![]() ![]() The good news is that you don’t need to buy expensive studio lights to achieve this. When you are shootin live insects/other moving elements you can’t really use long shutter speeds. You’ll need to use either longer shutter speed or increase the amount of light. The small aperture allows only a handful of light to be received by your camera’s image sensor, and your images are underexposed. Then you’ll have another problem on your hands. ![]() When you are starting out with macro photography you will soon notice that best results are achieved with small apertures. The laws of physics will have their say in this matter. Then how come macro lenses are not built in a way that the sharp area would be bigger? It’s not possible. The area in focus is about 0.6 inches (1.5 cm) on both sides. The area in focus is already so large that it fills the image. The smallest aperture on our 18-55 mm lens is f/36. The black squares on the right are 0.118 x 0.118 inches (3×3 mm) in size. The test chart is in front of the camera, and it is leaning back in 45 degree angle. The center of my lens is set on the same height as the zero, and the lens is focused to it. The following images are taken in a way where my camera is set on a tripod. The only way to adjust this is to set your lens aperture as small as possible, but even then the area that is drawn in sharp focus is only a inch or so. When your subject gets closer and the reproduction ratio of your lens grows bigger, the depth of field decreases. The depth of field describes the area that is in sharp focus in your image. If you aim for great results you should check your ’Point and shoot -mentality’ at the door. What a crappy lens! Macro photography (at least in my opinion) is not for a hasty person. The images look soft, dark and even the lens doesn’t do what you want. Otherwise you can become frustrated really quickly and start pulling your hair out. One should learn the basics of macro photoraphy before jumping in to the world of macro. The image size after heavy cropping is also small, and printing a bigger image is quite impossible. Otherwise your cropped image has just noise, color aberration and softness. You just need to have a really good camera and a hight quality lens. All I need to do is to crop my image, and the bug will show just fine! Partially true. I have so many pixels in my camera that I don’t need a macro. If you print the image, say in 3000 px width, then it’s no wonder that the bug starts to look like a monster. Camera sensor holds amazing amount of pixels. Macro lens can take you so close to your small subject that it fills your camera’s sensor (and also your viewfinder) completely. How about now? The tip in the image is same size as a tip of a real pencil. Again, focus as close as you can and view the image in 24 mm height. Wait a minute – in REAL size? Those images of bugs look like horrific monsters! Lets take another picture but first we should change our lens to macro. With those you can display your object in real size. Mosts purists would argue that only lenses which have 1:1 reproduction ratio can be called real macro lenses. Do you notice anything? The tip on the image is only one third in size compared to a real pencil. After you have taken the shot, view the image in 24 mm height. You are using a Nikon body with 18-55 mm lens and you are focusing as close as possible. Let’s imagine that you hold the camera on its side and take a picture of a tip of a pencil. ![]() Its biggest reproduction ratio is about 1:3. A common kit lens sold with these cameras has a 18-55 mm focus range. The width of the image sensor on budget price DSLR is 24 mm (Nikon) or 22 mm (Canon). If you have ever seen an close up image of a bug, it is probably taken by using macro techniques. Actual macro lens will bring the details even closer, and those who are true enthusiasts in this field have achieved amazing results. This option provides ’macro-like’ results, and for many they are sufficient. Focus Nordic has once again shown kindness towards our blog, and lend us the latest macro lens from Tamron for testing purposes.Įveryone who has ever held a camera in his/her hands must have noticed that there is a marco setting in Point and shoot -cameras and even on camera phones. The one holding the camera is usually my husband, and he has more knowledge in this area, so he will be holding the pen this time. Our aim is to tell you in a simple way what macro photography is, and what uses it has in jewelry photography. This is also our first photography article translated into English. It seems that at least once a year we write an article that has something to do with photography. ![]()
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