Who here is into Photography?

[Kassaundra]

BBBBBBBBBB....... now I'm getting confused! Macro? Micro? To zoom or not to zoom? Why does my Nikon Coolpix L105 take nicer pics than the Nikon D3000 (supposedly an upgrade)?

Nicer pics???? In what way?

The lens you are using for a "zoom" isn't designed for that.

 

[Funky Feathers]

I'll have to post example pics to show you what I mean.

 

[manaze88]

BBBBBBBBBB....... now I'm getting confused! Macro? Micro? To zoom or not to zoom?

Sorry....I didn't mean to throw an extra wrench in there. I always wanted to take Macro pictures, until I went for a lens....and found out it's a micro lens. Apparently, Macro photography is done using a micro lens, and Micro photography is done with a microscope. I think we are all doing macro shots with a micro lens, though. Unless you're using some sort of screw on filter to your existing lens, in which case you're doing macro photography with a zoom lens.

The fixed length micro lenses offer a specialty use, where your zoom lens offers more of a versatile purpose. I know that my camera was purchased as a kit, so it came with a lens. The lens was decent, and able to get good pictures, but the glass in it is not as nice as the glass in my micro lens, so the pictures I get off of that are much sharper. That was one of the things I was saying about trying to use my 70-200 lens at 105m vs my micro lens, which is fixed at 105. Because of the nicer glass, the image is much sharper, so when I crop it, and zoom in, it holds the image better.

 

[seminolewind]

Quote: I got the Olympus Pen e-pl1. I have a zoom, a 14-42, and a 40-150 and a 30mm macro, and sold them all and am getting a better longer zoom. Why? I wanted the 30mm to take those bug pictures with alot of bokeh (background blur). I found I can get that with a zoom. I pull in the zoom and get real close. If something is farther away , I play with the zoom till the camera focuses, with the one focus in the middle on the screen, and shoot. I cannot find any reason whatsoever to have a macro. If someone has one, please share the reason. .

Taken 50 feet away, and cropped


Taken 5 feet away and slightly cropped.


Taken about a foot away. When I get that new lens I'll get closer.


This was taken 50 feet away and cropped. Nice background blur

I think with a bug I will need a tripod.

 

[seminolewind]

Micro-Macro? Seems they use both words for the same thing.

Kassaundra, When I get that superzoom, I'll take some bug pictures!

 

[seminolewind]

I took a bug picture, but it's a dead bug. Couldn't find any alive.

 

[Crafty-Duck]

 

[Kassaundra]

I took a bug picture, but it's a dead bug. Couldn't find any alive.

Cool how far away from the bug was the lens?

 

[Kassaundra]

Cool how far away from the bug was the lens?

Sorry I meant to edit instead of quote, was this photo from cropping?

 

[seminolewind]

Quote: Kassaundra, It was taken with a 4/3 Olympus on a tripod, 9 inches away, and cropped.
I'm learning to get better bugs using the tripod, and timer, so that I'm not even touching the camera.

I am still wondering if I should be looking at a full size dslr-the only way to get a bigger sensor. I'll have to think.