Equipment for Macro Photography - Part 1

Rob Barron of My Photo Tutor explains the various types of equipment you can use to take macro photos (In 2 parts)

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[1414mwh]

Thanks man, this was really helpful. Hey, I'm planning on photographing some paintings ranging from about 16"x20" to 24"-48"... A couple people online have suggested that I use a 100mm macro to photograph paintings but a friend of mine says all I need is the 18-55mm that comes with the canon I'm looking at. Do you have any suggestions? I'm not much of a photographer as of yet.

[MPTutor]

@1414mwh As long as you keep the camera and the painting parallel to one another, it won't make much difference, you certainly don't need a macro lens for this. Actually you would need to be quite a distance away to take a picture of a 48" painting with a 100mm lens. Go for the wider lens so you can get closer and keep the camera perfectly parallel and you'll get the shots just fine.

Cheers, Rob :o)

[mismag999]

you are great guy ... your way of teaching is great specially for beginners like me lolll

you are so helpful

great mannnn

[MPTutor]

@mismag999 You're very kind mismag, thank you :o)

Rob Barron

My Photo Tutor

[igmsk]

Thankyou for such a nice video but I am not able to find the third part.

I have a panasonic G2 camera, I want to use it for macro photography but macro lens is very expensive for me. I am confused between filters and extension tubes, could you help me which will be the better option to buy, I will be very grateful.

[MPTutor]

@igmsk Extension tubes work well if the lens is 50mm or less. When you move the lens away from the camera body by 100% (so using 50mm of extension tubes on a 50mm lens) you will achieve 1:1 (life-size) reproduction. But the same tubes on a 100mm lens will not give 1:1. Filters are generally cheaper but tubes are in sets of three different sizes so you can adjust the macro ratio.

Quick answer but I hope it helps you.

Cheers,

Rob

My Photo Tutor

[mkohman]

Hey Rob,

Just want to say thank you so much for the great videos. You are a great teacher and have fantastic teaching skills. Very clear spoken and well explained, polite and very friendly.. Thank you again :)

[CELCStudents]

I am amazed that you give so freely of your knowledge to help others. Thank you for all your helpful videos. Can't wait to see more.

[gpasirayi]

Is it possible to use macrophotography methods to image human or plant cells.

[igmsk]

Hi Rob, Thanks for this nice video. I want to know that is there any 'short cuts' like this for wildlife photography.

[1414mwh]

@MPTutor Thanks, I appreciate you taking the time to answer my question. I've been looking at wide lenses now that I've done a bit more research, and it sounds like that's definitely the route I need to go. Thanks again.



[GraphicalMadnessGFX]

so, would a 300mm lenses work just as good as the 100 mm lens, because im finding it very hard to find that lens,