Close-ups
Sep 6, 2011 22:09:44 #
I really like shooting close-ups. I just love the finer details in pictures. Getting in close gets those details. These were shot with a Fujifilm Finepix S-1000 digital in Macro or super macro effect
Common Housefly
Pistles
Honeybee
Sep 7, 2011 07:02:36 #
I must say whats up with the foucas. I to took super macro shoots with a fine pix very early shots for me, everything on auto i sold that camera fast and bought a canon powershot. (SX30, is the new model)
Finepix super macro all auto
Canon SX 10 super macro manualy set
Sep 7, 2011 09:25:00 #
Travis
Loc: Wetumpka, Alabama
I too had a Fuji Fine pix and did not like the photos that it took. The only thing I liked about it was its ability to capture HD video which it did do quite well. That first photo of the fly is, or appears to be really grainy to me, the second one of the flower is better.
Sep 7, 2011 11:55:24 #
I must say that I don't always get the perfect shot I'm after, but then the same holds true for other cameras I've shot with as well. But, I have had good results with the Fuji. Unfortunately I had most of my equipment stolen, and I found the Fuji for under $200, and I feel I get very good results with it. Having the versatility of going from normal modes to macro and telephoto, and the HD video and the quality I generally achieve makes me happy with it. I just recently, within the last year or so switched from film to digital so I'm still getting the feel of the camera. I hadn't shot on auto for many years and still have some trouble adapting to some of the auto functions. So far I'm pretty happy with it.
Sep 7, 2011 16:28:41 #
Sep 7, 2011 17:34:45 #
I have been told that when using macro, one should use manual settings and a tripod if possible.
Sep 7, 2011 22:35:03 #
That is true, and it definitely makes a steadier shot, but unfortunately if there isn't a tripod available you shoot with what you have when the opportunity is at hand. I've been pretty lucky, and I have a pretty steady hand. At least I used too. It isn't quite as steady as it was a few years back. Neither is my vision. But I won't give up shooting until I can't do it at all anymore.
Sep 8, 2011 03:59:40 #
Strubbles wrote:
I have been told that when using macro, one should use manual settings and a tripod if possible.
Not only a tripod but, because the dof can be almost razor thin, a macro slider might be needed (but not always), but in any case for true 1:1 macros and extream macros a tripod is all but mandatory if you want to get it right. Also a ring flash comes in very handy for doing closeup work.
Sep 8, 2011 04:29:38 #
ring flash mmm, thanks. I read the EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM lens from canon is the first lens to have image stabilizer that is like a jirascope alowing you to twist as well as wobble.
Sep 8, 2011 09:03:01 #
evandr wrote:
Not only a tripod but, because the dof can be almost razor thin, a macro slider might be needed (but not always), but in any case for true 1:1 macros and extream macros a tripod is all but mandatory if you want to get it right. Also a ring flash comes in very handy for doing closeup work.
Strubbles wrote:
I have been told that when using macro, one should use manual settings and a tripod if possible.
Not only a tripod but, because the dof can be almost razor thin, a macro slider might be needed (but not always), but in any case for true 1:1 macros and extream macros a tripod is all but mandatory if you want to get it right. Also a ring flash comes in very handy for doing closeup work.
thanks...
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