Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/07/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jul 8, 2011, at 11:19 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > I'm game! So what's the difference between a macro shot and a close up? I've always heard the term macro photography used to infer that the subject on the film/sensor is close to life size + or - (and requires lenses corrected for that working distance as well as some form of "bellows [tube] factor") and micro referring 1:1 and beyond and closeup more generally referring to anything from 1:5 and closer except in hollywood where it always meant nearly filling the screen with the actor's head obviously the terms are thrown about liberally these days Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist