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I have purchased a Tamron 90mm 1:1 macro lens and come to practice with it today for first time in a while but i am finding it pretty difficult to use handheld i am using my flash gun but everytime a fly comes in i get a good picture of it but i just cannot get the detail in the eyes to come out at all i have bin through all the F stops tryign and at F32 i have to go down to 1/15 to get a seeable picture but can any one suggest any settings to try when taking macro shots handheld for getting detail in flys pelase !!!

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Karl
 
I haven't got a flash yet so use my Canon 100 without. I can get down to around 1/80 in bright sunlight on 800 ISO.

I think even that is too slow without IS but it gives results.
 
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outside mainly
i managed to use 1/30 f2.8 iso100

i never thought about pumping the ISO up silly me te he i just thought that the lower the ISO the better quality was
 
karlwilson1986 said:

outside mainly
i managed to use 1/30 f2.8 iso100

i never thought about pumping the ISO up silly me te he i just thought that the lower the ISO the better quality was[/QUOTE]

At f2.8 your DoF is vanishingly small as you can see.
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so if i was to shoot at f22 what shutter speed and iso would you suggest ??

sorry i know that probably sounds like a dumb question but im still new to photography as you can probably tell

Karl
 
karlwilson1986 said:
so if i was to shoot at f22 what shutter speed and iso would you suggest ??

sorry i know that probably sounds like a dumb question but im still new to photography as you can probably tell

Karl
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I'm no expert, I just fiddle with the settings and see what i can get.

I need a flash, definitely, as my Canon has no IS and I want to do handheld.

I've tried to keep the ISO down somewhere reasonable and I've found 800 is ok.

I've also stayed down to f16 because I was worried about the optical effects of going further but others can advise you of that.
 
karlwilson1986 said:
so if i was to shoot at f22 what shutter speed and iso would you suggest ??

sorry i know that probably sounds like a dumb question but im still new to photography as you can probably tell

Karl
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Just shoot in aperture priority and tweak the ISO to maintain a shutter speed of 1/125s or better.
f/22 is too small an aperture to get sharp shots due to diffraction softening. Try to stick to f/10 - f/16 for the best compromise between DOF and sharpness.
 
For 1:1 macro it is usually better to use flash. You say that is what you are doing in the OP, but the pic you've posted doesn't look like it.

Move the flash close and you will get enough light for a high f/number to give you more depth of field. The flash will also freeze camera shake.

This is the basics of most macro, but it is whole new skill in itself. Not simple point and shoot stuff!
 
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