When ignorance is bliss....
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 4:19 am
I have a 60mmf2 Tamron macro lens and has been wanting one with longer focal length. I have been chasing a Sigma 180f2.8 for few years and could not find one cheap enough for me to buy.
I have been using other means to get the magnification (CUL set, tubes, reverse mount etc) but never obtained a good quality image.
So recently I acquired an used Minolta 100f2.8 macrolens for $165 on eBay. I knew I was getting an excellent lens with Minolta colors, also used widely as a portrait lens but what I was ignorant about was that this lens is capable of 1:1 magnification and that too with auto focus. That realization put me in a blissful mode. All of them were shot at f32, with some flash on. The camera was on a tripod. One flash was on camera and the second one was remotely triggered.
I have been using other means to get the magnification (CUL set, tubes, reverse mount etc) but never obtained a good quality image.
So recently I acquired an used Minolta 100f2.8 macrolens for $165 on eBay. I knew I was getting an excellent lens with Minolta colors, also used widely as a portrait lens but what I was ignorant about was that this lens is capable of 1:1 magnification and that too with auto focus. That realization put me in a blissful mode. All of them were shot at f32, with some flash on. The camera was on a tripod. One flash was on camera and the second one was remotely triggered.