Keith Kennedy
03-27-2008, 03:11 PM
A couple of yeas ago, I was playing with a Canon Digital Rebel to see what it would do on a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (a difficult lens to use because of the short working distance). I was impressed with the image quality especially since I was not using a tripod. The image of the fly is cropped ca. 10% from the right and an 8% Gaussian blur applied to the background. I did clip the distal end of the right hindwing, a result of the very small viewfinder of the Rebel i.e. I did not notice it. You can see the fly's haustellum extended as it feeds on pollen.
Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 macro lens and EOS Digital Rebel; ISO 400; Manual exposure; 1/60s at f13; Canon T24 twin flash at -1; handheld.
Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 macro lens and EOS Digital Rebel; ISO 400; Manual exposure; 1/60s at f13; Canon T24 twin flash at -1; handheld.