First, I recently bought a set of 28 filters. One of the filters that came with the set was a 10x close up or macro filter. I know that not all filters work on all lenses but this doesn't work on either of my lenses (18-55 and 55-200) so what lenses does this filter work on??
Second, I was out taking night photos of the stars. I used a tripod and a wireless shutter remote and turned off the vibration reduction and the picture still came out blurry. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?? I used all automatic settings, it was too dark and cold to stand out there messing with the settings! But still, there was no movement, so there shouldn't be any movement in the picture, correct??
im sorry but i cant help you with the first problem but i think the issue with your night pictures is your ISO is off check out this link i hope this helps
hi kim , im not real sure about the macro filters u have . I have some i brought on ebay which fit on all my lenses . Hope u work that out cos they are alot of fun.
Night shots can be difficult but the best advice i can give u is go off automatic as will need to manually focus on infinity. Look on ur len and u will see a infinity sign . Set ur lens to that in MF which will allow u too focusas u see it . One of the hardest things to do is focus in the dark but with lots of fiddeling u can manage to get clear shots. And also as Nick said increase ur ISO . I dont go over 400 with ISO as it can become too grainy.
Kim, do you recall how long the shutter exposure was on the night shot? If it was long enough what you are seeing is the movement of items in the sky relative to the camera which is on the ground.
filters will fit your lense if they are the same size. my 18-55 lense takes a size 58 mm filter size. the size of the filter that can be used will be printed on the front of your lens
@ncphotography thanks for the link! The ISO was set at 800. I will play around with it later.
@liipgloss thanks for the advice. I will keep that in mind.
@hammster I checked the exposure. It was 8 seconds.
Thanks everyone for your help! I guess I had better start dressing warmer so I can play around more!!
I still need help with the macro filter if anyone knows anything about it!! I tried it on the 55-200 aimed at the sky and it still wouldn't focus on anything. I think maybe I need a longer zoom lens??
With the macro filter on, the lens will only focus at short distances away I believe--for close ups. Try it with flowers, bugs etc. it is like a magnifying glass.
I used a 10x filter on my film camera. It is super fun and I may have to get one for my new camera. (Of course my cannon uses different filter sizes than my old minolta!) Weslyn is right - it is a magnifying glass and will only focus really close to the subject.
@kcphotography - 8 seconds is a long exposure. So the blur could just be the movement of the stars in the sky relative to the ground. Well, technically it would be the earth's rotation relative to the stars (but same difference).
Sort of like taking a long exposure of cars at night. You get the long blur of the head/tail lights.
@hopeless they fit on the lens (mine's 52 diameter) it just doesn't focus on anything.
@weshook@prairiesmoke I tried focusing on a subject up close, I even stood real close to it, and even tried taking a few steps back, but it just doesn't want to focus on anything!! Very frustrating....
@hammster thanks. I honestly didn't think it would move that much in 8 seconds! but thanks again, I will try again tonight!
@hopeless I fiddled around with the macro filter some more and I guess I just wasn't close enough (just as @daniellestarr and all the others said all along). You just have to move the camera back and forth til the picture focuses. It only works at one distance and won't focus if you are either too close or too far, but once you get to that specific distance, you can zoom in or out to get the crop that you want.
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Night shots can be difficult but the best advice i can give u is go off automatic as will need to manually focus on infinity. Look on ur len and u will see a infinity sign . Set ur lens to that in MF which will allow u too focusas u see it . One of the hardest things to do is focus in the dark but with lots of fiddeling u can manage to get clear shots. And also as Nick said increase ur ISO . I dont go over 400 with ISO as it can become too grainy.
Good luck hope i helped in any way .
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@liipgloss thanks for the advice. I will keep that in mind.
@hammster I checked the exposure. It was 8 seconds.
Thanks everyone for your help! I guess I had better start dressing warmer so I can play around more!!
I still need help with the macro filter if anyone knows anything about it!! I tried it on the 55-200 aimed at the sky and it still wouldn't focus on anything. I think maybe I need a longer zoom lens??
Sort of like taking a long exposure of cars at night. You get the long blur of the head/tail lights.
@weshook @prairiesmoke I tried focusing on a subject up close, I even stood real close to it, and even tried taking a few steps back, but it just doesn't want to focus on anything!! Very frustrating....
@hammster thanks. I honestly didn't think it would move that much in 8 seconds! but thanks again, I will try again tonight!
at least that's what mines like