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Old 22-07-2005, 4:41 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Finally I can do true macro

I just bought a close-up adaptor for my Sigma 70-300 on ebay for 20 quid which converts it into a full 1:1 macro lens. Here's a quick sample of a hoverfly I took in my garden. The first is the full image and the second is a 100% crop, unfortunatley the crop is very soft because I had to severely compress the jpeg to be able to upload it so it doesn't show off the detail as much as it should.
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Old 22-07-2005, 5:32 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Nice.

Don't know what your lens looks like but my 70-200 with spacer rings for macro ends up as a big 'ol lump just for taking small pictures

The picture I took of the banknote has the hologram as 3/4 of the frame width so I would guess mine is not far from 1:1.

The rings I'm using came from ebay.
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Old 22-07-2005, 5:45 PM   #3 (permalink)
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I just bought a close-up adaptor for my Sigma 70-300 on ebay for 20 quid which converts it into a full 1:1 macro lens. Here's a quick sample of a hoverfly I took in my garden. The first is the full image and the second is a 100% crop, unfortunatley the crop is very soft because I had to severely compress the jpeg to be able to upload it so it doesn't show off the detail as much as it should.
Ken, i have this lens, can you send me the ebay link so i can purchase one of these adaptors?

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Old 22-07-2005, 6:56 PM   #4 (permalink)
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It was an individual's auction not a shop, so there was only the one.

There's one going for auction here
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...531618785&rd=1

You can also get them from Mifsuds (http://www.mifsuds.com/acatalog/copy..._Adaptors.html) but they are about £40.
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Old 22-07-2005, 7:13 PM   #5 (permalink)
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he he, i already have one of those wondered what it was for.
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I've the Jessops tubes but that aside what camera you using there Ken? And the flash; is it inbuilt or external, pretty nice though!
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Old 22-07-2005, 8:58 PM   #7 (permalink)
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I'm using a 350D with it's built in flash. The Sigma has a nice working distance so the lens doesn't cause a shadow. My next purchase will probably be an external flash, probably a regular flash with an extension cord rather than a ring flash as I won't always be doing macro work.
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