100 micro lens full experience, macro photography basic skills

IT 168 Evaluation Center: How many models have we compared recently? Budweiser? The lens has been thoroughly compared and tested. In these evaluation articles, we have tested several macro lenses with different bayonets, such as Canon, Pentax, Longteng and Tuli, and introduced them from the aspects of operating experience, focusing performance and imaging quality.

At the same time of testing, we also invited some SLR camera users to experience these lenses for a long time. Through their use and shooting, we can learn more about these shots. At the same time, according to the feedback from these users, we also talk about some basic skills and experiences of macro photography in this paper.

Invited users of IT 168 evaluation center are shooting with micro-single lens.

In the field of commercial photography, macro lens is often used to shoot small objects such as jewelry. For ordinary photographers, everything in life can be like a mirror, and flowers and insects are the most common macro shooting themes. Of course, taking portraits with a macro lens can also take photos with unusual effects.

Because macro photography will show the object with a larger magnification, the little action of the object will be magnified by the lens like all the details, which is easy to cause image blur. Therefore, for macro photography, it is very important to find ways to prevent photos from blurring.

Use a tripod to stabilize the camera (click here for a larger image.

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For macro shooting, holding a camera will be a very big test. In addition to using tripod to stabilize camera shooting, cable release and reflector pre-lifting function are effective ways to slow down the vibration of the fuselage. If none of the above methods can effectively solve the problem of blurred photos, it is also appropriate to use a certain high sensitivity to improve the shutter speed. After all, some noisy pictures are better than fuzzy ones. Of course, if shooting time permits, it is also a good method to take macro photos with a hand-held camera and enhance the chances of taking clear photos through continuous shooting.

"? Cat's eye paladin?

Works shot with Tuli 100mm macro lens

"? Night knowledge?

Use high-speed shutter to ensure clear photos (Pentax 100mm macro lens)

Too slow focusing speed is a common feedback from users who try these macro lenses. Although we have discussed with you that macro photography needs to slow down and use manual operation more, after all, we sometimes habitually think that autofocus can save us time.

Macro lenses usually provide a focus range limit switch (click here for a larger view

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The focusing stroke of macro lens is often long, especially for sub-factory lens. When we can roughly determine the distance of the focused object, we can limit the focus range of the lens. For example, when we shoot portraits, the focus object is often far away, so we can limit the focus range of the lens to a far distance, so that autofocus can avoid some ineffective attempts and the response will be faster than the normal mode.

"Hao Yanfu

Flowers shot in autofocus mode (Tuli 100mm macro lens)

"? Electric tiger?

Cherry shot with Nikon 105mm macro lens

By comparing Nikon 105mm VR macro lens with Longteng 90mm macro lens, Electric Tiger? I was deeply impressed by the difference in autofocus performance between the two. The original macro lenses, such as Canon and Nikon, often adopt special optical structure design to reduce the autofocus stroke, so as to obtain faster autofocus response. And the use of ultrasonic motor also makes these lenses no longer appear in autofocus? Seesaw? Like noise.

When we take macro photos, the images in the viewfinder are few and very bright, so it requires a photographer's experience and vision to accurately control the focusing state only by focusing the images on the screen of the optical viewfinder. However, the depth of field of macro shooting is often very shallow, and the focusing accuracy is required to be higher.

Now, many new digital SLR cameras have the function of real-time viewing (click here to see the big picture

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It is very gratifying that the real-time display function of digital SLR camera brings convenience to macro photography. Through the real-time display function, we can observe the enlarged preview on the camera display screen. Some cameras, such as Canon EOS 5D Mark II, can even preview the depth of field on the display screen, which brings great convenience to precise focus control. Therefore, when we have enough time for accurate focus control, such as shooting indoor still life, we can use the real-time display function to complete it.

Precise focusing on stamens is a common shooting method (

"? A boat?

Shot with Tuli 100mm macro lens)

Macro photos usually have a very shallow depth of field (

"? Cat's eye paladin?

Shot with Tuli 100mm macro lens)

Even with a small aperture of f/22, the depth of field will not be too large (

"Hao Yanfu

Shot with Tuli 100mm macro lens)

It is precisely because the macro lens has a shallow depth of field that obtaining a soft and fuzzy Jiao Wai effect has become the goal pursued by macro photographers. Through the combination of reality and reality in the picture, we can create a rich picture level and simplify the background outside the subject. Those photos with no subject and smooth background like cream are hard to achieve with ordinary lenses. Then in the actual shooting, in addition to the background, you can boldly apply the blurred foreground to participate in composition. In the information fed back by users, "? Cat's eye paladin?

Especially Tully's 100mm macro lens? The picture quality is sharp, but Jiao Wai is oily? .

"? Night knowledge?

By blurring the foreground? Eyes? (Pentax 100 mm macro lens) image

"? Electric tiger?

The shooting works use the combination of reality and reality (Nikon 105mm macro lens).

Macro lens is characterized by slow autofocus speed, deep imaging scene and high image magnification. When shooting, we should overcome the shortcomings as much as possible, make use of the advantages to ensure stable and clear images and effectively highlight the shooting subject.