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>Cheeto Dust Covered Bee Edition

1. Macro is based
2. Anything lower than f/16 is useless, anything over f/8 causes diffraction (we don't care)
3. Get a flash of some kind if you're doing handheld macro, get a softbox if your lighting is too harsh (it is)
4. 1x magnification can be overkill. Nobody cares if you hit 1x or greater, if it's framed like shit
5. 200mm for bugs, 100mm for all-purpose, lower focal lengths are memes
6. Extension tubes are cheap enough to dabble. Stick them on something between 50-200mm and go to town
7. Gear posts are allowed but keep it on topic
8. Any macro is encouraged. Bugs, plants, textures, minis etc. all welcome

Previous Thread >>4342854

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>>4376661 (OP)

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>>4376663

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>>4376665

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>>4376666

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>>4376661 (OP)
Macro is about the size of the object you're photographing and not the level of magnification you're using, right?
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>>4376735
Technically speaking it is about magnification, but practically speaking you are correct. Small things that generally need specific equipment to photograph properly. I mean, you can shoot at 1x mag with a person as your subject but all you're going to get is nose hair, so that's not really "macro" as we know it.
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>>4376746
Depending on sensor/film size. I suppose using large format film for macro is a bit of an extreme edge case these days. A headshot in 8x10, or a whole ass cat if you shot 20x24 could be at 1x magnification, but it's not in the spirit of macro.
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>>4377020

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>>4377022
I kinda enjoy the softness of this image.
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>>4378898
f/22 and I still didnt get the eye in focus, fuck my life.
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>>4378899
No, you did, they're probably diffracted to shit tho
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>>4378899
I'll tell you a little secret to get your macro shots more consistently in focus.
Figure out a way to use clear glass and a high power loupe to focus. Relying on ground glass or split prism is not precise enough.

Or just use a camera with excellent AF lol.
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>>4378899
Don't listen to the other retard, he has no clue
Use manual focus with peaking on
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>>4378898
Oh, you're shooting digital. Ignore my advice. It only works for film. Just be gay and focus stack 99 images if you're doing digital macro.
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>>4378993
>Just be gay and focus stack
Yeah basically, but that's gonna be next to impossible with a flash and a moving subject.
I thought Canon's diffraction correction was mint but I can see it fails to improve on certain things.
>>4378991
See I would normally go with MF, but this guy took me by surprise and I wanted to get the shot off quickly; he did indeed fly off about 1.5 seconds later, so fucking around with MF may have missed me the shot.

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>>4379038
I think you can get a power pack for certain flashes that up the burst rate significantly. Probably not worth the expense unless you're really into being gay.
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>>4379038
well software trickery has it's limits, the eyes have very small details, smaller than the scales in the wing, beyond a point they all meld together and you get the resullt you see
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>>4379052
Interesting. Currently rocking a TT350 Godox mini because of the muh grams/space savings, but I think I might just go full HAM on a normal sized speedlite and look into these power packs you speak of.
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>>4379086
>a normal sized speedlite
ngmi
Godox AD300 is the bare minimum
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>>4379087
That fuckin thing costs as much as my body, and now I want it.
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>>4379091
You know what you must do.

Sell your body to afford all the camera gear.
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My first ever macro. Shot on an galaxy a55. How do I get this macro shooting to be more stable?
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>>4379112
Tripod and/or powerful flash.
Phone macro is difficult because even with dedicated macro gear it is not simple to get good results with.
This is a decent photo especially considering the tools available to you. At macro distances you'll struggle to get much in focus.
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>>4376661 (OP)
Little guy is literally sitting under my monitor and I can't get a good flat angle. Diffraction is such a bitch af f/32 so I ended up shooting two stops lower just so everything wasn't so smooshy.

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>>4380948
This is shot at f/32 and despite things being in focus it's just a bit too gooey.

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I received a UV Hi Topcor 55mm f1.8 lens a few days ago and it has amazed me. Here's a shot from my backyard, taken with a Fujifilm X-S10, using a Fotodiox Pro PRONTO Autofocus adapter in macro mode. I really like old lenses. Especially ones like this that cost less than $50.

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>>4381774
Here's another.

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>>4381775
And another.

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>>4381777
Last one.

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>>4381775
Beautiful!
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Well, I tried
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>>4383824
I think it's breddy good
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None of these snapshits have any character or soul. All of them look like soulless stock photos. Or when you search macro photography on Google images.
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>>4383890
>nophoto
opinion discarded
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>>4383890
fuck off
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>>4383891
imagine taking pride in making stock photo schlock

>>4383895
buy some taste pleb. your shit sucks
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>>4383896
So you're gonna post some good macro photos right? Right?
Imagine larping on a photography board instead of posting photos.
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>>4383899
No she won't. That's not how it works with nophotos.
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>>4383890
The bird threads are even worse.
>>4383903
NTA but you don't need to post a photo every time you give an opinion. You kind of just proved this with your own post.... if you don't trip you might as well be one of these "nophotos" you're obsessed with.
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>>4383905
>/p/ is dying. 2/3rds the board is a gear thread. How do we make sure the board doesn't die?
>Let's shit talk some of the few people going outside and taking photos.
>No we don't need to even OWN a camera! That's the best part, we just have to spout liquid shit out of our mouths on any thread with photos!

Bro I don't even do macro, but you are a certified NIGGER
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>>4383906
>thinks endless snapshits in categorized threads are the life of the board
On the contrary, snapshitters killed /p/. It used to be a photography board with quality work from people who made photo dumps in their own threads. Now it's just another imageboard no different than the rest. It's why all the good people stop posting here, it's embarrassing. Your snapshits may prevent you from being a nophoto but more importantly, it bolsters your position as a notphotog.
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>>4383910
>oh no, people might take photos because it's fun, that's not allowed. you have to be a pro or aspire to be a pro, and the only way to enjoy photography is to impress a faggot like me on a macedonian ship building forum.
Yeah cool man, let us know when you start one of those threads with good photos you speak of.
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>>4383910
Think the nolife trolls are what ruined it and you're just coping. Look at you whining and bitching instead of contributing, pictures or meaningful criticism.
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>>4383906
Nobody gives a fuck about generals except the people who post in them. Separate photo threads actually "save" the board and also get more attention. Here there is endless barrage of snapshit without any thought, it's chaotic fuck up same as instagram's explore tab.

If you want to boast about le saving the board then at least make a separate thread of your photos with a coherent theme.
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>>4383916
If you think anyone here posts because of some approval from niggers like you or I, you're both a nigger and a dumb faggot.

Generals exist to correlate themes where contributors don't have enough for their own thread. if you want curated portfolios, fuck off to insta.
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>>4383920
>>If you think anyone here posts because of some approval from niggers like you or I,
Speak for your own self.

>if you want curated portfolios, fuck off to insta.
Funny because you're acting exactly like instagram user. If anyone say anything slightly negative they just like you lose their shit and block them. (You) should go back to insta, not me.
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>>4383920
>>Generals exist to correlate themes where contributors don't have enough for their own thread.
Generals create lazy pieces of shit. Who just keep dumping their shit like they're on insta without thinking about wider and complex themes which sometimes take years to build. Create your own thread is by far the best thing for beginners.
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>>4383925
>>4383927
Where's YOUR photo thread, faggots?
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>>4383932
Generals are like sharing your room with 50 other people. Have some self respect and start making your own individual photo threads.
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>>4383937
So you've never had friends?
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>>4383937
So you'll start a photo thread, right?
>Oh look the macro thread has been bumped. Cool I like bugs and stuff
>Two or three useless ass suckers complaining non stop
Why even bother posting?
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>>4383939
Strangers on internet are not your friends.

>>4383940
Seems like my post has generated more interaction than 19 photos combined which received one liners like "I like this photo"(might as well reply with a heart emoji) and at worst got no replies.
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>>4383945
>muh activity
I see
Your brain has been deep fried
go to reddit if you want activity
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>>4383951
>NOOO I AM NOT POSTING FOR (YOU)S, BELIEVE ME I AM NOT NOOOO I DON'T WANT ATTENTION FOR MY WORK OH GOD I DON'T NEED ANY (YOU)S
Yawn
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>>4383954
Not everyone is as socially starved as you are
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>>4383970
Then why are you posting your photos publicly on the internet? Bury them in the ground mate.
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>>4383977
Print big, hang on wall. I've spent more on printing than gear in the past 10 years, the hardest part is keeping the house from looking too much like a gallery since that's really tacky.
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>>4383977
Because I can
Stay mad
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>>4383985
To get admiration from visitors. There nothing wrong with it though.

>>4383991
You're just coping. Everyone who show their work wants attention. I don't know what is so "shameful" to accept this.
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The lil shit ITT is clearly lashing out because he’s hurt. You can spot that injured animal behavior anywhere. The hysteria. The faux-aloof posts masking his actual anxious-depressive state. He’s trying to offload his misery like an injured housecat attacking anyone who’s unlucky enough to be close by.
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>>4384014
Seems like she has been looking for attention in a few different threads. Pretty sad behavior.
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>Wakeup because it's 3PM in STRAYAM8
>Let's look at /p/ while I sink some tinnies
>One retarded fuckhead swinging around his cock ruining multiple threads.
Mate, I really need you to listen and pay attention to what I'm about to say. You need to kill yourself. No part of the world is better off with your involvement.
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>>4385260
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>>4384245
No.

>>4384014
I am sorry for hurting your feelings but you need to stop projecting and start taking better photographs.

>>4385260
Kino
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>should've taken something for macro before heading out
cue not finding shit this afternoon

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I did some stuff recently on my cameras, kinda trying to look at how theyve worn, or the parts never being as smooth or perfect as you think
Pentax K3III, with a 100mm f2.8, on a 15cm bellows extension. Something like f3, I blu-tacked the aperture lever open, and 1/125s

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>>4390465

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>>4390466
3/6

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>>4390467
4/6

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>>4390468
5/6

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>>4390470
6/6

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>>4390471
Interesting macro, bud. I appreciate textures and themes with these
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don't even know if this is macro, just posting some dragonfly I found today, kinda mad about the shitty place where I found it, mf should have stood somewhere else and camera didn't want to properly focus

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>>4390853
Bugs and small subjects taking up at least 1/3 the frame are loosely considered macro. Would rather see a photo than not because someone was scared their contribution doesn't meet some autistic benchmark.
>camera doesnt want to focus
I encourage people to manually focus for macro since it's kind of always a cunt

Overall decent macro snapshit. Head isn't in focus but if you keep doing this kind of shit you'll understand why f/4 isn't nowhere near enough
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10x magnification. A lil mold. Just took this to get the right exposure for a film shot. The colors are kinda cool so yeah.

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Two-spined Spider :)

Never had a subject be so compliant, stayed still in the open
of course when i found her it was the one time i didn't bring my macro lens

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Had to adjust the exposure as it was a bit dark. Taken in the summer. Shame about the leaf covering the mite.

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>>4394584
I posted these two in the summer but never bothered cropping or adjusting the exposure.

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Almost not worth posting because I had to crop the shit out of it, they were both tiny.

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just a couple test shots I made, would appreciate some insights
I got a LF at the beginning of the month and was testing the movements and the razorthin DoF
i think I didn't get the most out of it

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>>4394636
i'm not sure if there are some blurry parts because of diffraction or if it's something I've done wrong

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>>4394640

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>>4394642
just found out I had another one of these from a month before lol

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>>4394643
I forgot to mention but these were all shot on 35mm with a 55mm Nikkor Micro f/2.8 (that needs fixing, it only works at 2.8, but I'll get it fixed)
Only the first two >>4394636 and >>4394638 were shot on 4x5
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>>4394584
idk what you did here but dont do it again
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>>4394640
do you have a higher res version of this so i can look at the pixels more?
i can't tell if it's a good photo or not yet, but maybe if i see more pixels i'll know
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>>4394658
Is it too bright? The original is really dark on account of no more sunlight
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>>4394638
Everything is in focus, but soft from diffraction. We cannot get around this aside from spending big bucks on modern LF lenses. If your bellows allow try to fill the frame like my example pic. Personally I prefer abstract texture over close-up of thing.

>>4394636
You did not use enough camera movements to get the focal plane in line with your subject. Try imagining a flat plan that covers as much of the important stuff as possible and then use the schiempflug principle to get a rough estimate of where your front and rear standards need to be. I took very similar macro shots when I first started dabbling in LF macro. Keep at it and you'll continue to understand what works well to photograph and what you like in macro LF.

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>>4394674
this grey/black ?noise? is terrible
im assuming your using a shitty monitor or something because it immediately stands out
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>>4394696
It's hardly noticeable even with the crop unless you zoom in further, and is probably a result of the jpeg conversion if reckon. The actual subject is fine, no need to be so harsh on something that is only noticeable to pixel peepers
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>>4394725
I bring a 10x loupe whenever I go to gallery showings. This would stand out immediately to the more concerned photography appreciators amongst us, thank you very much, sir.
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>>4394725
>hardly noticeable even with the crop unless you zoom in further
what monitor panel are you using?

it is extremely noticeable on my IPS display but nowhere near as bad on my TN panel
like i do not have to crop in or zoom in at all to see this, it is visible immediately and extremely distracting
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>>4394696
Barely noticeable on an ips w/ 100% srgb. Same on iPhone/Macbook/Ipad (just being thorough).
Some people truly are full of shit. You have to max brightness to see it. I see why people hate pixel peepers.
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>>4394696
I kinda see it on a different monitor now. There is a black blob top right next to the back-swimmer >>4394585 which is irritating me now too. I just used Darktable and added a few f-stops worth of brightness. How else would you go about editing something like this? Just to get more color out of the subject I mean. Maybe just shoot raw in low light too begin with?
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>>4394725
>>4394731
>>4394737
>Trying to argue which uncalibrated monitor is best for viewing a photo
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>>4394737
itoddlers BTFO yet again
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>>4394737
>>4394739
>>4394725
i dont know what to tell you, it comes up obviously on mine
phone pic of screen for proof

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>>4394795
Whats the fuck
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>>4394739
>added a few f-stops worth of brightness
>Maybe just shoot raw in low light too begin with?
Yes obviously. Increasing exposure on a jpeg will always do this because jpegs are 8-bit and not meant for editing.
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>>4394737
My brothers in Christ there are 4-value gaps in the RGB values (i.e. 6bpc equivalent color depth) if this is not obvious to you please refrain from driving at night and see a doctor.
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>>4376661 (OP)
Very based. I'm loving it. Transports your to a magical dreamlike world.

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>>4378898
Nice! I had a similar pic from last year.

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>>4383890
Show us your macro pic then.
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Bird's nest fungus

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>>4399168
Really nice work. I like the lighting, flash or LED?
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Weeping conk mushroom.

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>>4399192
Thx
Flash w/diy diffuser, I did have an LED softbox behind me but it didn't add a whole lot

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>>4399240
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>>4399241
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he fukkin bit me

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>>4399751
Good.
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>>4399168
I put together a new diffuser and macro stage

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>>4399953
Small pewter raccoon

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What do you think of this IQ? Using a 40MP MF digital back from the like 2006. Just got a 120mm macro planar and 90mm super symmar macro for my new camera.

I think it does multishot/pixel shift, but only when it's tethered.

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First is planar this is the symmar. I didn't have a cable release, but I did use mirror lock. Think it could be a touch sharper.

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Worm.

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>>4400523
>fujifilm if he 4k ultra hd
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>>4400529
I'm sorry. I am still terrible at color grading digital. :[
I think my gaming monitor is partly to blame, but not as much as my own inexperience.

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How and where can I find insects in the winter months? Apparently many hibernate within the leaf litter.
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Assassin bug.

it sneaks up from behind and stabs things with that giant proboscis, then injects acid that dissolves insides
extremely painful bite. biggest one ive ever seen, also had wings

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>>4401012
>>4401011
That bug looks like a real asshole.
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>>4401012
I knew this was micro four thirds before checking the exif. Its the dull colors. Every time. The colors must be dull by default. I used to think it was a darktable thing but apparently capture one and lightroom have the same issue.

You should try profiling the camera with each lens with a color checker to see if it helps somewhat but missing color data might be inherent to small pixels (the a7rv and gfx100s also have duller colors than other cameras)
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>>4401011
Above the head on this one there is massive granularity in the background.
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>>4380949
do you even know what diffraction is?
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>>4401157
youve been staring at ken rockwell photos too long
the flash made the bugs hairs whiter than normal but the leaf and background are accurate, its a dull light blue wall
i can just turn up the saturation slider but i personally hate how it looks expecially on greens
im also using a cheap ass chinese lens

>>4401169
i did notice the colour banding, seems to be more present on macro
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>>4401190
colors aren't meant to look bad with a sat or vibrance boost. that's a sign your white balance is very wrong or your camera's profile isn't correct. if you think that's accurate you'd probably think a canon was eye searingly color rich.

that photo is not desaturated either, it's dull, like there's some blech shade of yellow-brown mixed with everything. colorcheckers are cheap. profile once for each lens if they're not all the same brand+series. fix your color science bruh.
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>>4401202
fixed it

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>>4401215
Based Ken dabbing on these newbs.
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>>4401202
>>4401215
Looks like it's not settings. The camera system just has bad color science. It could be the lens but this is a common issue with panasonics. They don't put any effort into color because 99% of their paying customers just grade log video.
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>>4376661 (OP)
gave macro a when i opened my hasselblad lens today
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>>4401643
pretty noisy and lots of hot pixels. i had some pretty weak light
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>>4390466
This is cool as fuck man
How'd you get the different lighting colors? Different static wrgb lightboxes?
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>>4401644
You will need a speedlite for indoor macro, and a diffuser to make it look not so harsh.
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Needs more light, but I don't want to blind him

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>>4403981

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>>4402161
I think it's a white LED array and the coatings doing their magic
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got a new macro lens
it actually works quite well just using AF, it seems to almost change the focal length as it focuses which is odd
the infinite MF ring sucks tho and is much slower to use than a normal MF lens

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didnt get super close but im suprised i could even get a pic of this guy swinging around in the wind
i like how isolated he looks

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Can't wait to properly do mushroom pics next fall. I got a flash, tripod, diffuser and a lighting unit to take some proper pics.

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>>4376661 (OP)
Really nice. It's amazing the detail that can be captured now.
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Sorry for bringing up a /gear/ question, but you guys probably know better.
I wanna get into macro photography, planning on shooting bugs, plants and mushrooms.
I have an R7 and wondering what I should get for it, considering my chosen subject.

Three main options seem to be: RF 100, adapting EF 100, or buying some third-party (Laowa 90mm, for example).
RF 100 is the most expensive, has AF and IS, and 1.4:1 magnification.
However, Canon themselves recognized that it has a problem with AF (Focus shift), meaning one of its main supposed advantages is questionable.
Juding by some of the photos in this thread, EF 100 works great when adapted to R mount, and the only feature of RF 100 it's lacking is the native 1.4 magnification.
And Laowa is the least expensive option (I can buy it for half the price of EF 100 here) is considered very optically impressive and has an even greater native magnification of 2:1.
Main downsides being that it has no AF or IS.

So what do you guys think? Is having AF crucial, and is it good enough to be used on the aforementioned lenses to shoot the chosen subjects?
Don't think IS alone is deciding factor, considering that R7 has IBIS, and I will be using a tripod most of the time.
What would you get?
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>>4405331
go with the laowa
>Is having AF crucial
for close up macro you dont need it at all, even with an AF lens you would probably use MF

the cheapo chinese macros are actually very good most the time
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>>4405331
Just breathing can take the focus away from your subject
There's not much difference in using AF or manual lenses for macro
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>>4405331
I own the EF 100mm Macro IS USM f/2.8, and adapt it to an R50 (I'm OP).
>EF 100mm Macro IS USM
Great dual purpose lens for Macro / Portraits. IS becomes less effective at high magnifications; it's helpful, but not essential.
>EF 100mm Macro USM (non-IS)
Is the same optical quality of the former, without IS. 95% as good for macro, not as great for other applications because of lack of IS. Would take this in a heartbeat over the Laowa.
>Laowa 90mm
2:1 maginifcation is going to rob you of so much light because of the effective f/stop being so high. Even with a flash, you'll probably need to crank ISO in order to get a properly exposed shot at 2:1. On crop at such high magnification, your subject can and will be bigger than the frame anyway, so you'll likely dial the magnification back regualrly.

>considering that R7 has IBIS, and I will be using a tripod most of the time.
Here's my verdict:
>Laowa
Get it if you're confident you don't want to focus stack, and will primarily be shooting subjects that aren't moving much / are very very small.
>EF 100mm USM
Get this if you want the option to focus stack or use flash/strobes in lieu of a tripod all the time
>EF 100mm IS USM
Get this for an all-purpose lens that can do other things
>RF 100mm IS USM
Get this if you want creme-da-la-creme and want to spend that money
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>>4405345
>2:1 maginifcation is going to rob you of so much light
the laowa can still do 1:1 magnification with an equal amound of light to the others
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>>4405370
Fuck me, the Laowa is like $650 AUD. I do not see a use-case that isn't better served by getting a used non-IS EF 100mm macro. Maybe if you really wanted 2:1 macro, but I'd honestly just say buy a Raynox-250 for $100 that'll get you something closer to 1.5:1 and still have the ability to use AF.
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>>4405345
>Even with a flash, you'll probably need to crank ISO in order to get a properly exposed shot at 2:1
What kind of weak ass flash are you using? I've never even hit 1/1 power on mine without overexposing.
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>>4376661 (OP)
I really like this shot. Nice job getting the whole flower in focus. f/20, is this not stacked? The diffraction isn't really bothering me.
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>>4405383
GN37 iirc. My shitty canon needed an adapter to use normal speedlites, so I opted for a small unit because the normal sized ones made it way too tall. From my experimentation with 1.7:1* (approx. using raynox-250), I found 1/1 power necessary and was still going to ISO 400/800.
>>4405384
Cheers. Not stacked. Canon's diffraction correction can sometimes be a great thing. A few underneath that pic you can see a butterfly whose eye is terribly diffracted at f/22 but the rest of the image is tack sharp. The corrections have limitations but boy do they help.
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>>4405339
>>4405340
>>4405345
Thanks for the input.
The main reason I'm considering Laowa is because the conventional wisdom of "buying the most expensive first party option to get the absolute best results without any compromises" doesn't seem to apply here.
I watched a comparison of macro lenses by Christopher Frost and according to his tests, Laowa is actually sharper than EF 100mm in all scenarios, especially in non-macro photography.
It also has the least CA when compared to a whole range of expensive first party lenses.
And the Laowa he used was an older 100mm version made for DSLRs, newer 90mm model I'm considering is supposed to be even better.
https://dustinabbott.net/2022/06/laowa-90mm-f2-8-apo-2x-macro-review/

RF 100 is sharper than EF 100, but unlike EF 100 it suffers from focus shift, meaning you cannot actually rely on its autofocus while doing macro.
And according to this review, Canon won't be able to solve this problem with firmware updates:
>https://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Canon-RF-100mm-F2.8-L-Macro-IS-USM-Lens.aspx
Not sure we can call this "creme-da-la-creme".

So either way I will have to compromise
>RF 100
Most expensive. Sharp(sharpest?) lens with at best "semi-auto" focusing capabilities. Also quite bulky, which is strange for newer RF lens. Best IS.
>EF 100
Not that expensive. Softest of the three, with proper autofocus. Good IS.
>Laowa
Cheapest. Sharp(sharpest?) no IS or AF. Crazy magnification.

So far, I think its either going to be EF 100 (IS version) or Laowa.
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>>4405405
IS and AF have little effect for macro man, sharpness and price would be my main decider
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>>4405415
AF is useful for automated focus braketing/stacking. Super useful if your body has a good mode for that. IS is useful for natural light macro as well as for handheld focus braketing.
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>>4405405
After looking deeper into RF 100mm issues, Laowa 90mm mertis, and your use case, I can definitvely say:
It Depends.
I still think the EF 100mm Macro IS USM F/2.8 is the best choice for an all arounder, but the Laowa looks like a better dedicated macro lens. I bracket sometimes, so I want AF, and I use it as my portrait lens, so I want IS.
Heavily suggest you get a good flash and diffuser.
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>>4405659
handheld focus bracketing is a meme. even the lolympus fags fail at it 90% of the time with big blurry streaks through the already heavily diffraction smudged low resolution image with its dull tiny pixel cmos colors

the new macro meta is focus bracketing with a nikkor z mc lens at f5.6 or f8 on a z7ii for absolutely superior image quality
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>>4403981
Looks fine to me.
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>>4406420
>handheld focus bracketing is a meme
>the new macro meta is focus bracketing
?
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>>4407017
There's a single source of bright halogen heat light above the gecko that causes harsh shadows and subsurface scattering making the eyes to appear much darker and redder than they are. In reality they are light blue/grey. A flash would probably show the correct colors but also stress or even blind him

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>>4408099
Have you tried a window and sunlight?
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>>4408101
Only window in the room is facing north-east and 10 feet from the enclosure
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>>4408102
He's gonna get seasonal affective disorder :(
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>>4408103
Too busy being high on vitamin D powder and roach guts
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>>4408108
Who is that man on the right???
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>>4408114
Sexy
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New to macro and I have an OM em1 markii with a 60mm macro lens. Need to get a flash. Want to try focus bracketing, and I hear a lot of flashes aren't up to the task. I hear good things about the V350o from godox. Any other ones I should look at? And why can't I find any of these used although I see a ton of used V350 flashes for other models. Would I be a fool to buy one made for fuji instead of olympus?
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>>4408482
>Would I be a fool to buy one made for fuji instead of olympus?
The 8-ball says: Yes
The contacts are different between manufacturers (90% of the time).
>I hear a lot of flashes aren't up to the task
Correct. You need one that has the power to keep up with how fast you're asking it to flash. Setting your flash to a lower power allows it to cycle more quickly, but macro demands the most light you can ask of it. If you're comfortable shooting at ISO 800-1600 in order to keep the flash power down, you can probably bracket. ISO 1600 on M43 is going to look like ass though.
Just look for speedlites with a higher power output, then turn them down to like 1/4 or 1/8th power and you'll probably be fine.
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>>4408488
>iso
Bracketing with lower ISOs works well on mft due to the increased depth of field at wider apertures. You can bracket at f/5.6, get f/11 dof but you only need flash power for f/5.6. It works out to being the same as FF more or less.
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>>4408508
Post some macro shots, gearfag nerdfag.
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>>4408511
I'm just trying to help. Have a moss snapshit.

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>>4408482
Lithium battery flashes are super fast, you'll have no problems there. Just buy the correct mount though. The only reason you can't find secondhand oly ones is because you bought a stupid fucking camera for terminally online retards, but it doesn't matter because those flashes are so fucking cheap new anyway, just stump up.
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>>4408508
>you only need flash power for f5.6
Because the base ISO of the sensor is 800
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>>4408508
Aaah dude no, its not free DOF. Fstops confused you. It was always physical aperture size.

Crop sensors are free ISO (noise included)
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Do I really NEED actual macro autism and a dedicated macro lens or will it be enough to just get extension tubes to try it out? Or is that considered "not real macro" because I honestly don't even know what the magnification levels are necessarily for. I just wanna shoot small things
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>>4408662
Most actual good macro is either 0.5x or over 1x. You can do a lot with a telephoto that has .5x magnification, or even less if you have a high resolution full frame camera.
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>>4408662
extension tubes sucked ass when i tried them
they had massive glare issues
i did get very cheap ones tho
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>>4408662
You can go even simpler than extension tubes and get some close up focusing lens filters and get results desu. A dedicated lens setup will obviously be better but it all depends on what you want to do and how you usually shoot/what you're willing to adjust. Picrel was with a stack of closeup rings and I think it turned out nice
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>>4408662
Having very little context gets boring after a while. Consider getting something wider, even if it's not proper 1x macro. And keep in mind that extension tubes won't always work with wide angles, because they can put the focus point inside the lens - which isn't an issue with longer FLs, for obvious reasons.
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>>4408662
Proper macro lenses are optimized, sharpness and contrast wise, to be used at higher magnifications and should also have perfectly flat focal planes. You do not really need this if you are doing bug shots or whatever. Eventually you may want that added sharpness and flat focal plane, but it isn't really worth it most of the time tbqh.
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Four-spined Spiny Orbweaver

finally got a good subject to test new olympus 60mm lens on
didnt use manual focus once, its AF is pretty good

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What do I lose on a tt350 vs v350? I've seen in a video comparison that while bracketing a tt350 might need to take a couple of breaks. Does that essentially mean one or two useless pictures in a big bracket? Is its total output lower? Is the v350 actually worth the extra $80?
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>>4411470
just get the cheaper one it will be fine
make sure godox actually works on your camera though
for whatever fucking reason the AF-assist lamps on godox flashes dont work on panasonic
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>>4411471
hell yeah. Do you happen to know if the rechargeable batteries I use actually matter? Like will cheap ones limit power output? Or just probably not last as long. I know nothing about flashes.
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>>4411507
i think it matters to some degree for recharging time but really you should be fine with anything
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>>4411507
>Do you happen to know if the rechargeable batteries I use actually matter? Like will cheap ones limit power output?
Not power output per se, as in, you should be able to achieve 1/1 power with any AAs (except maybe the absolute cheapest chinkshit). Make sure you buy AAs that have enough capacity to do what you want for how long you want, otherwise you need to bring spares.
I buy these:
>https://www.amazon.com.au/Panasonic-Rechargeable-Batteries-BK-3HCCE-8BT/dp/B0778L6473?th=1
They are 2950NMh capacity (2-3x a regular AA) and take only a few hours to charge (you will need a way to charge them). I bought like 12 of these a while back and they power my everything now; very efficient.

I own the TT350 (Canon) and with these batteries can get about 100-300 flashes out of one set, depending on what power level I use. I normally use 1/1 to 1/16 power.
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every time i post a spider on ig i lose ~7 followers
do i have to put up a fucking warning or something
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>>4412924
Then stop doing it or stop caring about the follower numbers.

So many people on this board are shitting in their pants retarded, it's unreal.
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>>4410357
Looks like a flat biscuit, haha. Neat. Makes me wonder about keeping my 60 2.8 for summer instead of selling it.
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>>4405331 - anon here
TLDR
Ended up ordering Laowa, waiting for 3 weeks, and in the end almost getting CHINKED.com because my copy had a broken aperture ring.

Here is my first and only shot with it, snapped it on my way back from the pickup point at some random grocery store to quickly test the lens. (The dude at the pickup told me there is no point testing it on the spot, cause rules are different for international orders - if you open the package, even if contents are damaged you cannot return it then and there, you have to open a dispute with the seller, go through the process, all that bullshit)
So I took the shot, thought "Man, this DOF sure is shallow, I should try 8.0 instead of 2.8" and immediately realized that rotating aperture ring does nothing. It clicks, but blades don't move.
Contacted seller, fucker tried to stall and then denied my refund request entirely (Apparently a video clearly demonstrating the issue isn't enough for mister Chang) but marketplace sided with me, so I returned the lens to the pickup point and immediately got my money back. Oh well.
Now waiting for my new flash and thinking what I should get instead of laowa, cause I don't really want to roll the dice again.

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>>4413996
>end almost getting CHINKED.com
Fwarrrr, I'm sorry to hear that anon. After the discussion we had with you earlier it actually looked like the Laowachingong was the right call. Maybe just go on eBay and get that EF 100mm (non-IS), since people swear by it and it's cheap as fuck. At least you'll know ebay will side with you if a used seller is being fucky.

Can't blame you for not wanting to fuck about a second time.
I bought a NUC ripoff that ran an AMD chip from aliexpress that wasn't as advertised. Asked for a return and the thing sat in Chinese customs for 6 months before they sent it back to me (which took another 2 months, all while I was constantly yelling at the seller that they need to contact customs (non-Chinese can't directly contact Chinese customs).
So I ended up with the thing after all that time and was out $400. Until another 3 months later aliexpress stepped in and just sent my money back anyway. Kek, free PC. But it was truly a horrible fuckaround.
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>>4413996
you forgot to mention that they were sending a lens with the lens hood inside the lens cap

which would make it very easy for them to hide the fact that the ring is broken inside the cap.
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>>4413998
Yeah, free pc sounds nice but if something like this happens with my next attempt at getting laowa I will have to wait till 2026 before I can try shooting them bugs, lol. The "bug season" here usually starts in May and lasts until mid-September.
While I was waiting for laowa, I read some more about the native RF option, and there is an entire thread of people on dpreview testifying that they either had focus shift problem and it is gone, or that they never had it at all.
This does sound a bit like cope, but some are legitimately trying to test the issue and post their results there. The actual shots they take also seem fine.
So I might get it after all, but not before I do some extensive testing. Most shops here let you do that.
I'm not really looking for the cheapest option, laowa seemed great performance/value option but if it's out of the question, I'm willing to spend extra for quality.
All I do after upgrading from my shitty old rebel to r7 is adapting shitty old lenses, kinda want to get something native and good for once.
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>>4414304
the fact that i've gotten the lenses i use the most for the price of one of these is what makes it hard for me to make the jump to native.
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>>4414304
Oh I'm not at all condoning that adventure I described. It was agonising.
RF lenses are ungoldy expensive for what they offer, and for some lenses the only real benefit is the fact you don't need the EF-RF adapter. Then there are a couple good leaps in design that you only get on RF like the control ring, or the superlight f/11 telephotos.

I have an even split of EF and RF lenses now, and I must say there are plenty of things RF doesn't have a version of, or the EF version is 90% as good for 40% the cost. Got me a 70-200 f/4 IS USM for like $450 whereas the Rf version is like $1800. If you're fine spending for the RF 100mm gofer it.



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