The Oxymoron Blog - Daniel Seidel Dot Com » Macros http://www.danielseidel.com Focused Diversification Sun, 06 Nov 2011 19:19:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Testing the Canon EF 180mm f/3.5 L USM Macro Lens on the Canon 5D Mark II http://www.danielseidel.com/2009/09/20/testing-the-canon-ef-180mm-f3-5-l-usm-macro-lens-on-the-canon-5d-mark-ii/ http://www.danielseidel.com/2009/09/20/testing-the-canon-ef-180mm-f3-5-l-usm-macro-lens-on-the-canon-5d-mark-ii/#comments Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:24:56 +0000 Daniel http://www.danielseidel.com/?p=667 IMG_1059The big advantage compared to the Canon 100m Macro is that you don’t have to be that close for a 1:1 shot. With this lens it’s easy to shoot insects like dragonflies or butterflies because you can be at a distance of about 0.5 m. Below are some example shots. As you can see the [...] Related posts:
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]]> The big advantage compared to the Canon 100m Macro is that you don’t have to be that close for a 1:1 shot. With this lens it’s easy to shoot insects like dragonflies or butterflies because you can be at a distance of about 0.5 m. Below are some example shots. As you can see the blurry background is perfect…

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]]> http://www.danielseidel.com/2009/09/20/testing-the-canon-ef-180mm-f3-5-l-usm-macro-lens-on-the-canon-5d-mark-ii/feed/ 0 Testing the MP-E 65mm on the Canon 5D Mark II http://www.danielseidel.com/2009/09/06/testing-the-mp-e-65mm-on-the-canon-5d-mark-ii/ http://www.danielseidel.com/2009/09/06/testing-the-mp-e-65mm-on-the-canon-5d-mark-ii/#comments Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:48:47 +0000 Daniel http://www.danielseidel.com/?p=652 IMG_0531These are the first images I took with the new Canon MP-E 65mm lens. I read a lot about it and how difficult it is to focus because of the very shallow depth of field. And I must admit it is not that easy as I thought. Some pictures were taken with the MR-14EX Macro [...] Related posts:
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]]> These are the first images I took with the new Canon MP-E 65mm lens. I read a lot about it and how difficult it is to focus because of the very shallow depth of field. And I must admit it is not that easy as I thought. Some pictures were taken with the MR-14EX Macro ringflash because this lens needs a lot of light. All pictures were taken without a tripod.

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