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wait a minute honey
May 12, 2006
How much better is a ringflash over a normal speedlite for macro? I would love the Canon MP-E65 for my next macro lens, but I don't really want to shell out nearly $1k for a flash only for macro..

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wait a minute honey
May 12, 2006


50D, Sigma 105mm lens, so hard doing macro handheld!

wait a minute honey
May 12, 2006

Arvid posted:

bloody awesome shots

What lighting did you use for these?

wait a minute honey
May 12, 2006

butterfly by Adam McCarthy, on Flickr

Took this handheld in lovely light (Was in a Butterfly enclosure aswell , so it was humid as hell) This was all I could get out of the image :s

wait a minute honey
May 12, 2006
Is that with the Canon mp-e65? That is really impressive.

wait a minute honey
May 12, 2006
I own the Sigma 105mm lens, and am pretty happy with it. You need to use it in MF, you can use AF if the lights really good and there is no wind, it does hunt around a lot. Having an external flash really helps with macro stuff. I don't think I could have gotten this shot without it.


Katydid by Adam McCarthy, on Flickr

wait a minute honey
May 12, 2006

jumping spider by Adam McCarthy, on Flickr


So hard to shoot...

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wait a minute honey
May 12, 2006
Some handheld shots from today. Wind totally sucks when you're shooting macro.

50D, Sigma 105mm and the 580 EXII.


spider by Adam McCarthy, on Flickr



jumping spider by Adam McCarthy, on Flickr

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