My Pics Vs Sellers (testing new lens)

richardshipp

I received a 90mm Macro lens in the mail today from LeeG. I hope I don't make him regret selling me the lens 'cause it will take me some time to figure it all out. Here's a first try and to make things hopefully better... I'll post the sellers pics first. Any advice from you pros on how to focus and light better would be appreciated.

Sellers Pics


My First Try With The New Macro Lens

MORGANHUNTER2

a major improvement there Mr. Shipp- looks very nice to my old eyes.

ormandh

Are you manually focusing? You will need to if you are photographing slabs. The lighting is great though! -Dan

richardshipp

Thanks MH2.

Yes I used manual focus but just kind of eyeballed it. Here's a cent I recently got as I thought I'd try to shoot a copper piece. It looks kind of ok but the coin isn't quite as dark as the pictures make it look. I gave up for tonight but will keep practicing. I need to find what I did with Marks book and study some more. I tried a proof but the photos were terrible . Anyway the challenge is part of the fun.

Raybo

I'm by no means any kind of imaging expert, but it looks like you need to stop down your lens a bit.
Maybe you need to work on your manual focusing a bit, quarter is OOF a but the LC looks better.............Heck, I don't know!

richardshipp

<< <i>I'm by no means any kind of imaging expert, but it looks like you need to stop down your lens a bit.
Maybe you need to work on your manual focusing a bit also, quarter is OOF a bit but the LC looks better.............Heck, I don't know! >>



Me neither... I don't even know what "stop down your lens" means

Raybo

<< <i>

<< <i>I'm by no means any kind of imaging expert, but it looks like you need to stop down your lens a bit.
Maybe you need to work on your manual focusing a bit also, quarter is OOF a bit but the LC looks better.............Heck, I don't know! >>



Me neither... I don't even know what "stop down your lens" means >>



"F stops", f22 is small f4 is bigger.

So what ever aperature you used for your images, you need to use a bigger #, "stop down" means using a smaller aperature which means bigger # on your ring (or in your viewfinder).

TwoSides2aCoin

You're on your way to giving Goodman a run for his money

Raybo

BTW,

I usually shoot f5.6-f11 and f8 is my sweet spot.

Raybo

<< <i>You're on your way to giving Goodman a run for his money >>




Right!

LeeG

I like the Large Cent image!!


I hope you enjoy your practice time.

kaz

It takes a while to get the hang of manual focus. Also, if using a copy stand, a spirit level to be sure that the camera and baseboard are aligned helps. The exposure and color of the first coin look nice, it's just a little out of focus. I agree that f/8 is a good aperture to use for these lenses.

richardshipp

Thanks I looked this morning and I had it set at 7.1. I'll try using 8.