Posted by Kevin Lewis on December 25, 2007 at 12:50 PM
A closeup of a hover fly eye taken with a Canon 1D MkII N and MP-E65.
1/100 sec @ f16 iso 200 magnification 5 : 1 plus the 1D crop factor.
Tripod mounted and processed in C1 Pro and CS3
Merry Christmas folks
Posted by Ian Andrews on December 25, 2007 at 2:18 PM
Have a good one Kev.
Ian
Posted by Andy Shepherd on December 25, 2007 at 4:47 PM
Hi Kevin,
Nice close up , taken with a lense that is incedibly difficult to master , so very well done on holding the DOF throughout the eye.
Regards
Andy...
Posted by Andy Astbury on December 25, 2007 at 4:58 PM
Cracking CU image Kev, and well done for mastering the '65, superb job
BTW the crop factor has no affect on the mag its still x5...
Posted by gary cox on December 26, 2007 at 10:19 AM
Hi kevin nice close-up
I have been looking at ways of getting a bit closer with my macro stuff.
I have thought about the Canon MP-E65 lens, but I have heard mixed reviews ie: you need a ring flash to get the best out of it, it is mega dark at 5X etc
Thats incredible magnification, looks very difficult to work at this scale! I assume the fly is dead? :-) Tristan
Posted by Mark Fellowes on December 27, 2007 at 1:04 PM
Cracking shot - great control of DoF. Nice to see an insect during the winter!
Mark
Posted by Kevin Lewis on December 28, 2007 at 5:59 AM
Gary: at x5 mag the viewfinder is VERY dark to the point that you cant see to focus unless the light is extremely bright. I tend to use a high powered LED torch to set up the focusing whenever possible. Ringflash works well but the lighting is horrible so I tend to favour a pair of 580Ex flashguns stuck out on short brackets.
Tristan: very much alive, or it was when I left it :) .
Discussion
8 replies1/100 sec @ f16 iso 200 magnification 5 : 1 plus the 1D crop factor.
Tripod mounted and processed in C1 Pro and CS3
Merry Christmas folks
Ian
Nice close up , taken with a lense that is incedibly difficult to master , so very well done on holding the DOF throughout the eye.
Regards
Andy...
BTW the crop factor has no affect on the mag
I have been looking at ways of getting a bit closer with my macro stuff.
I have thought about the Canon MP-E65 lens, but I have heard mixed reviews ie: you need a ring flash to get the best out of it, it is mega dark at 5X etc
What is your view ?.
thanks gary
Mark
Tristan: very much alive, or it was when I left it :) .