07-03-2016, 11:57 PM
Thanks for all responses! Yes, Mad Dutchman, you have been just about everywhere with macro from the sound of it! I've tried most macro tricks over the years, but the fact of having to watch dogs or children at the same time I am taking photos limits my options a bit. In short, give my a macro lens and a ring flash any day!
(I've only had the $100 Yongnou ring flash for a year or so) I want to do more with off axis lighting and do to money consideration Canon will be Y-o-n-g-n-o-u. (Well I think it is spelled that way).
I am surprised by your dislike of the Canon 100 L. I got to try one once and, honestly, I didn't think of it much either, but the camera had the buttons customized and you could not prefocus with the shutter button, which, was odd. You had to use your thumb on a different button, and of course move the camera slightly. On the one hand I thought the photo just had an average look to it. On the other hand, I saw it sitting in the number one position on a certain best lens list. Yet on the remaining two hands Sigma and Tamron lenses in that same range seem to have very strong representatives.
I haven't thought about tilt shift for macros, but I've always wanted one. I've never used one, but seen photos where the photographer "made the world look different" which is cool. He made it seem as though you were a tiny human in the land of the giants. I love stuff like that!
I should say I have Canon Close-up lenses in three sizes: 52, 55, and 72. I have extension tubes for EOS, and and actual set of metal M42 tubes. I have reversing rings too. But I really prefer just using a macro lens the best, and if I get a new one it will be for weather sealing and anti-shake, VC, perhaps. I'm jealous of built in anti shake systems in, for example, Olympus. I guess you could include Pentax. I recently saw a FF Pentax and it was rather large looking. The photographer did not seem to want to talk about it.
But I've committed to Canon. They've got the right stuff for me.
That's funny about the laughing. Hey! It's a lot better than crying for an hour. The fire you for stuff like that!
(I've only had the $100 Yongnou ring flash for a year or so) I want to do more with off axis lighting and do to money consideration Canon will be Y-o-n-g-n-o-u. (Well I think it is spelled that way).
I am surprised by your dislike of the Canon 100 L. I got to try one once and, honestly, I didn't think of it much either, but the camera had the buttons customized and you could not prefocus with the shutter button, which, was odd. You had to use your thumb on a different button, and of course move the camera slightly. On the one hand I thought the photo just had an average look to it. On the other hand, I saw it sitting in the number one position on a certain best lens list. Yet on the remaining two hands Sigma and Tamron lenses in that same range seem to have very strong representatives.
I haven't thought about tilt shift for macros, but I've always wanted one. I've never used one, but seen photos where the photographer "made the world look different" which is cool. He made it seem as though you were a tiny human in the land of the giants. I love stuff like that!
I should say I have Canon Close-up lenses in three sizes: 52, 55, and 72. I have extension tubes for EOS, and and actual set of metal M42 tubes. I have reversing rings too. But I really prefer just using a macro lens the best, and if I get a new one it will be for weather sealing and anti-shake, VC, perhaps. I'm jealous of built in anti shake systems in, for example, Olympus. I guess you could include Pentax. I recently saw a FF Pentax and it was rather large looking. The photographer did not seem to want to talk about it.
But I've committed to Canon. They've got the right stuff for me.
That's funny about the laughing. Hey! It's a lot better than crying for an hour. The fire you for stuff like that!