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- From: jpglori@srv.PacBell.COM (JOHN)
- Subject: Re: Longish macro lens for EOS. (was Re: Canon 10s Vs Nikon N90, Which one?)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.190955.11300@PacBell.COM>
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- References: <PD.92Dec30014256@horus.sics.se> <1992Dec30.151756.24872@PacBell.COM> <1992Dec30.114813.14404@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 19:09:55 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec30.114813.14404@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> acs@csri.toronto.edu (Alvin Chia-Hua Shih) writes:
- >In <1992Dec30.151756.24872@PacBell.COM> jpglori@srv.PacBell.COM (JOHN) writes:
- >
- >> [...] BTW, why in carnation
- >>would anyone need an AF macro lens? Oh well.
- >
- >My guess is anything that moves, including flowers being disturbed by
- >wind, and small, but LIVE critters!
- >
- >ACS
- >
- Have you ever done any macro photography? I have. IMHO, I don't
- think using an AF lens would enhance or assist you in taking
- better pictures when the wind is blowing a flower or whatever.
- As you probably know, macro photography main object is to obtain
- depth-of-field. The result is you are shooting at say, f/22, but
- at usually a very slow speed, i.e., 1/30 or less. Your AF lens
- is not going to help you there, or will it? I usually shoot
- at pretty close to 1:1 ratio and the slightest movement of you,
- the camera or object will result in a blurred picture. That is
- why I usually have my camera mounted on a tripod. Macro
- photography and using *real* macro-lenses is entirely different
- than using non-macro lenses, IMHO.
- --
- --------- John Gloria - jpglori@pacbell.com --------
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