Let me take a shot at maybe clarifying what I think a macro shot is .. all the experts out there reading is free to comment or outright disagree.Thanks draken. So now..in my knowledge. macro shooting is to shoot a small subject that are difficult to shoot with normal lens. thennnnnnnnnn..must buy ONE MACRO LENS or CONVERTER,,hahaha.k power.
Netjackal..i wanna buy like urs..$30 dollar only rite?? hehhe
Draken ..what is raynox 250..hehe lens or camera?
Let me take a shot at maybe clarifying what I think a macro shot is .. all the experts out there reading is free to comment or outright disagree.
Macro shots for me need to fulfill 2 conditions. The subject is very small. The subject appears almost in actual size on your frame/sensor. Some people technically classify macro as shots where the subject is taken at 1:1 magnification or more. So what does 1:1 magnification mean?
assuming you are using a film SLR .. your 'sensor' is your film which is 35mm = 3.5cm (1000D sensor is 1.6x smaller than that hence you will hear people say we have a cropped camera). Let's use a ruler as a subject. If you see the pic below .. you see that frm left to right I managed to get 14cm into the frame 14cm/3.5cm = 4. Hence we managed to get 1:4 magnification or the image ON the frame/sensor/film is 1/4 the size of the actual thing.
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Now I went in closer and got 7cm coverage and now I have 1:2 magnification.
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Finally I went in even closer and got side-to-side 3.5cm that means 1:1 magnification.
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Technically the 1000D is a cropped sensor so the sensor is 22.2mm wide .. so the following shot is closer to being 1:1.
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Macro lenses usually are capable of at least 1:1 magnification. They allow you to do that by having optics that allow you to still focus when the subject is relatively (relative to the focal length of the lens) near.
Think of the Raynox DCR-250 as a very good magnifying glass. It increases the magnification and allows you to take fantastic shots especially if it is combined with a macro lens. It is the same thing if you reverse the 50mm lens in front of your lens. You get a +20 diopter. I believe the DCR-250 is a +10 diopter but I might be wrong.
Sorry for the long post but I dunno how to explain this any shorter.
Let me take a shot at maybe clarifying what I think a macro shot is .. all the experts out there reading is free to comment or outright disagree.
Macro shots for me need to fulfill 2 conditions. The subject is very small. The subject appears almost in actual size on your frame/sensor. Some people technically classify macro as shots where the subject is taken at 1:1 magnification or more. So what does 1:1 magnification mean?
assuming you are using a film SLR .. your 'sensor' is your film which is 35mm = 3.5cm (1000D sensor is 1.6x smaller than that hence you will hear people say we have a cropped camera). Let's use a ruler as a subject. If you see the pic below .. you see that frm left to right I managed to get 14cm into the frame 14cm/3.5cm = 4. Hence we managed to get 1:4 magnification or the image ON the frame/sensor/film is 1/4 the size of the actual thing.
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Now I went in closer and got 7cm coverage and now I have 1:2 magnification.
![]()
Finally I went in even closer and got side-to-side 3.5cm that means 1:1 magnification.
![]()
Technically the 1000D is a cropped sensor so the sensor is 22.2mm wide .. so the following shot is closer to being 1:1.
![]()
Macro lenses usually are capable of at least 1:1 magnification. They allow you to do that by having optics that allow you to still focus when the subject is relatively (relative to the focal length of the lens) near.
Think of the Raynox DCR-250 as a very good magnifying glass. It increases the magnification and allows you to take fantastic shots especially if it is combined with a macro lens. It is the same thing if you reverse the 50mm lens in front of your lens. You get a +20 diopter. I believe the DCR-250 is a +10 diopter but I might be wrong.
Sorry for the long post but I dunno how to explain this any shorter.
Powerla Netjackal.
Very brief..learn a lot too..hey remember huh..on our outing dun forget to demo ur macro tools..seem interesting.....dun forget huh.hehe
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Bro, very dark leh!!!
Wats the best iso for bright light during sports photography.. wanna test it out this saturday during mountain bike carnival in tampines
justin, i like the picture of the guitar fret..
but its too dark lah.. compensate the lighting lah.
if not, try black and white. will definitely set the mood..
This looks like my comb.