 Debra Forbes |
Micro Lens Vs. Macro Lens Is a macro lens the same thing as a micro lens? In your discussions the terms are randomly thrown around and I don't know the difference. Something I have never gotten into until looking at all the wonderful photos displayed on this site. Thank you.
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Sharon Day |
Debra, they are the same thing. Nikon refers to their macro lenses as micro. As far as I know everyone else refers to them as macro. Any lens that will give you a 1:1 or life-size image is considered macro. Often a zoom lens will advertise they are macro but most will only give a 1:2 or half life-size image. Macro is fun, and I'm sure you'll enjoy it as much as I do!
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Debra Forbes |
Sharon, I appreciate your answer. Thanks! I had to take a peek at your gallery because you responded so quickly I thought you might have an interest in the subject. I was right and impressed. You have beautiful ideas with excellent results. I love your photographs. Once again Thanks.
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Sharon Day |
Thank you for such a nice compliment, Debra!
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W. |
Micro photography, afaik, is (also ?) a catch-all for photography in the realm of microscopes. That is of course a few orders of magnitude smaller than macro.
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John H. Siskin |
Working with microscopes is fun and easy. You can get a Microscope from Surplus Shed for lass than $100. Make images that are 40 times life size on the sensor! You can check out an article I wrote about this on my website: www.siskinphoto.com. The article can be downloaded from the magazine articles page. I should also point out that there are several large format lenses that called micro, including the Bausch & Lomb micro Tessars. It’s amazing how much you can do with almost nothing! Thanks, John Ps. I’m attaching a shot of a butterfly wing.
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Eric Calder |
Hi Deb, I've been doing Macrophotography for over twenty years, it is great. The reason I like it is because it gives you the chance to see and photograph what the unaided eye cannot see. Your eyes cannot focus on any closer than approximately 10 inches, that's why you cannot see real small things. As an example when I take a macro shot of a spider close up you can see all eight eyes and the hairs on its' legs. It is truely amazing what is out there. Close ups of flowers are also great.
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Bob Cammarata |
I think W.S. is correct. "Micro" is the accepted nomenclature when referring to greater-than-lifesize reproduction. (Although Nikon uses this terminology on their series of close-focusing lenses...even though they will only achieve 1:1 or 1:2 reproduction without attachments.) John, I've recently been playing around with a bellows unit and a reversed 20mm Nikkor to get to @ 40:1 with my 35mm film camera. Bob
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Sharon Day |
Bob, keep us posted on the bellows/20mm setup. I'd like to see the photos when you have them processed. I've always thought I might enjoy working with a bellows, but the DOF is so shallow with the 105mm macro I'm hesitant to mess with it.
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John H. Siskin |
Hi Bob, Strangely enough glass is cheap. A commercial grade 4X Plan optic from Edmund optics is $62.00. Plan is the good highly corrected lens. The things that add a lot to the price of a lens are long working distance, infinity correction and the name Zeiss. Eyepieces are also inexpensive. You could get this stuff MUCH cheaper from Surplus Shed (www.surplusshed.com). You want to stick with a 4X or at must a 10X objective or you will not be able to light from above. So you will want a 10X, 15X or 20X eyepiece to get more power. An interesting lens for the land of the incredibly tiny is the Bausch & Lomb Micro Tessar. These come up on EBay occasionally. Designed for micro work and larger formats these will often fit onto a microscope. They have diaphragms so you have some control over sharpness. Very fun to play with! I’ve used the 20 on bellows with extension tubes, what good is depth of field anyway. Nikon makes an extension tube, called the BR-4, which uses a dual cable release to stop down the lens on a bellows or when the lens is reverse mounted. It is really handy for shooting with a reverse mounted lens! Thanks, John
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Bob Cammarata |
Sharon, I will definately post any keepers here after I get them processed. I'm sending off a batch of slides in tomorrow's mail and should get them back in a week or so. It's true,...DOF is non-existant when using the bellows and reversed 20 mm so I mostly play around with flat objects I can light from behind. Thanks John for the info. Bob
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John H. Siskin |
Microscopes are FUN! John
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John H. Siskin |
Microscopes are FUN! John
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Sharon Day |
Thanks, Bob! I'll be looking for them.
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