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billh101
23rd of March 2008 (Sun), 22:13
I got my first macro lens this weekend. There is going to be some learning curve, but I'm having a blast with it already. Here are my results from day one...

http://www.pbase.com/billhuegerich/close_up
pops77
23rd of March 2008 (Sun), 23:18
Humm, PBase is acting up, at least for me. I have no doubt that your going to love your 100mac! Enjoy!
ooo
23rd of March 2008 (Sun), 23:29
yea sites acting up for me too, but enjoy the lens!
DVS_WiNdz
23rd of March 2008 (Sun), 23:32
At the moment it's not working for me too. Congrats on your lens though.
billh101
24th of March 2008 (Mon), 05:59
PBase appears to be working ok now.
ooo
24th of March 2008 (Mon), 07:36
Did you use a flash? I noticed iso 100, f16.
billh101
24th of March 2008 (Mon), 09:24
Did you use a flash? I noticed iso 100, f16.

Yes, I don't have a TTL flash, so I used a manual flash. For a diffuser, I cut the ends off a milk jug and wrapped it around the lens. You can actually see the milk jug in the reflection in the eye picture. But, for the non-reflective surfaces like the flowers, I thought it worked out pretty well. Being new to macro, it is still odd to me that f/16 and f/22 are pretty shallow depth of field when focused this close.