Zuiks,
If you want to use a 38 mm I would surely reccomend a telescopic auto
extension tube. In combination with a bellows it can only be used on a
sturdy tripod. I find this lens very usefull for insects that are only a few
millimeters in length or for insect portraits. Most beetles, flies, wasps,
bees and bugs can be approaced close enough with this lens. I find getting
close enough to an insect part of the fun of making insect pictures. Getting
that close on a tripod is far mor difficult that hand held.
I have some examples at www.kalmeijer.net
If you don't want to invest in a T28 you can also use a T32 as a macro
flash. You can attach it to the telescopic extension tube with a bracket (I
used a Metz 60ct1 base plate, a T20 connector and an extra tripod screw).
Adding a 21 mm diffusor to the T32 makes the light a lot softer.
Daan
> Hans wrote:
> >The 38mm macro and 20mm macro are lenses for specialists. At 65mm
extension
> >the lens to subject distance with the 38mm lens is only about 5cm, which
may
> >scare most animals. Its high magnification make it only suitable for the
> >smallest subjects (1.5cm or smaller). Its shallow depth of field make it
> >almost impossible to use it hand-held; to give you any chance of success
> >you'll have to add a flash, but because of the short working distance
this
> >can only be a specialized macro flash like the T28 Twin.
>
> Hmmm. I didn't know that about the special flash. That would mean that
> getting the 38/2.8 would entail not only getting either tele. auto tube or
> bellows, but also a specialty flash. And even then one would have only
> something of very limited usefulness. From your other comments and those
of
> others, I'm becoming more and more convinced that the 50/3.5 that I
already
> have may well be the best macro for me and the stuff I'm interested in.
>
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