Hi Bill -
Thanks for the comment - in regards to your questions - no extension was use. The there is some cropping, but with 1.5x life-sized the A*200 does a nice job at it's closest focus.
I have tried to stop using flash for dragonflies and some other subjects. In this case I tried a few shots at ISO 400 without flash, but the shutter speed at f16 dropped below 1/10th of a second. As I mentioned in my comment to Ken, for flies I like to bring out the reflectivity in their bodies - vs some other insects (like powdery/hairy butterflies) where there is no reflectivity to bring out.
I went to using a monopod with the *ist-D last summer. Without it I don;t get sharp images, even at very high shutter speeds - with the AF360FGZ I can shoot at 1/1000, f16, ISO 400 and get the same characteristics as I would get with ISO 100 film and 1/250, f16 with the Pz-1p. - but I still do not get the sharpness I expect. I get a definite 'ghost image" to the shot. So I now use the monopod to increase stability.
I suspect that I got the ghost images on film, but due to the relatively low acuatance it was not as obvious. I was never able to get clear detail in the insects' eyes with film, but I do get that with the *ist-D. I probably should try shooting with the monopod and film and see if I could of done better in the past.
Later -
MCC
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----- Original Message ----- From: "william sawyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 9:10 PM
Subject: RE: PESO - My Buddy Buzz 2005
Looks like Mark is starting to get the hang of this...... ;-)
Questions: Are you you using any extension here? You indicated that you had
stopped using flash, have you reconsidered that? And, I'm curious about the
monopod for marco....
Bill Sawyer Livonia, MI -----Original Message----- From: Paul Stenquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 8:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: PESO - My Buddy Buzz 2005
Wow! On May 18, 2005, at 8:22 PM, Mark Cassino wrote:
I always warm up for insect shooting by photographing the first bugs available, which are usually flies.
So in this cold and crappy spring here finally is are a couple of bug photos - Buzz 2005:
http://www.markcassino.com/temp/peso/IMGP0283.jpg
http://www.markcassino.com/temp/peso/IMGP0267.jpg
*ist-D, A*200 f4 macro, AF360 FGZ flash, monopod.
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