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Testing the limits of any lens we get our hands on is both fun and instructive. Sometimes you can stumble upon unexpectedly delightful discoveries. In the previous review, we tried …

We’re after some experimental fun today 🙂 As they say, the best way to learn something is to try it yourself. Back in high school physics we had a unit …

I remember the very first post I published on this site—I’d written about how I missed the shots I used to take in macro mode with my old compact camera. …

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. …

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 …

Ever since I started taking photos I’d been curious about polarizing filters, yet for some reason I kept them outside my area of interest for a very long time. Even …

I may have repeated this in other posts, but I’ll touch on it again as an intro. As you know, one of the big pains for macro photographers is the …

I still remember the thrill of picking up my 1:1 macro lens for the first time and shooting a few frames—being able to render flowers and insects that large was …