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Post by mygos on Mar 26, 2016 17:47:06 GMT
For live specimens, the 100-400 will give you a lot more reach, of course, compared to the 100 macro. It also has very close focus (to about 1:3 life size). It's excellent quality (I have one), but the macro will be a bit sharper. The latter may not be noticeable with handheld shooting. Yes Danny, I thought the 100 mm macro was most useful fo rdead specimens which I have not any more and the 100-400 mm would help me a lot withother animals such as reptiles, birds, etc. A+, Michel
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Post by wollastoni on Mar 26, 2016 18:09:31 GMT
Nice acquisition Michel, I am sure you will love it ! Macrophotography helped me discover many interesting insects inside my backyards... some I had never seen before ! Personnally I like the 100mm macro without zoom, pictures can be splendid, and it is kind of "sporty" to get the perfect shot without zooming.
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Post by nomad on Mar 27, 2016 6:56:19 GMT
I have a 105m Macro and for insects such as butterflies I would not exchange for any other lens. For tiny insects, another set up is needed. A Zoom lens should be fine for reptiles, especially snakes. As for birds, unless you can get really close, you will get miniature images, if you are into bird photography you need to get one of those rather expensive long lenses, in fact the greater the Zoom and longer the lens the better.
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Post by nomad on Mar 27, 2016 7:17:04 GMT
When I am out and about photographing butterflies in the UK, I can always spot a bird photographer that has recently taken up butterfly shooting as a hobby, he always has one of those very long zoom lens dangling. He has to be some distance away from his subject to get a good shot and as there is nearly always some sort of herbage in the way and perhaps me, not so good. However, if he was out in the tropics trying to get images of canopy butterflies, that is the lens you would need.
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Post by mygos on Mar 27, 2016 9:06:00 GMT
I will probably end up with both, but these are rather expensive lenses ! Anywhere, I will learn the equipment on everyday subject such as my dogs this morning and a few plants as the wether was cold and windy today. Then we will see which one is the priority ?
A+, Michel
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Post by nomad on Mar 27, 2016 10:13:54 GMT
Don't forget to show as the results Michel. It would be nice to see some images of French butterflies on the forum.
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Post by mygos on Mar 27, 2016 13:17:12 GMT
To tell you Peter, I have not seen my first butterfly on the property yet this year Cold and windy ... The only nice day, I was at work ! Next weekend look OK for first butterflies and snakes A+, Michel
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Post by tv on Mar 27, 2016 15:32:21 GMT
I originally started out using a 60 mm macro lens on my Nikon, but quickly found you have to get too close to your subject to get much in the way of macro. Fast forward a few years (add a real job that pays better than grad school) and I upgraded to a 200 mm F4 Nikon macro lens. The working distance is at least a foot from the end of the lens when going 1:1. I added a Nikon R1 macro flash that lets me take photos in any light. Here are a couple examples of pinned specimens indoors. All were hand-held The first pic is from further away, but as you get closer the background gets further out of focus so that in the second photo you can't really see the foam base even though it's only an inch or so below the wing.
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Post by deliasfanatic on Mar 27, 2016 17:26:54 GMT
Keep in mind, Michel, that your camera has a .6 magnification factor compared to a full frame sensor. That means that a 100 macro is similar to 160 on full frame, and the 100-400 zoom is like 160-640.
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Post by tv on Mar 27, 2016 20:06:41 GMT
That's a good point. With the crop sensor you're able to stay a little further back.
Another thing that may or may not work, depending on your setup is to add extension tubes that can give you magnifications greater than 1:1. The problem there is that it really takes a lot of light to get a good exposure as you extend. Here's where a good flash system can really help out.
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Post by mygos on Apr 4, 2016 11:22:13 GMT
I am happy to be able to show my first butterfly photo for 2016 with my new camera. Taken this morning at 9h30 in my garden ... A+, Michel
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Post by wollastoni on Apr 4, 2016 11:24:55 GMT
I love the shadow ! Nice one Michel !
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Post by mygos on Apr 4, 2016 12:02:05 GMT
Thank you Olivier, he was taking the sun nicely ...
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Post by nomad on Apr 6, 2016 17:15:00 GMT
Nice to see the Polygonia c-album are out in France too. An interesting shot Michel, Great shadow with those ragged wings. I see that you had luck finding some special reptiles too.
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Post by mygos on May 20, 2016 20:21:50 GMT
This is my second shot Not many butterflies this year A+, Michel
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