New to Sony - finally decided to make the jump to an A7II and, because of an inventory mistake and an oddly generous deal to make up for it. I got a screaming bargain, to boot. Need to pick up an adapter or two for my C/Y lenses, but played with the kit lens today - I think it's surprisingly not horrible.
Ronny, your framing is prime and on par with your fabulous images (though pink, orange or purple frames maybe a hard match, subject & substance dependent)
LZ, your style is sooo distinguished!
Canadiana through Mandler's LEICA SUMMICRON-M 90 E55 (III)
After a long break from extreme macro since changing over to Sony years ago, I've been getting back into it. These were with my a7rii, Laowa 25mm 2.5-5x ultra macro, Laowa twin flash, and a home made diffuser. The 25mm has a good working distance for an ultra macro lens, and seems to perform well enough.
This beautiful ant was at 5x magnification.
Another photo at 5x magnification, of a tick. I had the tick on a sheet of paper, and had to keep sliding the paper back like a treadmill to get a photo of this quick moving little guy.
And of course no ultra macro post is complete without a jumping spider, this time at 2.5x.
So far I'm pretty pleased with this set up. All of these photos were single exposures hand held at f/8; focusing is very tough and requires cooperative subjects and patience. If I had too much money to deal with, I'd buy another camera to permanently mount the macro lens to (I am convinced Sony reverse engineered a dust filter to make their sensors...). But otherwise I'd definitely recommend the Laowa ultra macro lens and twin flash.
I have been quietly lurking and admiring all the marvelous contributions by everyone. Nice to see more fall colors, it will be another week or two before the colors turn more vibrant here if the leaves don't just turn brown and fall off.
