STICKY:  Show us your Macro Rig

Candersson wrote in post #11527717
Ross, the shot of the coin in green was very nice!

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But why do have everything on the floor?

The only place I could put it at a reasonable level would be the bed, which isn't particularly solid. I'll have to find another way to set it up so it's at a reasonable working level - pretty bad on the neck & back, not to mention the headaches setting up the tripod causes!

Figured the best thing to take my first macro photo of would be a coin (or an old motherboard) so glad they turned out quite well!

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Here it is (EF 200 2.8L II + EF 50 1.4 reversed).

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Owl_79 wrote in post #11590353
Here it is (EF 200 2.8L II + EF 50 1.4 reversed).

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I like that sophisticated diffuser setup you have.

Gripped 7D, gripped, full-spectrum modfied T1i (500D), SX50HS, A2E film body, Tamzooka (150-600), Tamron 90mm/2.8 VC (ver 2), Tamron 18-270 VC, Canon FD 100 f/4.0 macro, Canon 24-105 f/4L,Canon EF 200 f/2.8LII, Canon 85 f/1.8, Tamron Adaptall 2 90mmf/2.5 Macro, Tokina 11-16, Canon EX-430 flash, Vivitar DF-383 flash, Astro-Tech AT6RC and Celestron NexStar 102 GT telescopes, various other semi-crappy manual lenses and stuff.

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Here's my macro rig. Please excuse the poor photo from my phone....The lumiquest diffuser is new and I haven't used it yet, I got it yesterday! The focus rail is the economy version from Adorama, the flash is a newish 580EX II, then there's the 100mm Macro IS L, my favorite new lens and of course the ole 7D.

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5DMKIII | EOS M | 14mm f/2.8 Rokinon | 15mm f/2.8 fisheye | 16-35mm f/4 L | 24-105mm L | 50mm f/1.4 USM | 100mm Macro f/2.8 L IS | 580ex II | Benro C2980F Veratile legs w/ Manfrotto 468MGRC2 Head | www.alaskanphotographs​.com

Less than two dolars, but have to find the right tupper

The results in the Blog!

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This extension tubes + 100L + a Canon EOS 500D.

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Here without the tubes.

Waiting for a flashbracket from dealextreme and planning to buy a Raynox DCR-250.

Result with 100mm and tubes:

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com/​photos/keldererik/5418​981075/

7D gripped & Canon 500D | Canon 24-70 f/2.8L | Canon 70-200mm f/4L | Canon 100mm f/2.8L | Canon EF 25 II & 12 II | Canon Speedlite 430 EXII | Canon OC-E3 | Lee Filters: .6ND HG, 3 CORAL GRAD | Manfrotto 190XDB

wanted to try a Novoflex flexible arm, but my usual camera store did not have any, so I got this smaller 8" Adorama arm to support my 270ex:
http://www.adorama.com​/LTCA2F.html

it seems to be pretty solid and the flash stays where you put it, not sure it can support larger flash guns, but for 270ex it's very good.

and with a DIY diffuser attached:

this flex arm has a 1/4" female thread at the bottom and 1/4" male thread at the top, the clamp will be used for other things (attached it to my wide angle A/C slave flash for now )

100D, 40D, 10-18 IS STM, 18-135 IS STM, Sigma 30/1.4, 40/2.8 STM, 60/2.8 macro, MP-E 65/2.8, 85/1.8, 70-200/4 L, 270EX, 430EX, MR-14ex, Metz 58 AF-1
EOS-M3 22/2, 18-55 is stm

algold wrote in post #11957119
wanted to try a Novoflex flexible arm, but my usual camera store did not have any, so I got this smaller 8" Adorama arm to support my 270ex:
http://www.adorama.com​/LTCA2F.html

it seems to be pretty solid and the flash stays where you put it, not sure it can support larger flash guns, but for 270ex it's very good.





and with a DIY diffuser attached:

this flex arm has a 1/4" female thread at the bottom and 1/4" male thread at the top, the clamp will be used for other things (attached it to my wide angle A/C slave flash for now )

What kind of bracket is that that the flex arm is attached to?

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apologies for the awful camera phone pics guys, here's my setup right now

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Dave Jr wrote in post #11957762
What kind of bracket is that that the flex arm is attached to?

It's the bottom part of my ebay C-bracket, which is quite good for the money I payed :

http://cgi.ebay.com …ories&hash=item​588ce715e5

100D, 40D, 10-18 IS STM, 18-135 IS STM, Sigma 30/1.4, 40/2.8 STM, 60/2.8 macro, MP-E 65/2.8, 85/1.8, 70-200/4 L, 270EX, 430EX, MR-14ex, Metz 58 AF-1
EOS-M3 22/2, 18-55 is stm

algold wrote in post #11960086
It's the bottom part of my ebay C-bracket, which is quite good for the money I payed :

http://cgi.ebay.com …ories&hash=item​588ce715e5

have you used the whole C-bracket before?
do you think it would hold the 430ex?

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