Peppercorn Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Good afternoon, Last August I bought a Fujifilm X-ES2, a mirrorless compact type digital camera, and have enjoyed using it although I don't suppose I've even scratched the surface of its capabilities. # The camera came complete with a 18mm - 55 mm zoom lens, but haven't yet found the best way of taking photos of models (learning process, etc) with that lens and, so, I was considering buying a Fujifilm XF 60mm macro lens and wondered if I could solicit, from those who know about these things, advice on this. Thanks, Cliff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJGraphics Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 It might be worth considering some extension tubes, which allow the lens to be focused a lot closer, as a cheaper alternative to a macro lens. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted March 14, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 14, 2017 Iceland gets a ten from Len, that seems to be his advice. Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted March 14, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 14, 2017 Good afternoon, Last August I bought a Fujifilm X-ES2, a mirrorless compact type digital camera, and have enjoyed using it although I don't suppose I've even scratched the surface of its capabilities. # The camera came complete with a 18mm - 55 mm zoom lens, but haven't yet found the best way of taking photos of models (learning process, etc) with that lens and, so, I was considering buying a Fujifilm XF 60mm macro lens and wondered if I could solicit, from those who know about these things, advice on this. Thanks, Cliff Depending on what you want to photograph, a set of close-up lenses that screw in to the filter thread of the lens, might well be adequate and a lot cheaper. Put what you save towards a good tripod. I'd recommend a Manfrotto or a Benbo and size-wise, go up one from what you think you'll need. For layout photography I use a Nikon DSLR (DX format - similar to your Fuji) along with two Sigma lenses, a 17-70 f/2.8-4 and (mostly) a 50-200 f/4-5.6, the latter with a close-up lens fitted to reduce the minimum focussing distance. Check out the Bournemouth Central layout thread for examples of the results obtainable. Regards John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesg Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 It might be useful to have a telephoto lens with a small minimum focussing distance. I use a 40-150mm (80-300mm 35mm equivalent) lens that will focus down to 0.9m, giving 0.14x magnification (0.28x 35mm equivalent). That's close enough for a single model, but the advantage of using a telephoto is that I can always remove anything that might be distracting from the background by moving the camera. The disadvantage is the requirement to use a small aperture to keep everything in focus, sometimes F/22 for 10 or 20 seconds. Using a wider aperture, it is easy to control depth of field and blur the background entirely, if that's appropriate for a particular image. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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