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#21
Posted 05 January 2022 - 04:41 PM
#22
Posted 06 January 2022 - 11:11 AM
You'll just bore yourself.
Once you learn the camera, everything else will come easier.
I know... I actually tried using the flash with a diffuser and the results were very sharp.. I now have to figure out to make things look less 'flash' like. I'm enjoying it though. It's been a long time.
#23
Posted 07 January 2022 - 01:17 PM
I did Macro with a Canon F1n film camera years ago, used a constant light source, good tripod, cable release, and sometimes a bellows between the camera and lens. Now with Nikon DSLRs I haven't gotten around to getting a bellows yet and the only close up/Macro I've done has been hand held close ups to this point, no excuse, I have a good tripod, and remote release, a 90mm Tamron f2.8 AF Macro lens as well as several size adapter rings to mount lens to lens, (a trick Peter-Merco_61 showed me) but simply haven't put much into practice yet.
This taken with my D750 and Tamron SP AF 90mm f2.8 Di Macro 1:1 at f10 hand held 1/250 ISO 1,000.
#24
Posted 08 January 2022 - 06:04 AM
Just keep trying, and read or watch YouTube videos, you'll get there eventually...
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#25
Posted 08 January 2022 - 03:09 PM
I've been trying again with the moss.. I'm sure this one is better.. What do you think?
I did Macro with a Canon F1n film camera years ago, used a constant light source, good tripod, cable release, and sometimes a bellows between the camera and lens. Now with Nikon DSLRs I haven't gotten around to getting a bellows yet and the only close up/Macro I've done has been hand held close ups to this point, no excuse, I have a good tripod, and remote release, a 90mm Tamron f2.8 AF Macro lens as well as several size adapter rings to mount lens to lens, (a trick Peter-Merco_61 showed me) but simply haven't put much into practice yet.
This taken with my D750 and Tamron SP AF 90mm f2.8 Di Macro 1:1 at f10 hand held 1/250 ISO 1,000.
I love this pic... This is what I hope do be doing in the spring/summer, So I've got some time to try and figure this whole thing out.
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#26
Posted 08 January 2022 - 03:32 PM
Macro photography has got to be one of the hardest genres to get a high successful rate to start with, I've always had a interest in it, but when I first got into photography (around 45 years ago) it was near impossible to even think about trying with a rangefinder with a 40mm lens, after I got my first SLR, I saved up for a macro zoom lens, although not a true 1:1 macro, it did the job, but success rate wasn't brilliant, just keep trying, and at least these days you haven't got to waist film trying to get the images perfect, these days I'm using a proper 1:1 macro lens, (Sigma 105) and a ring flashlight (Nissin MF-18) with that set up I'm probably getting around 90% success rate.
Just keep trying, and read or watch YouTube videos, you'll get there eventually...
Augh.. I remember film, not so fondly. I had gone on holiday to the south of France in my early 20's. I had a praktica film camera.. I had used it great up until that point. We'd stopped in a little very french village.. oh it was beautiful. Neede some pics from here to look back on in years to come. Put a new 36 reel in and off I went..
We left and continued om our travels. A few miles on and we stopped again so I'm taking new pics, 35, 36, 37, 38, huh? 39, 40, oh no. 41, 42... I gingerly opened the back of the camera and there sat the film, not wound on.. I was gutted...
Sort of put me off photography all together.. Until I bought a Sony Alpha (my first digital camera).. Happened to see something about macro photography, a little bit of research and I also bought the Sigma 105. What a great lens that is.. It needs repairing, but sigma says it to old to repair, I guess if I could have got that lens repaired I would not have bought the Nikon D5600...
Anyway, I'm having a good time trying to figure it out. Youtube has a plethora of macro videos.. I'm taking it all in..
Thanks for the replies guys
Tracy
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#27
Posted 08 January 2022 - 03:43 PM
#28
Posted 08 January 2022 - 04:49 PM
Can't see your latest pic Tracy.
Augh.. I know. I put it up flickr like the first one and it kept saying something about incorrect fileformat/location.. something. So ?I put it up on my site, but it's showing a broken like now.
Let me try this:
http://tracyscott.uk...to/_TAS0415.jpg
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#31
Posted 08 January 2022 - 10:40 PM
#33
Posted 09 January 2022 - 06:33 AM
Happened to see something about macro photography, a little bit of research and I also bought the Sigma 105. What a great lens that is.. It needs repairing, but sigma says it to old to repair, I guess if I could have got that lens repaired I would not have bought the Nikon D5600
Sorry to hear about your Sigma lens,I'm not sure when they stopped production on the earlier version, I bought the later version a few years ago, I think it's still under their 3 year warranty, my first dedicated macro lens was a Nikon 60mm, but just didn't get on with it, as I had to get too close to the subject, which for me is butterflies, as soon as I'd got it focused, the butterflies were off, the 105 gives me the chance of not getting too close, my success rate was much better.
I'll be selling it though as soon as I can get a Z mount macro lens, the Nikon is so hard to find, Grays of Westminster apparently get around 1 a month from Nikon, I'm on the waiting list, otherwise I'll be waiting until Sigma release their later Art macro lens in the Z mount, it's only available in Sony mount at the moment.
#34
Posted 09 January 2022 - 07:50 AM
My Sigma is still usable, but the autofocus hunts like crazy. There's 2 focus parts to the lens right? and if you are tying to focus where the 'join' ia you have to force lens over that point.. But even then there is hunting. Manual focusing is better though. I looked at one of those when I looked at buying a macro lens because they are a very good lens, but I seen videos about the Laowa 100mm 2x lens and I was sold. It was a birthday present for myself.
For christmas my brother bought me a National Trust pass. There are a lot of stately homes that are on my bucket list, and they don't allow flash photography, so ?I'm going to have to learn to shoot in low light too.
So much to learn, but I'm loving it.
I go tmy Laowa from Wex. They have a number of macro lenses for Z mount.
Probably not the one you want though.
Anyway, have a lovely day
Tracy
#35
Posted 09 January 2022 - 11:36 AM
My Sigma is still usable, but the autofocus hunts like crazy. There's 2 focus parts to the lens right? and if you are tying to focus where the 'join' ia you have to force lens over that point.. But even then there is hunting. Manual focusing is better though. I looked at one of those when I looked at buying a macro lens because they are a very good lens, but I seen videos about the Laowa 100mm 2x lens and I was sold. It was a birthday present for myself.
For christmas my brother bought me a National Trust pass. There are a lot of stately homes that are on my bucket list, and they don't allow flash photography, so ?I'm going to have to learn to shoot in low light too.
So much to learn, but I'm loving it.
I go tmy Laowa from Wex. They have a number of macro lenses for Z mount.
Probably not the one you want though.
Anyway, have a lovely day
Tracy
#36
Posted 09 January 2022 - 11:46 AM
How about an insanely low light challenge? - Mini-Challenges, Member Contests, and Games - NikonForums.com
#37
Posted 09 January 2022 - 01:47 PM
I agree, that last photo of the moss was a lot better. A total black background would be even better. Maybe try a few different aperture settings and views, I would try a head-on view from the top maybe on a black background at a higher f-stop number, expose for the high-lights, (it's a lot easier to work with the shadows if need be than to expose for the shadows and have blown out highlights that nothing can be done with).
Try some different aperture settings, f5.6-11-16-22 see what you get.
#38
Posted 28 February 2022 - 02:00 PM
I also wear glasses & fitted +1 dioptre viewfinder lenses to the cameras I use - expensive, but necessary!
Hi again.
I was wondering if a DK-20C +3 diopter thing would benefit me. I think it would.
I ordered one online but the company came back saying they were having trouble finding one. Do you remember where you got yours from?
Thanks
Tracy
#39
Posted 28 February 2022 - 03:19 PM
Hello Tracy
I determined that I needed a +1 dioptre as the 'in focus' point was just past the +max adjustment on the viewfinder control.
I made a guess the +1 would give me what I needed.
How did you arrive at the decision to require a +3?
Mine came from a Japanese seller on Ebay @ about £20.
I couldn't find a UK seller that had stock.
#40
Posted 28 February 2022 - 07:00 PM
Hi
I came up with +3 as I wear +3 non prescription glasses, but thinking about it, maybe a +2 diopter would be the equalivent of +3 in glasses.. I really don't know.
I've looked all over the web for one, but it seems they are all awaiting stock. eBay does some, but will ship from Japan.
I am so disolusioned with this whole camera thing. It seems I can't take a sharp image for the life of me. Even with tripod..
Fed up
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