Check out this macro image!

[alwayslooking]

Hey Guys,

I read on the board about some disappointment with the built in macro on the G3.

I took this shot today with the on board macro only and then used some sharpening techniques in PS Elements.

A little digital lightroom optimization might be all you need!!

Thanks for any comments.

http://www.shutterfreaks.com/albums/Mo-Macros/1066_G.jpg

[IanC]

Hi,
Like alwayslooking I find that the built in macro in the G3 is sufficient for 90+% of my needs. I have taken the below orchid picture without any editing though.
http://images.fotopic.net/?id=1777113&outx=760&oq=0

[phili1]

Super shots. I am getting to love macro.

[CyberDyneSystems]

These look great!

[submannz]

how about this?

+10 close up filter attached to my G3.

http://www.fotofile.org/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=979&size=big&password=&sort=1&cat=500

Have a look at some other macro photo's I have posted here.

Also check out megaweb's photo gallery, lots of macro shots

[FlyingPete]

submannz wrote:
how about this?

+10 close up filter attached to my G3.

http://www.fotofile.org/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=979&size=big&password=&sort=1&cat=500

Have a look at some other macro photo's I have posted here.

Also check out megaweb's photo gallery, lots of macro shots


How on earth do you focus that close up! I have got a +4, and that is hard enough!

BTW great shots!

[submannz]

+10 is actually very easy you can see on the LCD the slightest focus blur when at that size. Taken on tripod and moved the flower until it was in focus

[alwayslooking]

submannz wrote:
how about this?


I haven't ventured into doing the really, really close up stuff.

Do these filters simply screw on the end of the adapter?

Is it best to use Canon filters?

Phil

[pedlaruk]

I have Sunigor +10 and +15 filters which work great with the G3 on the adaptor.

Have a look at the leafbug shot for an example on page 2 of my Photopoints portfolio:

http://pedlar.photopoints.com

the bug in the shot was just under 1cm long!

regards,

Roy

[mcolella]

Here is what you can do with a reverse SLR lens...

Jumping Spider (G3 + Zeiss Planar 50/1.4) (http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1921985)


Regards

[alwayslooking]

pedlaruk wrote:
I have Sunigor +10 and +15 filters which work great with the G3 on the adaptor.

Have a look at the leafbug shot for an example on page 2 of my Photopoints portfolio:



Very nice Roy! Very nice work overall in your portfolio too.

I guess you're not going to get very much DOF with these lense configurations. Probably would need apertures over f16?

Also, I've seen Photopoint before. Looks like a very cool place. Do you like it?? Been there long??

Thanks

Phil

[alwayslooking]

mcolella wrote:
Here is what you can do with a reverse SLR lens...

Jumping Spider (G3 + Zeiss Planar 50/1.4) (http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1921985)



Real nice MC. I need to read up on this again in past forum posts.

Thanks

Phil

[submannz]

mcolella do you get much vignetting with the SLR reverse lense, and have you mounted it, does it make it hard to setup the shot with the extra weight off the front?

Phil I have a lensemate adapter with 52mm thread and the +10 filter just screws on the front of my UV lense protection filter.

[1rushfan]

That jumping spider is INSANE! I will say this...unless you guys are using macro on a completely flat surface, please make sure you have enough lighting to go all the way to F8.0! Depth of field is key!

[FlyingPete]

I am wanting to give this a try, however I am having a lot of trouble finding a 58mm reversing ring down in this part of the world, also I currently have a Canon EF28-105USM with a 58mm filter thread, as this lens in no where near as fast as the Zeiss Planar 50/1.4, I am not sure it will be suitable unless the subject is completely still?

[nomel]

1rushfan wrote:
That jumping spider is INSANE! I will say this...unless you guys are using macro on a completely flat surface, please make sure you have enough lighting to go all the way to F8.0! Depth of field is key!

Will having a lens with a min F-Stop, then reducing the iris to give a high F-Stop be beneficial? Or, can a non-fast lens be used without any disadvantages? Intuitively, it seems the fast one would still be better, but is this wrong?

[mcolella]

Here is the way I did spider shot:

I mounted Planar lens using LA-DC58B and a male to male ring adapter. Since Zeiss Planar is F1.4 I got a minimal vignetting (it is also very important to keep SLR lens as closer al possible to G3 lens. With my ring adapter this distance is about 3mm). Then is very important to have a good subject lighting: I use the flash. Not an external end expasive one like 420EX but just the internal one. Of course you need a flash diffuser and I build one using a semitransparent food box (you can see it reflected into spider bigger eyes). In this way, you can shot at F8 (I mean G3 aperture, the SRL lens must be set to its max aperture) to have maximum DOF. I shot spider in free hands, this is simple enought since you are very close to it and it is on the wall: holding the (heavy) SLR lens with left hand you can put a finger on the wall to stabilize lens-camera assembling to avoid blurr.
Do not forget to use F8 trik also to shot at 1/250 with flash to avoid blurr images in daylight conditions.

Of course spider was completly still.

Regards