You know, I cannot compete as it were with some of these fantastic shots - I have no close up macro lens and with my P&S cameras cannot put extension tubes in - it's almost tempting to get out the old OM2 with all the bits and have a go - then scan it, but No, No - I have decided to move on.
So - here's my friendly little garden spider - and he's pretty small, up close from the underside today.
A-200 about as close as I could get - then cropped a bit more...
Nice shot, Geoff; I really like the way the mottled colored background shows up. Have any idea as to the spider's ID? It looks kind of unusual. BTW, doesn't the C740 have a super-macro mode? I used to get some great macro shots with my 755.
Nice shot, Geoff; I really like the way the mottled colored background shows up. Have any idea as to the spider's ID? It looks kind of unusual. BTW, doesn't the C740 have a super-macro mode? I used to get some great macro shots with my 755.
You are right about the C-740, but macro and Super macro are at 38mm (equiv) so even though it's 3cm it's not much closer looking than the A-200 at 25cm and 200mm (no doubt someone will have the maths) possibly slightly closer with the C-740, but at 3mp - now if I crop my 8mp A-200 down to 3mp I think the image is actually slightly larger (again - I may be wrong and don't have the maths to prove it). either way there's not a lot in it - but I admit sometimes it's easier with the C-740. - The Spider I took is smaller than my small finger nail in body - with the legs it's still smaller than my thumb nail - so I am reasonably happy with the results without any extra close up lens.
Geoff
Last edited by Geoff Chandler; 10-06-2005 at 08:42 AM.
You know, I cannot compete as it were with some of these fantastic shots - I have no close up macro lens and with my P&S cameras cannot put extension tubes in - it's almost tempting to get out the old OM2 with all the bits and have a go - then scan it, but No, No - I have decided to move on.
So - here's my friendly little garden spider - and he's pretty small, up close from the underside today.
A-200 about as close as I could get - then cropped a bit more...
wow geoff, for a p&s, you coulda fooled me. great shot.
Originally Posted by Geoff Chandler
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