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Greetings!
My wife and I are heading out to butterfly world here on Vancouver Island tomorrow and I was wondering if anyone has suggestions for the best lens setup for this situation. This is an indoor "Butterfly Farm" I have a FZ20 with olympus add on lenses including macro, wide angle and a teleconvertor (tcon 14b). Any suggestions, hints etc. would be most appreciated. Regards EJM |
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Use the macro lens (ideally a Nikon 4t or 6t) and maybe combine it with the Tcon 14B.
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The word indoor scares me but maybe there is lots of light.
If you can not get real close the macro and 14B combo may be a good Idea....but you will need to practice some to know what to expect. I tried that combo a couple times and I think that allows you to focus at full zoom, at about 3 ft but I may be wrong, its been a while since I tried that |
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There will be enough light in the butterfly area - either sunlight or artifical. I use either a Minolta 0+ or a Nikon 1+ closeup lens for butterfly shots. Either of these two will let me stand a little further back from the butterfly.You need topractice with the lens before you go -you have to get the butterfly in good focus by moving the camera back and forthonce you zoom in on it. Hope this helps.
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Rather then spend much time screwing lenses on and off I'd be working with the amazing macro-tele it has built in. Keep in mind its dead zone where you won't be able to focus. If time and the butterflies comply extended macro and telephoto may both lend a hand but will diminish light. Take lots and share some of the best with us.
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Here's a picture of a Silver-spotted Skipper that I made recently with my FZ4 and Nikon 1+ closeup lens. Very little, if any, cropping was done:
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Hi,
I would go with a straight ~+3 close up lens, I use the nikon 6T. I would also recommend an external flash and use a bounce/diffusion setup. I took these photos a year ago in a butterfly house. Although the second was taken with the raynox dcr-250 ( + 8 ). Treemonkey |
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With the dcr-250
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rduve wrote:
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Any chance you could explain to me how this works? I didn't know you could stack a 14B with a 6T. I have both, and would love to know how it should be set up, and at what range I would be able to shoot. Thanks in advance! Melissa |
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Thanks for all the help. I managed to get a picture or two that are not too bad. I am going to attach a couple.
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