Tuesday, 15 January 2013

Macro

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Fuji X10, supermacro, aperture priority, 12MP, iso 200, 1/900 sec, F2.8, exposure compensation -0.3. 
GIMP: levels, crop, resize, local unsharpen mask 

For me one of the most attractive features of advanced compact cameras is supermacro mode. Because of small sensor and wide angle the depth of field is enormous on compact cameras. Unfortunately, all current (serious) compact cameras have supermacro mode at wide end of the zoom. It does help with DoF but the distance between lens and the object is very small. It is OK for flowers but with bugs it is complicated. The "last year" models of advanced compact cameras  are cheaper than dedicated macro lenses for most DSLRs or mirrorless cameras. Plus no need to change lens every time I want to shoot macro.

Nikon 1 system probably also would have enough DoF but unfortunately, the dedicated macro lens is not yet available. Probably AF-S DX Micro Nikkor 40mm F2.8 with FT1 adapter can be a viable solution but the whole set will be big, heavy and definitely more expensive than enthusiast compact cameras. Obviously, for someone with a collection of Nikon lenses the situation might be different. I don't have any Nikon glass.

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