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Rusty » Sun Nov 11, 2007 11:23 pm
Thanks, Bill,
Suzanne was ahead of me on the subject but I posted anyway because I was so happy to take my first "macro setting" shot. And... I learned something. I always have known that DOF can be a problem with telephoto shots. I learned today that it can be even more a problem with a macro.
Because I was using a tripod, exposure time was of no consequence. That shot was 1 second at f/5. I should have pulled the aperture down to f/16 or so.
This lens was one of the door-buster specials at a camera store this weekend. Promaster 70-300mm, f/4-f/5.6, macro 1:2. I asked for comments last weekend and several forum friends had good things to say about it. So, I bought it Friday
I wish it had VR but, at $149.....
Rusty