On Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 09:39:05AM -0600, Richard Locke wrote:
> All,
>
> A couple of questions about Oly macro shooting:
> 1) I have a vivitar macro focusing 2x -- how would this with a 50mm f1.4
> compare with a dedicated 90mm macro from tamron or tokina? (the oly 90mm
> macro isn't in my budget...)
> 2) How does one set up from macro shots of horizontal subjects in the field
> (flowers from above, I was trying to shoot lichen on rocks and had a
> difficult time)? Is there a particular tripod/head combination designed for
> this?
Dick,
I don`t know about the vivitar converter. I´ve one from Komura ( 7 lenses).
I`ve done a test
shoot with my 1.4/50 (SC). It is a very peasing flower shoot ,because it is
soooo soft.
But never used it again with this lens. Considering that Macro lenses usualy
offer a smaler
apperture I don`t expect too much from using a fast lens for macro work at all,
and a converter
usually doesn`t improve image quality at all. I´d guess a 'late' 1.8/50 would
be a better lens
for this purpose, but only a guess(!).
Frieder Faig.
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