I wonder is there any arachnophobes in here?
Trying out the 35m 1.4 this time for macro on the ext tubes. I feel that it is very much sharper than the old Helios, but when I stack both rings I am almost touching the creepy-crawlies with the front element.
For example this one - felt like he was going to jump on me at any second as I did bump the lens off of him a couple of times
This wasn't cropped as such, merely straightened.
_DSF2212 by
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A reasonable crop of the same image converted to B&W:
Come closer by
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Switching to just the 16mm ext tube makes things a lot easier and you can get more in frame with more working distance:
Jackpot! by
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Big Supper by
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Refreshment Fly by
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It copes quite well for macro, AF on the 1.4 is nowhere near as terrible as people exaggerate either, all of these were taken using AF, and off-cam flash. And when you consider that this is what you are more likely to get without the ext tubes: Ok, I could get a fair bit closer, but I was capturing a sense of scene here:
The hunt for macro by
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