btw nice watch
Need to do it justice ! :bsmilie:
[ Discussion ] Macro Photography
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Need to do it justice ! :bsmilie:
hyperFocal
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Heh Heh Heh!
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hyperFocal
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Nice watch! Just curious : are they stored in their own special dry box? 'Cos of the leather.
I find shooting shinny surfaces a challenge. Gotta place the lights at just the right places.
Yeah, as suggested, focus stacking is a cheaper way to start. Have fun!
I find shooting shinny surfaces a challenge. Gotta place the lights at just the right places.
Yeah, as suggested, focus stacking is a cheaper way to start. Have fun!
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You need a proper macro lens like the Panny 45f2.8. Or used one of the legacy macro lenses from Nikon, Canon, etc. The longer lenses, equivalent to >90mm allow longer working distances to get 1:1 magnification. Finally lighting - either with a flash + good diffuser or more predictable - a proper lighting tent/table with proper lighting.
Indeed, the 12-50's macro isnt too shabby. The nice thing is the DOF is quite usable as well. Though not at the same level of magnification (& image quality) as a dedicated macro lens, the 12-50 with DTC turned on produces some acceptable results IMO.
Sorry to revive an old thread... has TS tried this? Macro Focus Stacking/Image Stacking Tutorial-How To Do Close-up Digital Photography - YouTube
There are many types of bracketing, focus bracketing being one type...unfortunately the E-M5 doesn't have focus bracketing which would be useful to help automate this. As someone who photographs miniatures professionally, you need to use "focus stacking" to combine multiple shots (there are tutorials on YouTube showing how to do this). You can't do this in one shot, even with tiny sized P&S sensored cameras.
You have to make sure the shots vary so the part of the shot furthest from the camera, to the closest part to the camera, and stack them all together.
I met someone who photographs Rolexes, and he takes 20 exposures for each item, not only changing the focus but changing the lighting to hightlight all of the elements of the face.
ageha
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How much did you pay for it?
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