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Hello Dave,
I'm not sure yet about the software that came with the camera. Remote pro is something you had to buy separately correct, or did it come with your camera package. I was told the software that came with my XSi will do the remote laptop stuff I'm wanting to do.
Later,
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Dave, I'd originally bought ($99) DSLR Remote Pro because the version of Canon software which came with my 350D (Rebel XT) was so buggy as to be unusable in Windows XP. I was never able to make it install and work correctly. For this thread, I installed the new software which came with the XSi. It installed easily, I hooked up the camera and was remote shooting immediately. I'm pretty impressed with it. All the controllability you'd need is in there, and my only (minor) gripe is that it wants you to use the other Canon utilities to play with the resulting pics. I think you're going to enjoy this.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Very nice shot and coin--great die cracks!  Obviously Canon and Nikon have equally capable macro lenses. I think a 100mm macro is a better choice for coins, as I often have to work with lighting to avoid cast shadows. |
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United States
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I was just wondering if there would be any lighting advantage to having a stand that would allow you to shoot your shots straight across instead of having the camera pointed straight down. Most tripod and stand setups that I've seen are set to shoot straight down. I have a sheet metal and weld shop at my disposal, I was thinking of making a stand that would allow the camera to be setup much like being hand held. I thought you might have a few more lighting options that way, just thought I'd ask for a few opinions.
Later,
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I thought you might have a few more lighting options that way, just thought I'd ask for a few opinions. Dave, the extra lighting options are negated by the very shallow depth-of-field in macro photography. Gravity would make it very difficult to set a coin directly vertical, and therefore parallel, to a camera set up horizontally. With my setup, I can only allow the coin to get out of parallel by one or two degrees before the shallow depth-of-field leaves part of the coin out of focus. |
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Thanks for the quick reply SuperDave, I guess that answered my question. It looks like the 100mm lens is just what I need for my Snow varieties, I now have to decide where to buy it. The local camera shop wants $550 for it, but I've seen it on line at $430 to $490. I'm not too sure of the online shops, any suggestions?
later,
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02/21/2009 5:38 pm
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I'm not too sure of the online shops, any suggestions? I generally start with Amazon or Newegg for virtually everything I buy online. Photography vendors I have no problem recommending: B&H (I got my 100mm used from them for $399) Cameta Adorama17th St. Photo KEH (also has used lenses) I've done business with all of these. For future reference: http://www.resellerratings.com/Huge online database of customer experiences with online sellers - the gold standard for such information. Be seriously leery of a vendor who doesn't rate 8.5 or better from Resellerratings. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Sorry to dig up an older thread.
So yesterday my wife and I purchased a Cannon rebel EOS T3 1100D.
Amazing camera so far however, I need a good macro lens for what I want to do.
Do you guys still recommend the EF 100mm f/2.8? Or is there a better one now that my suits my needs?
was looking at the Canon EF 50 mm F/2.5 Lens
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06/12/2011 1:51 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I have the T1i and it came with the factory lens and a 50mm lens when I bought it and here are pictures with the 50mm and the 100mm I purchased about a week later 50mm 100mm in my opinion the 50mm is not much better than the factory 18-55mm lens so I really can't suggest it over the factory lens for coin pictures. You will need a tripod or something to get quite a distance away on a large coin like a Morgan with the 100mm lens because it will not fit in the view finder if you don't. I didn't take any pictures with the factory lens when I took these two but I am guessing you probably would not have been able to tell the difference between the factory and the 50mm lens by the pictures |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Bryan, the 100mm lens has the greater detail by far. Which has the best color representation? But I suppose color is more a function of camera settings and lighting as opposed to lens.
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But I suppose color is more a function of camera settings and lighting as opposed to lens.
Absolutely, unless the lens is such dreck that it introduces noticeable chromatic aberrations. There are, as I've learned recently, a couple of specialized lenses out there which exceed the 100mm Macro in the narrow niche of coin photography. I still recommend it as the macro lens of choice if your camera says "Canon" on it; if you're going to drop $500+ on a lens, get something you'll be able to use in multiple circumstances. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Mine came with the EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/consu..._5_5_6_is_iiI need to really play with it. It seems like it will do the job for now. But knowing me ill want an actual macro lens. the 100mm Is a HUGE difference. Thanks for the side by side comapre. That really helps! Edited by Namachieli
06/12/2011 5:01 pm
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The 18-55 can be made to work. I believe you'll like it best at around 50mm and f/8. Make friends with Sharpening and Contrast in postprocessing, and you should be happy with the result. Like so, done with the same lens and processing I mentioned:  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Well first shot, Tried playing with colo settings and different light filters (Read: Cut up Milk Jugs)  Ill keep working at it. |
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That's a *great* shot. I'm posting from my phone, so I can't see it all at once, but I see nothing that minor postprocessing won't fix.
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