March Brown

[RedTag2000]

To ennis C and driftin;excellent macro pics!

Dennis,
Driftin,
Excellent macropictures guys!
What cameras do You use? I am planning on buying a new one, I would love to be able to take pictures like the ones You guys posted.

 

[jmoore]

RedTag,

I use a Nikon D70. The photos I posted were taken with the 105mm micro Nikkor. Some of them that are real close, like the Baetis shots, were taken with a Nikon 50mm 1.8 reversed and coupled on the front of the 105mm.

What kind of photography experience do you have?

Jeff

 

[fcch]

Speaking of higher end Digicams, Does anyone know if the lense mount on the Olympus E series is the same as the standard SLR Olympus OM ?

 

[dcabarle]

I also use a Nikon D70. The lense's I use for Macro stuff: Nikkor 24-85mm Micro and a Nikkor 70 - 180mm Micro.

Hey Driftin, those are some great shots you've taken! nice work.

RedTag,

I use a Nikon D70. The photos I posted were taken with the 105mm micro Nikkor. Some of them that are real close, like the Baetis shots, were taken with a Nikon 50mm 1.8 reversed and coupled on the front of the 105mm.

What kind of photography experience do you have?

Jeff

 

[dcabarle]

I've got to ask... I took my 50mm lense (1.4) and set the aperature to 2.6 and reversed the lense. Your shots show quite a bit of your subject in focus. I cannot seem to duplicate what you're doing.

I've also gotta ask, you're reversing your 50mm lense then coupling it onto the front of a 105mm lense. How are you doing this?

My efforts are falling considerably short of yours.

Great work!

RedTag,

I use a Nikon D70. The photos I posted were taken with the 105mm micro Nikkor. Some of them that are real close, like the Baetis shots, were taken with a Nikon 50mm 1.8 reversed and coupled on the front of the 105mm.

What kind of photography experience do you have?

Jeff

 

[dcabarle]

I think I've got it now. Thanks for the idea. I've heard of others using the technique for macro work but never gave it a thought until you mentioned it.

****CLICK ON THUMBNAIL TO SUPERSIZE!

 

[jmoore]

Dennis,

The macro coupler you can get from BH Photo. It screws into the filter thread of both lenses... So the front lens is reversed. Unlike most things in photography, they're cheap.



Jeff

 

[jmoore]

This is a Stenonema vicarium nymph. He is a clinging nymph. These guys should start to hatch around the second week of May.

 

[RedTag2000]

RedTag,

I use a Nikon D70. The photos I posted were taken with the 105mm micro Nikkor. Some of them that are real close, like the Baetis shots, were taken with a Nikon 50mm 1.8 reversed and coupled on the front of the 105mm.

What kind of photography experience do you have?

Jeff

Driftin,
I got very little experience, specially in macro photography, but I would love to get into it...

 

[jmoore]

RedTag,

Before going out and spending a fortune on an SLR you might want to think about a digital point and shoot. I haven't looked into them recently, but I know Nikons mid to upper level digital point and shoot cameras had a great macro feature. I think it was the Coolpix 5400.

Jeff

 

[Bill A]

Incredible detail in your photographs. What camera setup do you use?

 

[Pete]

Excellent pictures....but speaking on behalf of dial-up users:

Unless you're planning to sell the photos profesionally, and have concerns about copyright issues if you upload to someone else's server....It would make things a bit easier if you used the forum's "Thumbnail" function when you post a picture.

 

[jmoore]

Pete,

I apologize for the large file size.

I am currently working on a portfolio of aquatic insects. I placed these photos up to see what people thought of them.

I have them hosted on my own webspace because I don't want the njflyfishing copyright on them, they are copyrighted by me. Legally I don't have to put a copyright notice on them in order for them to be copyrighted. They are copyrighted as soon as they are created, but it would be smart of me to place the notice on them. I am going to place a copyright notice on them and reduce the file size for the dial up users. Thanks for the input.

Jeff

 

[dcabarle]

Great shots, Jeff. This coming week, I'll be right around the corner from B&H. I've gotta pick a few things up. I'll be looking for the macro coupler and maybe a few other things. I'm going to Idaho in June so I'll need a smaller camera bag to take with me. The one I have now looks like I'm carrying around dead bodies.

 

[RedTag2000]

RedTag,

Before going out and spending a fortune on an SLR you might want to think about a digital point and shoot. I haven't looked into them recently, but I know Nikons mid to upper level digital point and shoot cameras had a great macro feature. I think it was the Coolpix 5400.

Jeff

thanks for Your advice Jeff; I was secretly hoping not to have to spend 1K+ to start.

Let us know when You publish something, I would be interested to see Your work (4 sure I am not the only one)

 

[jmoore]

RedTag,

If you can find a coolpix 5400 anywhere there is a $200 Nikon rebate.

Coolpix Rebate

Dennis,

Any idea how these two threads became combined?

Jeff

 

[dcabarle]

Jeff,

I accidentally hit the combine button on the admin side. I'll try not to let that happen again. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Dennis

 

[jmoore]

Dennis,

It's not an inconvenience, I just wasn't sure what happened.

Jeff

 

[Fly Ty R]

Driftin:
I concur with the Nikon point-n-shoots being good for macro, at least the higher end point-n-shoots. I've got a CP5700, use it all the time for macro work. I use a "cheater" rig of diopters and the zoom to get close up, but that's nothing compared to some of the jury rigs I've seen used. The best I can get is +7 right now, though I know they sell much higher powers. You can get amazing macro shots with SLR lenses attached to point-n-shoot cameras (+30, I think), if you have the right diopters. The quality is not the same as a true SLR with a macro lens, but it comes close. It just takes some trial and error. eBay is great for this .

The only problem with diopters is a tiny depth of field. You are stuck with a maximum of f/8 on most, if not all, point-n-shoots, so your depth of field at such high magnications becomes significantly smaller, which is sometimes not a bad thing. My best advice is to take the pic on as flat a plane as you can. It takes some practice and bad pics, but you'll get the hang of it.

Examples of Small Field of View Macro Shots:

 

[RedTag2000]

Jeff, All,

Thanks again for Your input, this is very usefull info.