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“Macro” is my keyword. In many situations I’m tight-lipped, but when it comes to macro I’m hard to shut up. Feel free to test me 🙂 Like anglers’ tall tales …

I had long been paying attention to Murat Öztürk—whom I met on Facebook—for his macro work using a reversed 18–55 mm kit lens. After seeing these successful shots, which practically contradicted …

I’d tackled the use of polarizing filters once before. It was a long time ago, and I was using flash for all my macro shots. That’s why I published a …

Among macro shooting methods, perhaps the most enigmatic is using microfilm lenses. We can find almost no information about these lenses. If you’ve found a microfilm lens, it could be …

Long ago I read an article by master John Hallmen whose original Swedish title was “Att tämja blixten.” It meant “taming the light” and contained many tips on using flash. …

When we went to visit the elders in the family last weekend, I rummaged through the cupboards where my old belongings were kept. I found the binocular I had scraped …

People who want to start macro shooting—or just try it a bit—often feel undecided when faced with so many options. I get a lot of messages about this. “Which lens …

A lot of questions come up about aperture settings. At which value do we get better results? Should we open up, or stop down? As I approach the topic, I’m …

I ended up rewriting this post a few times and added something new to the content each time. At first I planned to touch only on the Raynox units, but …

Mitutoyo is the king of macro! A legendary lens! A dream of many years! At the same time, it’s an expensive microscope objective with lots of accessory needs and hard …