Newbie Photograhing outing
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Fireemblem
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am interested if there is still a place for me.
1. We have stopped taking in ppl. Thanks for the interest.
I was thinking of looking for 1 to 2 ppl to go photographing. Never expected to end up with
a big group but it's ok 'cos can make more friends.
The final list is on the first thread.
2. Let's set the date on 28 Feb morning 9am to Hort Park as it is nearer to a MRT station,
Harbourfront. More convenient for everyone either driving or not. We shall meet at the
Harbourfront mrt station at 8.30am.
Have to be early 'cos no point shooting near noon. Too glaring and too hot.
3. Please PM me your contact.
I was thinking of looking for 1 to 2 ppl to go photographing. Never expected to end up with
a big group but it's ok 'cos can make more friends.
The final list is on the first thread.
2. Let's set the date on 28 Feb morning 9am to Hort Park as it is nearer to a MRT station,
Harbourfront. More convenient for everyone either driving or not. We shall meet at the
Harbourfront mrt station at 8.30am.
Have to be early 'cos no point shooting near noon. Too glaring and too hot.
3. Please PM me your contact.
Galdor
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No problem bro. I have an adapter which you can use on your kit lens.
whoa no joke.
So paiseh man.
:embrass:
To be very frank, you can use your kit lens to take macros of flowers. Using say a +4 filter isn't going to be much use since the magnification you are going to get won't be that much.
Galdor
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To be very frank, you can use your kit lens to take macros of flowers. Using say a +4 filter isn't going to be much use since the magnification you are going to get won't be that much.
yo bro, which means..?!?!....+4 close up filter wun help out much in marco shot?
intend to buy hoya +4 close up for my kit lens n 55-250mm IS de...
intend to check e price on saturday or when free...
do provide me the estimated price if any1 has an idea..
thz!
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Excel-glsi
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Hi Catsim,
Sat 28th I cannot attend @ 8.30am.I had a photo shoot followed by another session of teaching Elementary classes.
Hope to see your next outing.Do keep me posted.I luv to join you.
Thank you.
The Hoya +4 filter is about $27 at Cathay Photo.
If you use the +4 filter on your 18-55 kit lens, the magnification is very little even at 55mm. If you want to use the +4 filter, you should use it on your 55-250 and even then, you need to use at ard 100mm and above to get any meaningful magnification. Do take note that once you use the +4 filter, your focusing distance becomes 25cm and you should manually turn your focusing ring to MIN focusing distance to get MAX magnification.
A +10 filter or the Raynox DCR250 would be the best in this case. However, for both the +10 and Raynox, you probably won't be able to use it past 200mm due to the very thin DOF which makes focusing very difficult.
I currently have a set of close up filters (+1, +2, +4 & +10) as well as the Raynox DCR250 which I use occasionally on my 55-250 lens. When using the Raynox DCR250 on your 55-250 lens, you will get vignetting until ard 70mm.
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So far, I have 3 confirmed according to the namelist and 2 (not in the namelist) through sms saying that they are interested.
I think there are quite a few spots that we could proceed from Harbourfront Mrt, namely, hort park, the Marang Trail, Henderson wave even the vivo city itself.
Since the group is pretty small and I anticipate a few ppl to drop out eventually, we could change (if we want to) the final destination when we meet since most of us are not good in macro (inlcuding me, i have no macro lens).
I think there are quite a few spots that we could proceed from Harbourfront Mrt, namely, hort park, the Marang Trail, Henderson wave even the vivo city itself.
Since the group is pretty small and I anticipate a few ppl to drop out eventually, we could change (if we want to) the final destination when we meet since most of us are not good in macro (inlcuding me, i have no macro lens).
Get a +5 instead... Its better...
hm...seem like close up filter works better than Raynox DCR250??
n to Excel-glsi: is there +5 close up filter?..or i gonna buy +4 and +1 then stack 2gether?..coz so far still haven't heard of +5...stil noob..
n sad...this sat i can't join liao...recalled tat i gonna go hometeam NS for an event...gosh..how i wish i can do go for this event..wasted!!!
xintothezonex
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hie catsim..
Im sori dat on this sat I'm unable to join you! last min plans as i have to things to do
on that day! can have someone take my slot if u want.
would love to join u if there is a nxt time.
terribly sori.. let me know if u goin for shoot and do post yr pics on this coming sat shoot!
looking forward to see it!
cheers!
Rayox DCR250 actually is better than the closeup filters because it has 3 elments compared to the single element close up filter.
Like I said, for ALL closeup filters, the DOF is going to get thinner once the zoom becomes longer. The only issue is how much thinner it is going to get and when it gets unacceptably thin.
The only difference between a +4 and a +10 filter is the magnification you are going to get at the SAME zoom. A +10 filter is going to give u much geater magnification at ALL zoom ranges.
The +10 filter can be used on your 18-55 kit lens whereas the +4 filter won't give u much magnification if used on the kit lens.
Stacking the filters is not recommended espeically for single element filters.
Anyway, I have a set of +1, +2, +4 and +10 filters for the 55-250 lens. If you are free, you can join me on one of my macro outings to test out the filters on the 55-250 lens.
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Galdor
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OK, let me consolidate the name list for this Sat's outing.
Date: Feb 28, 2009
Time: 8.30am
Meeting place: HarbourFront MRT
1.catsim
2.kelvint81
3.astro833
4.Galdor
5.calvin
6. regi-nald
7. Fireemblem
8. Charm8
That should be all.
Of course, if you are confirm going, please do PM your contact to catsim as per requested in the 1st post.
See you all on Sat.
Praying for good weather now. :angel:
Date: Feb 28, 2009
Time: 8.30am
Meeting place: HarbourFront MRT
1.catsim
2.kelvint81
3.astro833
4.Galdor
5.calvin
6. regi-nald
7. Fireemblem
8. Charm8
That should be all.
Of course, if you are confirm going, please do PM your contact to catsim as per requested in the 1st post.
See you all on Sat.
Praying for good weather now. :angel:
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