Digital Photography Forum

Here is my first adventure in macro lens usage. I am not quite sure whether you are supposed to shoot regular or go to the macro switch on the camera. Anyway I screwed it on and put the opaque filter to lighten the flash and got some pretty good detail on some coins I through on a piece of paper...
Good shooting... Guvner..

Try shooting by a window next time. Open the curtains and let the natural come in on your subject. I'd be interested in seeing that.

It was about 3am when I decided I had a moment to open the box... I will sure try the same picture using your advice today if I get done with work in time...
It's over 90 degrees again today so I am going out fixing air conditioners here in a minute...
Good shooting... Guvner..

That image shows really good potential: I like the detail on the front edge of the large coin. I have a feeling you're going to love that camera...
A few tips, if I may? The macro shows a very narrow depth of field: the front edge of the coin is in focus, the back edge is out. Often this narrow depth of field is desireable. When it is not desireable, the following may help get aroud it:
If possible, set the camera to use the smallest physical aperature possible. (Usually f22 or thereabouts). (There are some problems with really small aperatures, but won't get into that here...)
Focus on the middle of the subject: ie, in the above shot, the middle of the large coin. This allows the use of the in-focus area on both sides of the focus point. If the depth of field is still very narrow, the focus point may have to be moved forward or backward in order to produce a desireable image. Not all objects may fit into the depth of field available.
Klear as mud?
Louis