One of the highlights is a macro lens that lets you get within centimetres of your target, allowing a really large photo on the other side. I was interested in getting a macro lens before I came across this one because they're way, way cheaper than their telephoto counterparts.
Note that I'm talking about stuff for getting up close and/or magnifying macro, not the type to take photographs of people. I'm sure there's a name for the different types, but I don't know them.
Anyway, as a bonus to buying the adapter to see if I can get Grandads slides onto the computer, I can also use his cool macro lens with my digital camera. The result is this:
And this:
The video shows how hard it is to keep this thing still. Modern cameras have image stabilisation, some in the body, some in the lenses. Canon have chosen to put their system in the lenses, and because I'm using an old lens, it most certainly does not have image stabilisation.
The colours are also wonky, so I had to pep them up in my video software. The result is an imperfect picture, but I quite like the image even in video.
Getting up close with a dragonfly is hard, especially at arms length without a tripod. Next time I'm going to try to find a co-operative insect that's at waist height.
I don't know what the green insect is, but it was a piece of cake to take a picture of.
Luckily for me I managed to take a few more pictures at the park we went to, and I still have a ton from the UK to go through. Tons more pictures to look at on a rainy day!
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