Mastering Macro Photography: Choosing the Right Focal Length | Laowa Macro Master Class
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- čas přidán 27. 10. 2023
- Welcome to the 9th episode of the Laowa Macro Master Class. In this episode, we'll guide you through the essential process of selecting the perfect focal length for your macro shots.
Join our expert host, Scott Walker @WalksOnTheWildSide, as he uncovers the secrets of choosing the perfect focal length. Discover how your choice of focal length can influence the perspective, depth of field, and creative possibilities in your macro photography.
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Laowa 50mm f/2.8 2X Ultra Macro APO
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Laowa 90mm f/2.8 2x Ultra Macro APO
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Laowa 100mm f/2.8 2x Ultra Macro APO
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Splendid description of focal length vs. magnification! Thank you for such clear and informative content!
I've just started off with macro photography and this is (by far) the most helpful video I've encountered yet. I live on the West Coast of Scotland with so many forest trails in close proximity.
A very comprehensive look at the differences between focal lengths in macro photography. The only thing missing IMHO is the information that at a given magnification ratio and aperture all of these lenses will have the same DOF.
Very nicely done. I really like the part with the mushroom and the three focal lengths. I “knew” everything that you said but seeing it helps tremendously.
The problem is… now I want ALL of the different focal lengths 😂
Very good class for someone considering macro, thank you!
Hey Scott, thanks for these insights! I've been using the 90mm and the 25mm over about 3 months and loving them both. By far, it has always been about the subject in my pictures. However, after watching this, I am very excited to explore "stories" and composition in macro. Thanks Venus and you Scott, for providing great content!
Thank You, That was very informative. Here all I was thinking is that I only needed one macro lens. You really clarified a lot. Great images too.
What a detailed explanation/presentation! Thank you ever so much, Scott - great stuff!
You have a great channel and you have a clear and engaging manner and put over complex ideas simply and your enthusiasm is infectious. I do a lot of macro but still learned some stuff - so thank you! Very wide angle macro photography is hard though and the subject is almost touching the front of the lens, but I have got some nice images with my Opteka, which is I believe a rip-off of the Laowa 15mm, but it took a while to get the hang of. My Tamron 90mm is great and the possibility of autofocus is very useful with creatures that move around a lot. I have used my x2 Laowa using focus bracketing and a rail and got some amazing shots, and using it at x1 gives me that intermediate focal length which will get more in, something you've just reminded me of, so I'll be going out trying that out, though of course that one has not got autofocus for creatures that don't stand still for long! Anyway, many thanks for the great video.
You remind me of the great David Bellamy. Great vid on macro skills.
Very impressive introduction to the use of macro photography. Thank you.
Thank you. This video answers questions I didn't even know I had.
Hey, Scott, good to see you over here! 👍
I have Laowa's 85mm f/5.6 2x macro lens and it's very nice, and small enough to add to my carry-around kit for "just in case." I'd be very interested in trying out that 25mm 2x-5x...
Great introduction, just what i needed!
A longer focal lenght both changes the angle of view AND increases magnification (i.e. zooms in).
Brilliant and super informative.
Thank you for a most informative video. I believe this is the first time I have come across your channel. I'm trying to decide which Laowa to go for, to go with a 90mm Tamron I already have.
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Dude perfect! thank you so much!
thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Excellent, thank you.
Excellent video. thanks.
This is one of THE BEST informative videos I've seen on macro- thanks!
Congraz for your video and ty very much for the sharing your "expensive" knowlege !!!
15:25 I learn that those numbers on my lens serve a purpose 😱
This has properly opened my eyes in to what all of this means. Thank you so much! Subscribed now :)
Also, just noticed you're taking pictures in side view, but have a button? Is this the battery grip that I see mentioned in some places?
Some cool tips here! I've been searching high and low for a fully sealed environmental case for my zv-e10. Something that could withstand a zero visibility dust storm. I've found vacuum sealed scuba cages and rigs, but are there ones that aren't exactly scuba gear, but extreme desert environmental gear?
Candlesnuff fungi is the name of the last one you found , nice info thank you
Any thoughts about using a 180mm macro? I enjoy mixing it in with my 100mm and my 60mm. Absolutely loved the video.
Hi, Scott, can you define how depth of field changes at 1:1 ratio through different focal lengths?
It doesn't change at all!
HA!, check this out, 15:32, you can see a yellow spider, orb weaver? Climbing up a stick, and making a web!! 16:16 you can now see it hanging. (its to the left, look under the text "AS THE") Dang missed opportunity there! Oh well.
I own the Laowa 90mm and its great. I do love the wide angle aspects but you get too close for my nerves LOLOL.
Good comparision video. Would have liked even more example and also some examples of focus stacked images from the 25mm at 5x
7:09 Incorrect comparison of 58 and 90 mm lenses. It was necessary to set the same magnification on both, and then compare the background and perspective. At 90 mm, the bump would also fit into the frame at the same magnification as it was at 58 mm.
Thank you SO MUCH for this video!!I have 1 question left; how do you deal with moving objects such as bees & butterflies? Because most will fly away as soon as you get close to them
Please, Laowa, we need a 10mm 1:1 macro lens for aps-c, to match the 15mm f4 lens for full frame. And since we're in 2024, maybe even autofocus.
Hi Scott,
This is such a clear and well detailed video.
Very inspiring!
I can't find the name of the last special lens.
Is that a Laowa?
Thank you so much for your feedback
love my 15mm macro on my aging A7R2, shame it doesnt get recognised more
hi! this video is amazing!!! what is the flash you are using?? linkkk?? thank yooooouu
I wonder if it's possible to create similar lens like Laowa 25mm 5x macro but also with tilt functionality (potentially will be really helpful for macro, but idk for sure at this levels of magnification)
I will like to see a new improved version of the 15mm macro Lens without shift.
What are those softboxes on the flash heads of the twin-flash?
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15:36 there is a spider crawling over in the left, and I can tell you now if I was the one recording this video I would be completely distracted and would probably take 100 photos of him
Interesting video but your examples all used apertures of f/8 or smaller which makes me wonder why you used the heavy 90mm instead of the Laowa 85mm f/5.6 2:1 macro. I really like mine and, like you it appears, don't shoot much below f/8. Rather few of your examples had much in focus due to the lack of depth of field so they would be really soft at f.2.8. Fully manual lenses like the Laowa group don't allow you to focus wide open and have the lens stop down to working aperture so I opted for the smaller and lighter lens that makes getting into tight spaces so much easier. Laowa makes great macro options but you ignored the one I like best. Another thing to consider is any use you might have for any of the Laowa lenses in conjunction with any of the accessories for cloer work like extension tubes or the NiSi cloes up lenses. I have tried both and see some advantages with each in some circumstances. Give that a try.
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It would have been nice to know how you tell what magnification you are shooting at. And what is "true" macro. You mentioned it several times but never said what it is.
You can see the magnification at the top of every photo, right after the focal length.
True macro is 1:1 or higher (2:1, 5:1….)
Adding to what @Miclem said, macro lenses and Laowa lenses in particular have the magnification marked on the barrel. Rotating the focus ring changes the focus which, in effect, changes the magnification because “changing the focus” is actually changing the distance of the “plane of focus” from the sensor. So, focusing closer, causes the plane of focus to be closer, which increases the magnification. I hope this helps.
They look like spruce or fir not pine
50mm is not the same as "human eye's angle of view", 50mm is same is looking through a simple glass with your eyes! meaning, you see objects exactly as you are seeing them without camera.
you don't believe, try it. switch looking through your viewfinder and out of it.
Correct, but only if you're looking through a 1x magnification viewfinder. Usually the viewfinder magnification is between 0.6x and 0.9x, so everything will look a little smaller in the VF
absolutely a valid point, Thank you for correction
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