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<blockquote data-quote="AudiSportB5S4" data-source="post: 385252" data-attributes="member: 10958"><p>Over the weekend I got a Tamron 90mm f/2.8 (135mm on my crop sensor D7100) macro lens.. Took some shots of corals in my reef tank.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s427.photobucket.com/user/AudiSportB5S4/media/60%20Gallon%20Cube%20Tank/DSC_3880_zpsb0875e30.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i427.photobucket.com/albums/pp352/AudiSportB5S4/60%20Gallon%20Cube%20Tank/DSC_3880_zpsb0875e30.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s427.photobucket.com/user/AudiSportB5S4/media/60%20Gallon%20Cube%20Tank/DSC_3883_zpsc4ae8e8f.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i427.photobucket.com/albums/pp352/AudiSportB5S4/60%20Gallon%20Cube%20Tank/DSC_3883_zpsc4ae8e8f.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s427.photobucket.com/user/AudiSportB5S4/media/60%20Gallon%20Cube%20Tank/DSC_3887_zpsc2240238.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i427.photobucket.com/albums/pp352/AudiSportB5S4/60%20Gallon%20Cube%20Tank/DSC_3887_zpsc2240238.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>I have a question though that I can't seem to understand the answers given to me.. What is the difference between me shooting this with the macro lens versus my zoom? (18-200). Over the weekend I took the same exact shot of the first coral with my zoom lens and definitely noticed a sharper image result from the macro, but what then gets me confused is this whole 1:1 reproduction ratio.. When I look at the repro ratio on my zoom @ 1:5, the image basically looks the same to me when I shot it with the macro and with my zoom so I'm confused with the difference. On another forum someone said I wasn't taking advantage of the macro capability with the pictures I posted but I got to basically the minimum focus distance of just under a foot and took a shot so I don't know what else there is to do <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AudiSportB5S4, post: 385252, member: 10958"] Over the weekend I got a Tamron 90mm f/2.8 (135mm on my crop sensor D7100) macro lens.. Took some shots of corals in my reef tank. [URL=http://s427.photobucket.com/user/AudiSportB5S4/media/60%20Gallon%20Cube%20Tank/DSC_3880_zpsb0875e30.jpg.html][IMG]http://i427.photobucket.com/albums/pp352/AudiSportB5S4/60%20Gallon%20Cube%20Tank/DSC_3880_zpsb0875e30.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s427.photobucket.com/user/AudiSportB5S4/media/60%20Gallon%20Cube%20Tank/DSC_3883_zpsc4ae8e8f.jpg.html][IMG]http://i427.photobucket.com/albums/pp352/AudiSportB5S4/60%20Gallon%20Cube%20Tank/DSC_3883_zpsc4ae8e8f.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s427.photobucket.com/user/AudiSportB5S4/media/60%20Gallon%20Cube%20Tank/DSC_3887_zpsc2240238.jpg.html][IMG]http://i427.photobucket.com/albums/pp352/AudiSportB5S4/60%20Gallon%20Cube%20Tank/DSC_3887_zpsc2240238.jpg[/IMG][/URL] I have a question though that I can't seem to understand the answers given to me.. What is the difference between me shooting this with the macro lens versus my zoom? (18-200). Over the weekend I took the same exact shot of the first coral with my zoom lens and definitely noticed a sharper image result from the macro, but what then gets me confused is this whole 1:1 reproduction ratio.. When I look at the repro ratio on my zoom @ 1:5, the image basically looks the same to me when I shot it with the macro and with my zoom so I'm confused with the difference. On another forum someone said I wasn't taking advantage of the macro capability with the pictures I posted but I got to basically the minimum focus distance of just under a foot and took a shot so I don't know what else there is to do :) [/QUOTE]
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