Igor, Charles is right and f5.6 isn't much of a stop down for Macro. Mirror shake can be there, but the depth of field is the real issue. Try a flash (or two) and a smaller aperture. You're trying to photograph a pretty wide field. Regards, Bob S.
On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 12:19 PM, Charles Robinson <charl...@visi.com> wrote: > On Dec 5, 2011, at 11:52, Igor Roshchin wrote: >> >> Risking the meet cooling off, >> I tried with the shake-reduction switched on and off, >> I tried to close down the aperture - up to 5.6 and 6.something >> (the exposure time went up to about half a second), >> I tried to use the 2-second delay release, but nothing of that seemed to >> help. >> Any other thoughts? >> >> Do you think the mirror can produce some shake? Would it be better to do >> it with the locked up mirror? >> > > If you pick the 2-second-delay, it will automatically disable the SR. > > For macro work - 5.6 isn't really "stopped down" much. Go to the extremes > and f/8, f/11. > > (as long as your subject isn't in motion, of course!) > > As for this particular image, I find it to be too small to evaluate > sharpness/focus. What were you focusing on? > > -Charles > > -- > Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com > Minneapolis, MN > http://charles.robinsontwins.org > http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
