Hi everyone! I’ve had my camera for a little over a year now, and it is already 13 years old! It’s served me so well over the time I’ve had it, and as a naturalist, I can say I definitely used it a LOT. A few months ago, the On/Off switch broke off after having been handled too many times. I lost it…

[image] pburka: switch cameras I switch cameras too, it’s much faster :smiley:

[image] mkanimallover: tiny springtails are tricky because my F-stop is just not high enough I’m note sure what the F-stop has to do with being able to photograph springtails. Depth of field will always be fairly thin at high magnifications. There are various ways to compensate for this, but …

Yes, I think there’s always a light problem with macro photography. Its seems to me that there’s something about the configuration of elements within the lens that necessarily cause a lot of light drop-off. I’m not sure the extent to which this is true, or what the exact science behind it might be, …

[image] jarvo: Because of that light drop-off I always use a flash. It’s more expense, I know, but it is a game changer. I do most of my close-up photography without flash, though as you approach 1:1 magnification and greater it is definitely helpful and will get better results. (I’ll note th…

[image] spiphany: I’m note sure what the F-stop has to do with being able to photograph springtails. Depth of field will always be fairly thin at high magnifications On my old camera, the macro setting is kind of like a landscape setting, with a high F-stop. https://www.inaturalist.org/obser…

[image] spiphany: I have also occasionally used a flashlight to help illuminate springtails in shadowy places. I’ve tried using my on-camera light, and that hasn’t gone too badly. I also have a pop-up flash, but don’t really understand it yet.

[image] mkanimallover: I’ll post them when I have the time :) It will be interesting

[image] mkanimallover: I still can’t find the setting for going all-out manual [IMG_20260603_195416] Above shows the dial of different modes (I know, crappy shot, not all of us have half decent phones :joy:), I personally keep mine at manual at all times.

I found it!! The ‘M’ stood for manual exposure or something like that on my other camera. I can manipulate shutterspeed there, but haven’t found how to switch other options (which would be great, since, with an F-stop of 11 and an ISO of 100, my photos in a well-lit bedroom turned out completely bl…

maybe your camera have this? [image] I think you have to turn that wheel

Any Suggestions for a New Camera?

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Depends on what you want to use it for. My camera is a Nikon D3400, and for macrophotography I use a Tokina AT-X pro lens.

It’s a basic DSLR from around 2019 and I use it to mainly do macro, and it’s pretty ok for that.

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