Wife has been getting into photography a bit. Mostly it's taking pictures of flowers with her Galaxy S6 or sometimes with our Nikon D50 DSLR.
The S6 takes some pretty nice macro shots when compared to the DSLR, but they aren't REALLY close up, like I'd like to be able to do.
We have the lens that came with the camera when it was new. Standard Nikon lens. I want to think it's like 18x55 or something. The second lens is a 300mm zoom, I think it's also Nikon.
I'm not sure how it's best to shoot really good close up pictures with this camera and lenses. Best I can get is still not really as good as the S6. And not quite as close as I would like to be able to zoom in.
I'm still learning how the different lenses affect this kind of shooting. It seems that a magnifying lens in front of one of these others would help, but I'm not sure that the right way to go about it. I am thinking there must be a preferred way to do this. I know a tripod or some other stabilizing method would be necessary as well. I'm just hung up on the lens requirements.
The 300mm zoom has a "macro" switch on it, but all that seems to do is lock it in the 200-300mm range. Lets us get up close without having to get really close, but won't focus in if you get any closer than normal. Doesn't seem to be helpful.
The S6 takes some pretty nice macro shots when compared to the DSLR, but they aren't REALLY close up, like I'd like to be able to do.
We have the lens that came with the camera when it was new. Standard Nikon lens. I want to think it's like 18x55 or something. The second lens is a 300mm zoom, I think it's also Nikon.
I'm not sure how it's best to shoot really good close up pictures with this camera and lenses. Best I can get is still not really as good as the S6. And not quite as close as I would like to be able to zoom in.
I'm still learning how the different lenses affect this kind of shooting. It seems that a magnifying lens in front of one of these others would help, but I'm not sure that the right way to go about it. I am thinking there must be a preferred way to do this. I know a tripod or some other stabilizing method would be necessary as well. I'm just hung up on the lens requirements.
The 300mm zoom has a "macro" switch on it, but all that seems to do is lock it in the 200-300mm range. Lets us get up close without having to get really close, but won't focus in if you get any closer than normal. Doesn't seem to be helpful.