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 by leek on Wed Oct 05, 2005 12:02 pm
Just having an initial play with some of my new toys...
All 3 shots were taken with the 80-400VR lens @ 400mm. As I don't yet have an Arca-Swiss lens plate for this lens, it was mounted on my monopod. The SB-800 was in the hot-shoe at -1EV.
Hoya close-up filters transformed the lens into a high-powered macro lens. The VR worked well with the +1 & +2 filters, but was struggling with the +4 - especially with my shaky hands 
They're not quite in focus (the viewfinder becomes a little blurry with these filters fitted), but it'll give you some idea of the magnifications possible with this combination...
+1 filter at about 50cm (closest distance at 400mm) 1/30s at f29
+2 filter at about 30cm (closest distance at 400mm) 1/30s at f40
+4 filter at about 15cm (closest distance at 400mm) 1/30s at f40 Last edited by leek on Wed Oct 05, 2005 2:21 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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by rog on Wed Oct 05, 2005 12:05 pm
Cool, did you do any at +7? (+1, +2, +4)
Glad you found a better subject than my scalp this time. 
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by thaddeus on Wed Oct 05, 2005 12:15 pm
Excellent stuff. Any chance of doing some insects?
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by leek on Wed Oct 05, 2005 12:35 pm
I'll try to find something more interesting soon, but I had to try rog's suggestion first...
+4+2+1 = +7 but impossible to focus well... almost zero DOF, even at F40. Unsurprisingly there's also a lot of fringeing going on...
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by rog on Wed Oct 05, 2005 12:56 pm
Interesting, now set up a sensor and trigger to capture the moment the match lights up. :p
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by leek on Wed Oct 05, 2005 1:16 pm
rog wrote:Interesting, now set up a sensor and trigger to capture the moment the match lights up. :p
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Bah!!! You guys are never satisfied 
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by moggy on Wed Oct 05, 2005 1:19 pm
Great shots, particularly as they weren't taken using a nice solid tripod. Evan though the lens is a VR it's still a heavy outfit to try and hold steady.
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by leek on Wed Oct 05, 2005 1:36 pm
OK... especially for thaddeus... here's an insect...
OK... it's a dead insect (it had a run in with a spider the night before), but I can't contemplate trying to capture something that won't keep still yet...
This one was taken with the +4 filter - after 10 shots I finally captured one where the head was in focus... If I'm going to pursue this, I think that I'll need a macro-rail
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by thaddeus on Wed Oct 05, 2005 1:38 pm
Wow, that's incredible! Thanks! When are you geting the macro rail?
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by leek on Wed Oct 05, 2005 1:39 pm
thaddeus wrote:Wow, that's incredible! Thanks! When are you geting the macro rail?
Will this lust never end... :-S
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by rog on Wed Oct 05, 2005 1:46 pm
Nice! Yes, live insects are more challenging, I've got a few creepy closeups of live spiders that were an interesting experience to capture.
If you want to get really technical with insects/macro, check out what one guy did here:
http://users.skynet.be/fotoopa/laser_module1_E.htm
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by leek on Wed Oct 05, 2005 2:01 pm
Wow!!! Thanks for the link - MAJOR LEAGUE geeky (Erm... I mean that's very creative) - but such great results...
I think if Mrs Leek saw me walking round the garden with one of those contraptions, she'd probably think it had all gone too far
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by stubbsy on Wed Oct 05, 2005 2:29 pm
How quickly we forget (or how easily we miss) posts
The insect contraption was covered in this thread back in August.
And I have no idea why I remember useless stuff like this 
Edit: And thanks John for showing me why I should never consider macro photography (specialist lens and equipment lust has to be worse than the common garden variety )
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