Very nice macro using a 60mm. I am guessing you used a +10 Filter on it? I really like the depth of field. I am guessing the aperture was set to max to allow max light to enter the lens? I am sure it depends on the picture and you might have changed it at every shot? Excellent shots.
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no! I dont have any filters. pure lens.
last summer I had a trouble with my full-frame 5D, but happily had my old (pioneer!) 350D with me, thats why I used Tamron 60mm (it has bayonet suitable with cropped 350D, but cant be mounted to the f-frame 5d).
the depth of field... isnt that high, actually. this can be seen very well in other takes on this lizzard. I guess this one turned out well cause I didnt approach camera too close to it, besides that it was very very small object.
ps. it was captured under direct sunlight, I didnt set aperture to max. I can check exact settings, if you're curios.
glad you liked it! - !PIZZA
Thank you for clarifying. This is very interesting to me. Makes sense. I never used a 60mm prime lens before, but i always thought one that's higher like 105mm or 135mm might be suitable macro on smaller objects or some insects. Although i did once try a 24mm with a macro filter and found it interesting. I narrowed the depth of field by reducing the aperture.
60mm or 150mm - that does make sense in the key of capturing shy creatures... true.
BUT on another hand, it provides me serious problems with timings. tele has to use timings accordingly... i.e. 150mm means I should use 1/150 or so... not less. otherwise I got all the bad consequences (as I am using it without tripod. just handy work). 150mm also means it is extremely weighty. less then 1kg but... apparently so. more than 1kg with the f-f camera. I dont want to say it is bad - no! its a great lens I am in love with, it became my everyday... it has a great bokeh and light-power. but it does have pros and contras, and after trying 60mm and 150mm, I want to get 100 or 90mm.. . which will be less weighty, and allow me doing shorter timings from hands.
extra lens can be used to get 2:1 instead of 1:1 magnification. (I was considering getting from ebay the Raynox DCR-150 ... and would love to try it still... maybe, someday.. when HIVE arises to 3-4 dollars ) combining that with a bigger distance from object, you may be getting a less narrow DOF.
reducing the aperture doesnt allow to increase DOF sufficiently... it is still 1-2-3mm, not 10-15mm.
60, 100, 150mm lens - they all have the same 1:1 magnification.
are you in the know of #Laova lens? they have some manual telephotos having 2:1! which is superb for macro on a good full-frame camera. I didnt have a chance to test this even once.