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<blockquote data-quote="Ironwood" data-source="post: 403592" data-attributes="member: 10447">I think a shallow depth of field is the nature of the beast with all macro lenses Lawrence.I use mine at f16 which seems to be the best trade off for my setup. Even at f16 the DOF is about 1mm or less when focused in close, it just takes practice and lots of patience to get the focus pane in the right spot, I still get an awful lot of blurry shots in between the good ones, my keeper rate would average around 10%. Though on a good day I can nail them one after the other, but that takes zero wind and insects that stay still even while the flash is blasting away at them.I am sure Scott will be a big help if you want to wait until your trip. Though if you want to brush up on your macro technique before the trip, why not start a thread and start posting some of your macro shots , I am sure with a bit of help you will be taking killer shots before you come over this way.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ironwood, post: 403592, member: 10447"] I think a shallow depth of field is the nature of the beast with all macro lenses Lawrence. I use mine at f16 which seems to be the best trade off for my setup. Even at f16 the DOF is about 1mm or less when focused in close, it just takes practice and lots of patience to get the focus pane in the right spot, I still get an awful lot of blurry shots in between the good ones, my keeper rate would average around 10%. Though on a good day I can nail them one after the other, but that takes zero wind and insects that stay still even while the flash is blasting away at them. I am sure Scott will be a big help if you want to wait until your trip. Though if you want to brush up on your macro technique before the trip, why not start a thread and start posting some of your macro shots , I am sure with a bit of help you will be taking killer shots before you come over this way. [/QUOTE]

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