Bought a Sony a6000 love it but... Was using it then would not recognise that the 50mm 1.8 lens was attached tried with another lens the 16-50mm same thing, would not show any aperture info. Took it to camera store they seen it for themselves (they then proceeded to do a full restore without my knowledge which I will now have to reinstall all previous apps and firmwares for bugger me) so I then took it to Sony to have a look, damn thing worked fine hopefully when they test it, it will play up for them to see for themselves I have not received it back yet. If anyone has had the same issue was it fixed successfully if it does happen to you get a video of it so you can record it to show them I should have done this at least they then could see it happen.

Thanks to all replies you have all been great I was tthinking of the mpe 65 and lots of practice

Hey, a quick question I have a Canon 7d and a Tamron 90mm macro which I focus stacked this fly's photo with. I was interested in trying this lens reversal thing for macro and have heard that if you use a wider focal length lens you can get greater magnification than a dedicated macro lens? Is this true. The lenses I currently own are 10-22mm, 24-105mm and a Sigma 50mm 1.4, I want to get so much better shots of just the eyes for example. I am looking at so many true macro images lately and wondering how they get so close without scaring them off? Are their bugs victims of death before a shoot also. Sorry my main question is how do I get these magnified head shots.

Dooragdragon I hope you post some picks from the rokinon lens do you like it

All cameras have their pros and cons, I researched this many times, different brands and different cameras back and forth over and over spec vs spec, youtube video after video reviews before I chose to upgrade from my Canon 30D to my new Canon 7D, not because it's the greatest but due to the fact that budget is an option for me and as I already had some good canon glass I stuck with canon.
Basically, in a lot of reviews and discussions I have come across its not just the camera that should determine greatness of the product, it would be the person controlling the camera and who is willing to put in the effort required to master its controls basically.
Hope this helps.
Kind regards,
Food for thought?

I have a 90mm tamron macro 2.8 did you take multiple images and stack them for this image

I own and use a canon 10-22mm lens with great results, but with any wide angle lens you will get some distortion. With the use of Adobe Lightroom you can correct to a certain degree.

YouTube has been great for some interesting tutorials snd had some grest results for startrail and time lapses. Just purchased a Tony Northrup stunning digital photography book which gives assessment takes for you to complete after each chapter. Only got it last night so I will check it out.

It was a 6 week course at a high school 1 day a week after work which was organised by a college. I was going to do an online course but thought a class environment would be more beneficial for me.

Just finished a six week beginners/ intermediate course and learned a lot to help get me on my way to improvement. Thanks for the comment. Cant wait to book in for my next class.

Woo hoo it turned out to be a spot of oil. They checked the shutter curtains as well with no residual so it was obviously a manufacturer problem I can only imagine. Thanks for all replies, happy snapping from now on fingers crossed.

Took it back to store today and hopefully a clean will get rid of it. I pray that is all it is and not some
defected sensor, as I thought it was a chip or something.

I had just purchased a canon 7d on the 04/07/13 and have noticed something in all my pics. Depending on the depth of field it was hardly noticeable, I am taking it back where I bought it from hopefully for a replacement if it cannot be just cleaned?

Thanks to all who replies great comments thanks for helping.

I imagined that would be the case thanks for your reply