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Offline film2shoot

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Extreme Macro
« on: August 03, 2008, 10:27:35 am »
Hi everybody, just wanted to share something that I got off a web site called prophotolife.com. It is about taking extreme macro shots. I tried it and here is one of my results. What I used is my canon 10d, a 35mm-105mm lens and a normal 50mm lens. attached the 35mm-105mm to my camera and put the 5omm lens, lens to lens to the 35mm-105mm. The 35mm-105mm was zoomed out to 105mm. Then I took some dry wall screws and took a photography. The hardest thing to do is keep focus, you have to move back and forth to get. I hope you like it and will try it, and check out prophotolife.com they have some great stuff there...Thanks for viewing.

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Re: Extreme Macro
« Reply #1 on: August 03, 2008, 10:54:11 am »
This can also be done with extension tubes joined one to one... I can actually pick out the mint location "D" in perfect focus and full frame off of a Dime with my Extension tubes. The only thing that bothers me is you have to move back and forth as you said to keep focus. The slightest breeze or movement and the picture is over with...

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Re: Extreme Macro
« Reply #2 on: August 03, 2008, 06:56:23 pm »
...check out prophotolife.com they have some great stuff there...

You're right...this is a great site. Lots of good info there. I was referred there some
time ago by a photography friend.


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