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<blockquote data-quote="Pretzel" data-source="post: 284162" data-attributes="member: 12257">Day 85 - just seeing how close I can get with the kit lens...&nbsp; just shy of a 12&quot; minimal focus distance, then cropped to 100%.&nbsp; This is the Gerber logo on the blade of my small EDC knife.[ATTACH=full]80023[/ATTACH]Day 86 - more kit lens fun, this time with a random splash of water droplets on a glass plate from a photo frame.&nbsp; Poor lighting, all on-cam SB700, trying to manually focus with the 18-55 as the auto focus wanted to lock in on the crayons underneath.&nbsp; That's TOUGH, as the manual focus ring isn't really dialed in to allow uber precise control on this.&nbsp; My first major irritation with the &quot;kit&quot; lens.&nbsp; Really want a macro, and should have been doing this on a tripod instead of handheld, but oh well.[ATTACH=full]80024[/ATTACH]Just learning phases again for now, nothing I'd really feel like displaying or even printing, so thanks for putting up with me.&nbsp; The water drops will definitely come back some day, after I figure out how to get more rounded droplets and light the subject a bit better.&nbsp; THEN, I'll get out the tripod. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pretzel, post: 284162, member: 12257"] Day 85 - just seeing how close I can get with the kit lens... just shy of a 12" minimal focus distance, then cropped to 100%. This is the Gerber logo on the blade of my small EDC knife. [ATTACH type="full"]80023._xfImport[/ATTACH] Day 86 - more kit lens fun, this time with a random splash of water droplets on a glass plate from a photo frame. Poor lighting, all on-cam SB700, trying to manually focus with the 18-55 as the auto focus wanted to lock in on the crayons underneath. That's TOUGH, as the manual focus ring isn't really dialed in to allow uber precise control on this. My first major irritation with the "kit" lens. Really want a macro, and should have been doing this on a tripod instead of handheld, but oh well. [ATTACH type="full"]80024._xfImport[/ATTACH] Just learning phases again for now, nothing I'd really feel like displaying or even printing, so thanks for putting up with me. The water drops will definitely come back some day, after I figure out how to get more rounded droplets and light the subject a bit better. THEN, I'll get out the tripod. :) [/QUOTE]

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