nhsonyshooter wrote: Steve Spencer wrote: nhsonyshooter wrote: Rehype wrote: Steve Spencer wrote: Rehype wrote: Steve Spencer wrote: Rehype wrote: nhsonyshooter wrote: Rehype wrote:
I do understand the limitations of using the 65mm apsc on full frame but after watching this video I decided it was worth a try to see if the differences were noticeable in my style of shooting.
26mp is perfectly fine for my needs. I bought one to use on my A7riv specifically. Not a macro shooter by any means but this lens is so small that I don't feel bad including it in my pack when out in the woods.
Totally agree. It was one of my challenges using the 100mm when out hiking and shooting macro handheld. The reduction is weight and longer focus throw is more than welcome even if there is a slight tradeoff in optical performance. Ill be able to do some testing on my A7RIV when the lens arrives in a few days.
The loss in resolution from 61 MP to 26 MP, the loss of a stop in dynamic range at low ISO and the one stop increase in noise at high ISO, IMO, is not a slight tradeoff in optical performance. But I totally understand how you may feel this significant loss in optical performance may be worth it to you, it just wouldn't be to me.
Thanks for sharing your perspective. For my style of shooting/processing I dont think the differences will be very noticeable in real world images but I look forward to testing it out.
For my style of shooting, I find I fairly often want more dynamic range and more low light capability. Being able to hand twice as much variation in light between brightest and darkest (that is what a stop of dynamic range means) and having twice as much light to work with when light is low (again what having a stop less noise at high ISO means) matters to quite a bit of my shooting and does show up in my real world images and I am not prepared to give that up, but of course YMMV.
For my style when shooting macro with the 100mm I'm always in the lower ISO range and since the A7R4 has plenty of dynamic range in the lower ISO range losing a stop would not be an issue for an me. (If you take a look at all the shots ive posted in this thread the ISO has been between 100-500) This is obviously because im using an external light source in most cases.
Exactly. Most of the time I just use the light from my phone if I want to add alittle something. Not a big deal at all.
Interesting. I find this basically never works for me. I hate mixed lighting and my iPhone almost never mixes with the ambient light in almost all my settings, of course YMMV.
That's your problem, you using an I phone Like I originally said I'm not a huge macro guy so I don't shoot alot at all. That's why I was interested in this lens. If I carry one chances are I'd use it more. This one is small enough to not be a big deal. I loved the CV110 but it was just to big and heavy for the amount I would use it. When I do use one and if I need alittle extra light the app I use is soft box. I can adjust the kelvin by just swiping up and down to match the color I want. Pretty easy. If I left the house for a specific macro shot in mind then yes I would bring a small Godox 350 for off camera flash.
Then you are way better than I am at guessing the Kelvin of ambient light to avoid mixed lighting than I am. I don't see using the iPhone for external lighting let alone pictures as at all viable for me, but more power to you if it works for you. You can go with a small macro that is full frame and not heavy if size is your big issue. Sony makes a really nice 50mm f/2.8 macro and it weighs just 236g, seems like a pretty compelling option if you want small and you have a FF camera. It is even quite inexpensive.
Mar 31, 2020 at 07:56 PM
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Like I originally said I'm not a huge macro guy so I don't shoot alot at all. That's why I was interested in this lens. If I carry one chances are I'd use it more. This one is small enough to not be a big deal. I loved the CV110 but it was just to big and heavy for the amount I would use it. When I do use one and if I need alittle extra light the app I use is soft box. I can adjust the kelvin by just swiping up and down to match the color I want. Pretty easy. If I left the house for a specific macro shot in mind then yes I would bring a small Godox 350 for off camera flash.