Thanks all! I'm happy to finally get some good photos with it now, during the first months I was getting a lot more bad shots than good ones. Getting most of the insect in focus is hard.
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Originally Posted by Tindomul
Wow,, great photos. What lens did you get? How did you decided on that lens.
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It's a Tamron 90mm f/2.8.
Now how I picked it... with difficulty! I could afford a mid range lens (the really good ones have prices in the 4 digits, or close to it). Because I knew I would do a lot of work with insects I needed something with a good focal distance. Canon has a nice 100mm macro lens. But the price was stretching my budget a bit. Then I discovered the Tamron, and according to most of the reviews I read, the glass is very sharp and very good quality, pretty much equal to the Canon one, but 150€ cheaper!! AND comes with a lens hood. For Canon lenses you need to buy it separately.
And I'm happy with this lens. The AF had a tendency to hunt around a lot, but mostly in lower light conditions (since I shoot handheld I need a bright sunny day anyway). So I do the focus manually in those cases, then use AF just to 'lock in' on the sharpest focus.
Hybrid Mode
