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I use a Canon 450D with a combination of:
Extension tubes (without electric contacts)
Canon F2.8 100mm Macro lens
Reversed mounted Canon 1.8 50mm
(in that order) - Photo of the setup
I shoot inside a light box with one flash in order to flood the box with light, the extreme magnification with the flash and colorful flowers/backgrounds gives a very vivid result.
Shutter is set to around 1/200
Aperture on the 100mm lens is set to F14
(as a balance between a grater DOF (around 1mm) and still keeping it sharp (diffraction with this combination is very enhanced)
The 50mm lens focus is set to infinity, and the aperture is open wide.
Focusing is done by moving the camera forward and backward, and the magnification is set by the focus ring on the 100mm lens.
I prefer shooting Aphids since they are pretty still and don't move that much or that fast, plus, since they are about 1-2mm they can fit into the extremely shallow DOF (and they are extremely cute!)
The average magnification with this combination is around 3.5:1 (but you can go higher by adding more ext. tubes), and it is considerably cheap in compare to canon's mpe65 for example (up to 5:1).
I use extension tubes without electrical contacts - 6$
And a used 1.8 50mm lens 80$.
I use a Canon 450D with a combination of:
Extension tubes (without electric contacts)
Canon F2.8 100mm Macro lens
Reversed mounted Canon 1.8 50mm
(in that order) - Photo of the setup
I shoot inside a light box with one flash in order to flood the box with light, the extreme magnification with the flash and colorful flowers/backgrounds gives a very vivid result.
Shutter is set to around 1/200
Aperture on the 100mm lens is set to F14
(as a balance between a grater DOF (around 1mm) and still keeping it sharp (diffraction with this combination is very enhanced)
The 50mm lens focus is set to infinity, and the aperture is open wide.
Focusing is done by moving the camera forward and backward, and the magnification is set by the focus ring on the 100mm lens.
I prefer shooting Aphids since they are pretty still and don't move that much or that fast, plus, since they are about 1-2mm they can fit into the extremely shallow DOF (and they are extremely cute!)
The average magnification with this combination is around 3.5:1 (but you can go higher by adding more ext. tubes), and it is considerably cheap in compare to canon's mpe65 for example (up to 5:1).
I use extension tubes without electrical contacts - 6$
And a used 1.8 50mm lens 80$.
