I love to take super close ups with my wide angle, how close can I get for the focus to begin to be sharp?
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Around 7" to 8" and focuses quickly. I use on a LX1 and the rig is very compact. A screw-on hood helps a lot when outdoor shooting.
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It has good center sharpness down to about one foot. It still gets a focus down to about 7 inches, and you have to look very closely to realize that the sharpness is falling off a bit. Any closer than 7 inches, it does not focus at all, as far as I can tell.
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About six inches. Probably a little less. One of the huge benefits of this wonderful little lens!
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You can get down to about 9 inches. I recently discovered a mod that works for the Lumix stereo lens that allows you to get down to 5 inchesby adding washers under the 3 screws on the chrome back plate. It might work with other lenses by increasing the distance between mount and lens.
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I believe it's inherent with the standard lens, a wide angle will bend the edges of things that are closer. You might want to consider a telephoto lens that is available. I agree with Alan that focusing will be tricky.
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I honestly haven't had a problem with the focus at any size. Right now I have it projected on a full wall, about 120", and its great. You can easily adjust the settings so it will always have the best picture.
2246631
If you are using the macro lens that came with this kit, you will only be able to focus on objects no more than a couple of inches away from your camera. Put your focus on manual to adjust.
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No you must first take a series of test shots, I use a target mounted vertically as a focus target then a ruler set at 45 degrees. For each of the the designated focal lengths 4 on my zoom, and for three different focusing distances. A total of 12 pictures. Then download and decide whether the lens focuses in front of or behind the target. Lastly you put the lens on the dock and adjust the focus slightly in the needed direction. Then repeat the process until you are happy with the focus. Although a pain, it took me three hours, the focus is MUCH better now.
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It can focus pretty close at all focal lengths, but it doesn't have a formal "macro" position. There's a discussion of this on cameralabs site, see the review of this lens. He claims a magnification ratio of 1:2.6 is possible. I haven't measured it myself, but it is a good lens for closeups.
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Use the longer mode for most shots. The short focus mode (9 ft or so) seeks like crazy and can be a lot of trouble. The lens operates best at 30ft or so. It is sharp as a tack and fast as hell on focusing. The short range is only good for real closeups. Other than that, leave it in the longer range.
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Yes. You can focus very close, probably about an inch or so from the subject.
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Me too, I work either in Manual or with Aperture preselects on, the latter being the most convenient.I find the focusing the most challenging.
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My answer to this is to set the lens at F8 either with Aperture Priority or Manual Mode. Having the lens wide open at F 4.5 just doesn't give the best results IMO. The results of learning this lesson is in the early results of seeing soft images at the edges of the pictures and loss of sharpness. F8 makes all the difference with this lens at least for me.
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Is half an inch close enough for you? It will go in super close and get perfect clear shots.
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I have taken some shots of the Milky Way, and it is important to get the sharpest focus you can. I do that by centering the view on a bright star, then use the live view (not sure what it's called on a Nikon, as I am a Canon guy) to view the star on the LCD screen, then zooming in the live view so the star is magnified and use the manual focus to sharpen it up. Then I make a mental note as to where that point is on the focus ring for future reference, and I don't touch it while I'm taking my star shots. It also helps to stop the lens up a fractional stop or two, as that will increase your depth of field enough to ensure the sharpest focus. The auto-focus chip probably won't help with this at all, as it's way too dim.
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My advice is to go to DPReview, which is an excellent resource for looking at digital cameras. That is where I get my info. My lens will focus only to ~ 8", so I'm guessing that the macro lens can get closer. Enjoy - it's an awesome camera!
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Sorry, I haven't had this problem. I think I remember it's best to focus from a normal angle to assure good focus zooming in. I presume you are also careful to center the image on the subject you want sharp. Ther might also be a setting to tell the camera how to handle close up shots. There may be levels orb types if selectivity possible. Depth of field is more critical in telephoto so it doesn't take much to throw it off. Sorry I don't have the camera or manual handy.
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I don't have my camera in front of me, but I don't recall any setting to change the focus.It would most likely be one of the preset shooting modes the camera has that would produce a shot like that.
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No. 35 mm wont be able to focus. The focus point will be behind the camera. 50 mm is probably the minimum and even then you'll have to be very close to focus.
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Wide Angle lens works best when you need to see ahead of you. I tried with and without and I really like the way the light is concentrated in the front of the bike.