R. T. F. M.
If you have ever worked in I.T. or been around someone who works in I. T., you probably know what that stands for.
I went to Brookside Gardens today and decided to take my 90 mm f/2.8 macro lens only. There were lots of flowers to shoot and a few flying critters as well, but the critters get quite challenging with the 90 mm lens. My camera has an APS-C sensor so that is the 35 mm equivalent of a 135 mm lens. Even so, they tend to fly away if I get too close.
I came across a beautiful cardinal and immediately was wishing I had my 400 mm lens with me. That’s when I remembered that if I switched to jpg ( I normally always shoot in raw), I could turn on the digital zoom. I decided to give it a try. This was shot with the equivalent of 380 mm. I have not cropped it at all. This little insect is very tiny as are the flowers. In addition, it was quite breezy. I have added an extra image of a fly on the same flower to give you some perspective on how small this insect is. I was quite pleased with the results.
My camera didn’t come with a comprehensive manual. In fact, I was quite frustrated looking for a digital one until WWombat came to my rescue and sent me the digital “Help Guide” which is 453 pages long! Needless to say, I haven’t read it. In the course of the 18 months or so that I have had this camera, I have learned how to customize buttons, set up back button focusing and make all the settings quite easy to change manually since I always shoot in manual. Slowly I have picked up a few other tips, but if I don’t use them regularly, I forget about them.
So, that leads me to the moral of this story, which is to read your manual and learn what your camera can do.
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