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Seeing a lot of posts from people on various media that are either buying or have on order macro lenses , I presume due to the lockdown
I actually did some close-up (I won't call it macro you purists would complain) for the first time in many years - well that wasn't at a Wedding
Just a stroll and snapping away at "signs of life", newly emerging flowers, buds, that sort of thing
I both enjoyed myself and got a few decent shots too
So much so I may even do it again sometime
Dave
I know some get a little tetchy about what constitutes 'real macro' but for me personally, if it's beyond 1:2 magnification, it's 'proper' macro. 1:1+ is the standard, but for larger subjects like say, a butterfly where you want the full creature in frame, you're going to be a little further back and shooting more at 1:4 or 1:3, I've never really thought of images like this as macro more, close up photography. For butterflies, macro will be detail of a section, usually the head and antennae or close up detail of a wing section
I would just ignore zoom lenses that have 'macro' slapped on there, as they are usually only 1:4 at best, some can do 1:3 which is decent close up, but I think you need a little beyond that for what most deem to be macro - where you don't need to crop much to fill the frame with your subject
Yup - macro was 'stolen' many years ago to just mean close-up or at worst, closer-than-most-focusing
My 'macro' may be capable of true macro but I'm not really interested in anything that small, preferring instead to use it as a close-up lens
Dave
Bought and sold quite a few over the years myself .. could never really get my head around it ... this lockdown has forced my hand into a new direction so full circle and this time hopefully doing it properlyI’m the other way, used to do a lot of macro but it doesn’t interest me anymore and sold my macro lens. Kept the raynox 250 just in case though
Used to do a lot of macro, still have quite a bit of kit including a Canon MP-E 65mm and twinflash which work very well on the little M5 but even though I have a garden I find very little there insect wise to photograph and flowers don't interest me at all.