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    macro: ridiculously close focusing distance

    Well, home from work again. The good info just keeps coming from you guys. @Jdumas: Thanks for the kind words. You've got a perfectly sensible solution with the 28mm and extensions. Actually, a 28mm prime is already high on my wishlist! I'd say I'm likely to try your method eventually. And...
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    macro: ridiculously close focusing distance

    @hkpzee: Tilt screen, yes! I get on my knees in the mud. I put my hands in the mud. I put my chin in the mud. Eventually I just lay down in the mud. I come home. The wife gives me a look. "Weren't you just taking pictures?" she says. "Yes, dear," I say. "It just got a little.. ah, difficult."...
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    macro: ridiculously close focusing distance

    Just got home from work. Holy cow, you guys are a fountain of information. Thanks all for the helpful replies. @photoSmart42: the microscope lens thing is super cool. I've seen some crazy shots with micro rigs like that. I spot some quality microscopes and lenses at Goodwill every so often...
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    macro: ridiculously close focusing distance

    ~tc~: Thanks for the quick reply. You had to tell me it was the spendy native lens, didn't you:smile: Yes, it sometimes feels like cheating, doing macro with my little trinket of a camera. The pics do turn out, if I may say so myself. As far as DOF is concerned, I'm actually intrigued to...
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    macro: ridiculously close focusing distance

    Hi guys/gals. First time poster, been lurking a while. Great community. I've been getting as serious as I can with my cheap point & shoot for about a year now. Been chomping at the bit to step up to a more formidable weapon. Thanks to this year's tax return, I'm about a week or two out from...
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