Understanding of close-up photography
People are often put off trying close-up photography due to its specialist reputation. However, it isn’t as tricky as people thinks.
Close-up or macro so what is the difference?
The terms’ “close-up” and “macro” are often used to describe the same type of image. However, there is actually a distinct difference between the two. Technically speaking, a “close-up” is an image with a reproduction ratio ranging from1:10 to just below life-size: whilst “macro” is life0size to 10:1 life-size. Anything taken with a greater magnification than 10x life-size belongs to the specialist field of micro-photograph.
There are some recommendation of Macro Lenses:
Canon
EF 50mm F/2.5 Macro
EF 100mm F/2.8 Macro USM
Nikon
AF 60mm F/2.8 Micro
AF-S 105mm F/2.8 VRII Micro
Sigma
50mm F/2.8 EX DG
70mm F/2.8 EX DG
150mm F/2.8 EX DG HSM Macro
Some information is collected from Digital SLR photography.
March 31, 2008 at 3:55 pm
Interesting… Wow I learn something new from here everyday