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Macro question

January 17, 2013
11:46 am

Eric

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It might sound like a stupid question but there’s something puzzling me for a while..
Having used point and shoots all my life using the same camera for any situations, all my previous cameras had a macro button(flower) wich permits to get very close to an object to snap it.. Since i have my dslr and no macro lens, I can be at about a feet of the object and zoom in until i get approximately the same result..

Now my real question is how will the picture be different from a real macro lens, compared to my regular lens zoomed in?
As an example, how will this picture be different or better if it had been taken with a macro lens?

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January 17, 2013
1:33 pm

Mandrake

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I’ve never used a macro either, Eric so I’m also waiting to hear.
I would guess that with a macro you can focus at a much shorter distance.

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January 17, 2013
1:55 pm

Eric

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Mandrake said

I’ve never used a macro either, Eric so I’m also waiting to hear.
I would guess that with a macro you can focus at a much shorter distance.

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Me too, but what does a macro give as a gain compared to zooming in.. there has to be something, some macro lens are sooo expensive..

January 17, 2013
2:09 pm

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Well.. One thing is that on a macro you can zoom and come very close to the object after the foto is taken, and it will still be a good pic. You can take a pic. with a “normal” lens and zoom in so you get a macro, but it will be a bad one, it will start to show pixels..

http://www.flickr.com/photos/s.....nsson1968/

January 17, 2013
3:14 pm

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The macro lens is going to let you get closer and sharper and just do it better.
but yea its gona cost my nikor 105mm was $984

January 17, 2013
4:26 pm

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To be honest I was never into macto, but I think it is time to start. I just got 105mm and will be testing it soon. Stay tuned and you’ll see a video about macro from me. And yes, macro lenses are sharper with more details and you can come much clothes to the subject. For example if lens says it is 1:1, it means that things will show up on the camera sensor their life size. Let say something is 10mm. It will be 10mm on the camera sensor.

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