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From: jerryp@tekid.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.rec.photo
Subject: Re: Query on best lens
Message-ID: <1273@tekid.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 9-Jun-83 10:12:43 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun  9 10:12:43 1983
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To shoot very small things, you'll want a tripod... to keep your camera steady.
If you're using a tripod, that means that time exposures shouldn't be a
problem (as long as you use a cable release for your shutter).

So, instead of buying a fancy lens, try some extension tubes with your normal
lens.  They fit between the camera body and your lens.  You'll have to use a
longer exposure time, but if you have an SLR camera, the built-in light meter
will take care of that.

Some of the new zoom/macro lenses aren't bad... but I wonder if you can find
one that'll give you the magnification you need, and sharpness as good as
extension tubes, without spending hundreds of $$$.

--Jerry Peek
  D.S. 39-285; Tektronix, Inc.; P.O. Box 500; Beaverton, OR 97077
  503/627-3124
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