mark6699331
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Could anyone in the know reccomend a great camera for close up macros that don't blurr??????
ANYONE?
ANYONE?
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bigbudsbongs
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Such great pictures! Great job everyone!!!!
mark6699331- the item you are inquiring about is called a tripod,
tuco
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agreed. you dont need a great camera to take good macros. a tripod is the most important thing!!! and use a cameras timer release. macros sometimes require no flash with longer exposures so when you manually release the shutter it can cause a slight 'wobble' this might not sound like much but when you get really close the slightest but of movement will result in a blurry image.
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mark6699331 said:
You can take good macros without a tripod. Like the one I posted above for example. Sure you need to be steady, but the most important thing I found was that you need lots of light. In full sun for example, the exposure will be very fast, so a tripod is not necessary. In low light levels, it nearly impossible to take macros without a tripod though, but yea strong light goes a long way.
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SouthernSmoker
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hey great idea for a contest !!!
NightFire
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mark6699331 said:
the tripod will prevent the blurring, like everyone else has said, and should be part of any camera bag.
Now, to give an actual opinion on a camera. Almost any SLR type camera will work very well, but they are a bit complicated if you aren't accustomed to them. I have used Canons for the past 20 years.... (that just made me feel soooo old....)
with a super macro shot from the very cheap canon powershot a 430 i won potm... always check out if your new cam has super macro.. work your super macros in full sun and use tripod to hold the cam steady.. tripod isnt 100% nessasery, but gives best results(i dont have one yet)..
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cant beat the sun for clear bright pictures, if you want to go indoors your going to have to build a small studio. make some homemade reflectors and light diffusers for best results, and thats going cheap but effective.
it doesn't have to be a slr, a few modifications will give you an infinite possibility, a slr would just be more professional.
a diffused flash with a thin white cloth can really clear up a picture with a proper white balance in a dark room. so no yellow glow.
it doesn't have to be a slr, a few modifications will give you an infinite possibility, a slr would just be more professional.
a diffused flash with a thin white cloth can really clear up a picture with a proper white balance in a dark room. so no yellow glow.
my entries
my entries
well well here we go these pictures are my two entries for me Sugabear_II and can be found in my gallery.
The first is called oregon90 and this is a mostly indica strain supposedly from Euguene, OR - I got it from a medical site and the breeder was visioncreator who changed the name when he recieved it from a medical grower in Oregon. This is at 58 days of flower and was grown under a 150 watt hps with supplemental t-8 floro tubes in the cool blue spectrum. The picture was taken using a cannon a410 with tripod under the lighting of the cool blue spectrum t-8 floro tubes.
http://www.icmag.com/gallery/data/500/10099bluegon90_day58_04.JPG
and here's a picture of a cross I made with the plant above as the mom using a stud of burmese pure from reef that I grew from seed. The cross resulted in two phenos of the beans I grew out, one indica and sativa. The sativa went 83 days and this picture was shot at 81 days - around 78 days all the leaves turned dark purple and then some of the buds - this picture shows that color as well as the crystal coverage on this plant - smoke is incredible!
http://www.icmag.com/gallery/data/500/10099ob1_sativa_pheno_day81_macro01.JPG
I'm sure there are better here but thanks for looking
-suga
my entries
well well here we go these pictures are my two entries for me Sugabear_II and can be found in my gallery.
The first is called oregon90 and this is a mostly indica strain supposedly from Euguene, OR - I got it from a medical site and the breeder was visioncreator who changed the name when he recieved it from a medical grower in Oregon. This is at 58 days of flower and was grown under a 150 watt hps with supplemental t-8 floro tubes in the cool blue spectrum. The picture was taken using a cannon a410 with tripod under the lighting of the cool blue spectrum t-8 floro tubes.
http://www.icmag.com/gallery/data/500/10099bluegon90_day58_04.JPG
and here's a picture of a cross I made with the plant above as the mom using a stud of burmese pure from reef that I grew from seed. The cross resulted in two phenos of the beans I grew out, one indica and sativa. The sativa went 83 days and this picture was shot at 81 days - around 78 days all the leaves turned dark purple and then some of the buds - this picture shows that color as well as the crystal coverage on this plant - smoke is incredible!
http://www.icmag.com/gallery/data/500/10099ob1_sativa_pheno_day81_macro01.JPG
I'm sure there are better here but thanks for looking
-suga
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I just looked at my camera - it is actually the powershot a410 I thought I had a 430 - the 410 I think came before and is also a good camera and excellent deal. FWIW I'd stick with companies that were camera manufacturers before the digital age like cannon, olympus, kodak, etc as they have the optics background - (stay away from)ones like hp, etc.. - exception being sony which uses ziess lenses.redrider said:
it's got a great super macro manual mode add a $10 tripod and you're good to go - I paid $119 for mine at circuit city 2 years ago - it's out of production now but you see them on ebay for around $75
edit: jay has a good point setting up your photo space is very important. I like to use cool blue floros - I have a 30 watter in a $5 worklight that plus 60 watts of cool warm in the bathroom fixture gives me a nice even light. When taking macros you can't use the flash so you need to have good light. Also important is background - I'm lazy but sometimes I like to hang black pants behind the plant when taking pictures. A nice dark flat background makes for nicer pictures.
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Alright, I'm changing my initial submission. It was a shot of the plant I'm growing, but I feel this is a much better quality picture. It's a macro of some "Elvis" a friend scored, if it's the real deal or not, I'm not sure.
http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=44639
And my second nomination...
Grower: Fish131
Strain: Schrom x Buddah Sister
http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?p=737254#post734005
http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=44639
And my second nomination...
Grower: Fish131
Strain: Schrom x Buddah Sister
http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?p=737254#post734005
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