macro to close up
Mar 19, 2013 12:27:50 #
hello,please bare with me. i enjoy close up photography not macro.there are"macro lenes" but i hav'nt notice any lenses marketed as close up. i think they don't exist as a particular type of lenes.i would be using it for flowers, bees,ect.i have a 35mm 1.8,18-55,and 50-300mm.can someone give me some advice;hope my post makes some sense thank's
Mar 19, 2013 12:32:41 #
All manufacturers will list a "minimum focusing distance" in the specs on their lenses. This will give you a good guideline for what you seek. Any large focal length lens with a fairly "close" minimum focusing distance will give you good results.
Mar 19, 2013 12:33:18 #
I think there are close-up lenes that screw onto your lens like a filter. Google close up lens and you will find a bunch of them.
Mar 19, 2013 12:33:30 #
bigb wrote:
hello,please bare with me. i enjoy close up photography not macro.there are"macro lenes" but i hav'nt notice any lenses marketed as close up. i think they don't exist as a particular type of lenes.i would be using it for flowers, bees,ect.i have a 35mm 1.8,18-55,and 50-300mm.can someone give me some advice;hope my post makes some sense thank's
Almost all lenses will take close-ups, macro is a different category of lens. There is a macro forum here that should answer all your questions. http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/s-102-1.html
Mar 19, 2013 12:37:15 #
thank's for help,one more thing if i may? what do you consider "fairley close"inches please.
Mar 19, 2013 12:39:14 #
bigb wrote:
thank's for help,one more thing if i may? what do you consider "fairley close"inches please.
Again, that depends on the focal length. I have a Nikon 28-300mm that focuses down to 13 inches at all focal lengths, to me that's fairly close for a 300mm, but not very close for 28mm. It does provide nice close-ups too.
Mar 19, 2013 12:41:56 #
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Mar 19, 2013 12:46:33 #
i have a set of "macro"lens filters i'am still playing with,but they dont give you much shooting room.what i want to do is fill a frame with a bee or flower from about12"or so.
Mar 19, 2013 13:26:19 #
A "Macro" lens doesn't have to be used for "true-macro" shots, it just allows you to take pictures at a range that will ALLOW you to get true macro results. This capability would also make them excellent choices for 'close-ups' if the other lenses you look at don't allow you to get as close as you want.
Mar 19, 2013 13:32:52 #
Just about any lens that is a zoom and marketed as macro is actually a close up lens not a macro lens.
Mar 19, 2013 13:43:12 #
Pepper
Loc: Planet Earth Country USA
I have a set of close up filters and I don't have much luck with them. I have never been able to get a real crisp image compared to what I get with my 105mm Macro lens. I bought the more expensive close up filters but still not the results I was hoping for. Having said that it could well be that I just don't have the skills needed to get good results with them.
Mar 19, 2013 13:53:10 #
bigb wrote:
Please use the Quote Reply tab, so we know to whom your comments are directed.apreciate your help.i'lldo that
Mar 19, 2013 13:55:19 #
Nikonian72 wrote:
bigb wrote:
Please use the Quote Reply tab, so we know to whom your comments are directed.apreciate your help.i'lldo that
Just 'back off' a bit!!! I took it that the OP was addressing MULTIPLE people! You have a tendency to get too picky!!
Mar 19, 2013 14:26:55 #
Wahawk wrote:
Did you forget your meds this morning? Again? The "Chill Pill" is the big mint-green one.Just 'back off' a bit!!! I took it that the OP was addressing MULTIPLE people! You have a tendency to get too picky!!
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