Damn my bad, did not notice it under the post from all the excitement. That's pretty sharp glass for a really good price. Have you used it for anything else than macros? And looks like it's f/8 or more in some images. Any macro light for the bugs?
Yeah, its is great value for money for sure. I think now that I'd get one of the new Laowa macro lenses if i was choosing a lens. They are insanely sharp for a reasonable cost. I've done a bit of portraiture with it but nothing of note. Most of these were shot at f11-f16 and yes, I use a macro flash diffuser which I talked about in this post. Cant go more than f16 with that lens really before diffraction starts kicking in.
Yeah, pretty much. Recycle time on the flash can be a bit restrictive too as i'm shooting 1/1 power at 200iso/f16 through that diffuser. With my older diffuser I could get away with 1/4 power so could fire off a few shots in quick succession. Better to use a macro rail to do stacking anyway. Real hard out in the field.
Damn my bad, did not notice it under the post from all the excitement. That's pretty sharp glass for a really good price. Have you used it for anything else than macros? And looks like it's f/8 or more in some images. Any macro light for the bugs?
Yeah, its is great value for money for sure. I think now that I'd get one of the new Laowa macro lenses if i was choosing a lens. They are insanely sharp for a reasonable cost. I've done a bit of portraiture with it but nothing of note. Most of these were shot at f11-f16 and yes, I use a macro flash diffuser which I talked about in this post. Cant go more than f16 with that lens really before diffraction starts kicking in.
https://peakd.com/hive-174578/@markangeltrueman/an-initial-review-of-my-new-macro-diffuser
And focus stacking is probably unreasonable with most of the bugs? Unless you get'm while they are sleeping in the morning :)
Yeah, pretty much. Recycle time on the flash can be a bit restrictive too as i'm shooting 1/1 power at 200iso/f16 through that diffuser. With my older diffuser I could get away with 1/4 power so could fire off a few shots in quick succession. Better to use a macro rail to do stacking anyway. Real hard out in the field.
Depth of field is still pretty decent though at f/16. Great shots, will be waiting for more.