Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/25

[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]

Subject: [Leica] IMG: Small Insect at Work
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 20:07:24 -0400

Its great to have options and when you can try out both.

Mark William Rabiner
Photography
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/


> From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 18:45:28 -0500
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Small Insect at Work
> 
> Hi Mark,
> 
> I have a small Zuiko Digital 35/3.5 Macro Autofocus lens that I frequently
> use when chasing moving insects.  You are correct, it can be a big help.
> But, I also like the Elmarit-R 60 Macro for some shots, which must be
> focused manually.
> 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 6:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Small Insect at Work
> 
> 
>> I think if you're shooting a bug going from flower to flower AF can sure
>> help to the extend of actually making the shot possible when it wasn't
>> before.. I use AF with macro all the time and I think its a welcome help.
>> Not that I don't turn it off plenty of times.
>> 
>> Mark William Rabiner
>> Photography
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/
>> 
>> 
>>> From: Chris Crawford <chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com>
>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>>> Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 19:13:09 -0400
>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Small Insect at Work
>>> 
>>> Macro photography should be done with manual focus because of the
>>> extremely shallow depth of field. In order to get everything you need in
>>> focus to be sharp, you often have to focus partway between the closest
>>> and
>>> farthest objects in the image, and stop down accordingly. Autofocus does
>>> a
>>> poor job of this (and the fact that modern lenses lack depth of field
>>> indexes makes it hard to do manually too!). They include AF because the
>>> lens can be used at normal distances too, where AF works fine.
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Chris Crawford
>>> Fine Art Photography
>>> Fort Wayne, Indiana
>>> 260-437-8990
>>> 
>>> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com  My portfolio
>>> 
>>> http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com  My latest work!
>>> 
>>> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798
>>> Become a fan on Facebook
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 7/25/12 6:44 PM, "Douglas Sharp" <douglas.sharp at gmx.de> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Same with my Canon 20D, there?s some obscure setting
>>>> for reducing the proportion of flash that is so obvious
>>>> when you read the manual but immediately forgotten when
>>>> you want to use it:-)
>>>> 
>>>> What?s funny is that the Canon manual recommends using
>>>> manual focusing with their EF-S 60 mm AF Macro lens (so
>>>> why build it with AF in the first place?):-)
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers
>>>> Douglas
>>>> 
>>>> On 26.07.2012 00:19, Jim Nichols wrote:
>>>>> Thanks, Douglas. But, it takes some experimenting to
>>>>> make it balance out when using a manual-focus lens.
>>>>> On my Oly, flash only works full strength in the "A"
>>>>> position. :~(
>>>>> 
>>>>> Jim Nichols
>>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Sharp"
>>>>> <douglas.sharp at gmx.de>
>>>>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 4:34 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Small Insect at Work
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Very nice one Jim,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> goes to show that fill-flash can be invaluable at
>>>>>> times.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>> Douglas
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 25.07.2012 20:48, Jim Nichols wrote:
>>>>>>> While experimenting with fill flash, I caught this
>>>>>>> small insect deeply involved in his morning's work.
>>>>>>> Even the large bumble bees could not route him out.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> This is a small crop at 100% size.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Small+Insect.jpg.html
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Olympus E-510 with Leica Elmarit-R 60 Macro, ISO
>>>>>>> 200, RAW
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Jim Nichols
>>>>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>>> Leica Users Group.
>>>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for
>>>>>>> more information
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>> Leica Users Group.
>>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for
>>>>>> more information
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> Leica Users Group.
>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for
>>>>> more information
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Leica Users Group.
>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Leica Users Group.
>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> Leica Users Group.
>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information
>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Leica Users Group.
> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information




In reply to: Message from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] IMG: Small Insect at Work)