glasses but wasn't using them to see through the viewfinder, that could be an issue too.


Just use the diopter adjustment next to the viewfinder until you can see it clearly

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Just use the diopter adjustment next to the viewfinder until you can see it clearly


Good advice if the correction needed falls in the -1.7 to +0.5 diopter range available on the D5600.

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What is the reproduction scale here? What aperture? What shutter speed?

Did you have the UV filter mounted on the lens? I have found that a filter degrades the Laowa significantly between 1:2 and 2:1. 
 

For critical focusing on a tripod, I tend to use LiveView zoomed in to focus, especially with a pentamirror camera like the D5xxx series.

Hi

The camera doesn't receive any info from the lens. But it was probably 2.8.

No flash

ISO 1000

Speed 1/6

 

I thought I saw a video of someone using the live view to focus... I tried but couldn't figure it oout.. maybe it's not available on my camera?

Yes the UV filter was on the Laowa, I'm reluctant to take it off incase I damage the lens itself.

Thanks for your input, I'm taking it all onboard.


Just use the diopter adjustment next to the viewfinder until you can see it clearly

 

I bet you're all going to roll your eyes at this, but I never even touched the diopter until yesterday. Once I played with it, everything was a lor sharper.. 

:D

Thank you



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I thought I saw a video of someone using the live view to focus... I tried but couldn't figure it oout.. maybe it's not available on my camera?


To turn on "Live View "

Rotate the live view switch, the view through the lens will be displayed in the monitor.
Position the focus point over your subject. ...
Press the shutter-release button halfway to focus. ...
Press the shutter-release button the rest of the way down to shoot. ...
To exit, rotate the live view switch.

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To turn on "Live View "

Rotate the live view switch, the view through the lens will be displayed in the monitor.
Position the focus point over your subject. ...
Press the shutter-release button halfway to focus. ...
Press the shutter-release button the rest of the way down to shoot. ...
To exit, rotate the live view switch.

Hi

I probably didn't explain myself. I can use the liveview fine, but someone here mentioned, and I seen it on a video where you can zoom in on liveview to focus... Not sure it was with my D5600



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Do you have touch controls enabled or set to playback only? If they are enabled, you should be able to stretch/pinch the view in LiveView to zoom in for precise manual focus if I remember correctly.



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Do you have touch controls enabled or set to playback only? If they are enabled, you should be able to stretch/pinch the view in LiveView to zoom in for precise manual focus if I remember correctly.

Hi Merco_61 I've double checked all the settings and can find nothing to do with liveview. The touch controls are set to 'Enable' withh 'Playback' and 'Disable' being the other options.

I've tried pinching the screen but nothing. I'm disappointed.

 

Thanks for your help. And a happy new year to you



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Do you have touch controls enabled or set to playback only? If they are enabled, you should be able to stretch/pinch the view in LiveView to zoom in for precise manual focus if I remember correctly.

It seems zoom focusing was closer than I thought!

On liveview it is as simple as using the magnify buttons on the body..

 

Thanks   :D



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I'm going to take up knitting!  :(



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You'll just bore yourself. 

 

Once you learn the camera, everything else will come easier. 







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