We asked you to name your favourite piece of kit that you use for macro photography. Here’s a selection
Jeff Rowles
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‘I love my Sigma 105mm DG Macro HSM. It allows me to get close to subjects without disturbing them. I find the quality of output is excellent and it’s very affordable. It’s never let me down and it rarely leaves my camera during the damselfly season. It also gives me the opportunity to photograph detail and get creative indoors when the weather is unfavourable. On a final note I’ve also managed to capture portraits of my dog with this lens with good results. A must-have lens in everyone’s kit.’
Gill Prince
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‘I find the Raynox 250 clip-on adapter brilliant for taking macro shots “on the fly” (no pun intended!) without having to keep changing lenses – and it’s also relatively cheap, but still creates great-quality images. I always recommend the Raynox to my photography tuition clients who are interested in getting into macro for the first time, without the upfront investment in a dedicated macro lens. All of these images were shot using the Raynox 250 clip-on adapter, Lumix G9 and 14-140mm f/3.5-5.6 Mark II lens.’
Rachael Andrews
‘My favourite piece of kit is the focus-peaking feature on my Canon R. Without it I would not be able to use manual or vintage lenses, as I am severely sightimpaired. I’ve been registered blind for 23 years and a photographer for a little longer. I have no sight in one eye and no central vision in the other, due to myopic macular degeneration, cataracts, and dry eye. What sight remains works only very close up.
‘I use the focus-peaking feature to know when what I want is in focus. Often my subjects are central but I can’t actually see them fully in the viewfinder or indeed sometimes at all. I slowly move the camera in tiny increments until the bright peaking colour flashes in my peripheral vision and then I take my shot. Or indeed usually about 50 of them of the same subject, as my hit rate might not be so high and at close macro distances very small movements can wreck focus. I favour macro, photos of my guide dog Ajay and more recently landscape.’
Philip Forsyth
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