Link to macro lens roundup?

I remember seeing this great compariosion of 3 Canon, 3 Sigma and 2 Tamron macro lenses but cannot find it. Anyway I ordered me a 90mm Tamron macro cause I remember it gettnig rather good review compared to price...

Hi PekkaM

Is this the link you where looking for:

http://www.orchideen-kartierung.de/Macro100​E.html

The Tamron does indeed do well. I am not sure how accurate the test is tough as i own the Sigma 105mm and think it is sharp throughout its range... in fact every time i use this lens i am astonished by its sharpness.

Good luck with the Tamron. Its supposed to be great also

Richie

That's it. Thanks!

I would not put too much stock into this review as the Sigma 105mm f2.8 macro lens I have is much much sharper then the results shown in the review.

RichieHatch wrote:
Hi PekkaM

Is this the link you where looking for:

http://www.orchideen-kartierung.de/Macro100​E.html

The Tamron does indeed do well. I am not sure how accurate the test is tough as i own the Sigma 105mm and think it is sharp throughout its range... in fact every time i use this lens i am astonished by its sharpness.

Good luck with the Tamron. Its supposed to be great also

Richie

Extremely impressed that you picked up a german link on your first post but wonder what an Isirh Nut is?

One thing that came up: Does the 1.6-factor also affect macro photography somehow? Like do I get with 1:1 macro a 21,875mm object to fill frame (35mm/1.6)?

You get 1:1.6

I wonder, does anyone have MP-E65? I'm trying to convince myself I don't need that luxury, but I think eventually I'll fail and buy it.

karusel wrote:
You get 1:1.6

I wonder, does anyone have MP-E65? I'm trying to convince myself I don't need that luxury, but I think eventually I'll fail and buy it.

I thought of it for a while but soon realised I probably couldn't focus it on anything

How does one achive those shots of flying bees etc. with few millimeters of depth of field anyway? Prefocus and lots of exposures?

I'm not gonna buy a dedicated flash for macro photography ever (yeah, right! :roll so I was wondering would my 550EX be any use with that Tamron lens if I used something like omnibounce on it?

Sorry Samdring, thats supposed to read Irish Nut. Thats a breed of nut that grows on a small island just to the west of the UK.

As for the German macro post..... I have been browsing and absorbing (this forum and a few others) for the last year or so. I had bookmarked it a while back when doing research on Macro lens. As it happens I didnt take the advice it gave on the Sigma 105mmf2.8 but instead borrowed a friends version and tested it and loved it.....!

PekkaM - I read an article (that i will try to dig up) on how one macro enthusiast photographs flying wasps etc.... he had a serious setup with big studio flashs etc... etc... If i can find it i will link it for you but maybe you can do it with cheaper equipment... not sure...!

Richie

Some people do it.

But my thought flow went the other way; the majority of SLR and compact users shoots in focal range of 17-300, few go above, fewer below, some buy a macro lens, but perhaps 1 in 10.000 would be crazy enough to get a MP-E 65 WITH Macro twin lite flash unit. However, the crazy one benefits from being able to take 'impossible shots'. MP-E is tack sharp at all apertures at all magnifications, well due to DOF issue it would always have to be the smallest aperture, but that is absolutely not a problem when using the twins which by the way offer some effects.