Originally posted by barondla Fantastic spider image. Takes skill to pull this off hand held. Well done. Lots of macro lenses are listed in your signature. Do you have a favorite?
Thanks for sharing,
barondla
wow, thanks! the moth was way harder though.... such a thin plane to focus on in the woods at night... took a few tries.
for insects (always with flash) on ff/crop - the sigma 70mm (but need tubes with aperture contact pin) and the dfa50mm macro. if it's raining hard, the dfa100! the elicar 55 is great too, but i almost never end up using it... the front element is recessed a lot, so once you put tubes on it, it's impossible to get light on subjects that are really close to the lens.
for snakes, dragonflies, things that size on ff/crop the sigma 180 or irix 150... both great, slight edge to the irix... mostly i use natural light with those. i always start off with the da*300 though, and switch cameras or lenses if i can get close enough to the subject.
on mf, the dfa90 for larger things, 75 or 55 on tubes for smaller stuff. the 120 is good for larger things... gives you a little more distance before they scurry off, but for me they're too similar in fl, so i'll probably sell the 120... a 200 macro on the 645 would be wonderful. i don't have any long lenses for the Z yet.