Hello everyone! I am looking into getting my first camera with the intention to take crisp, detailed, macros of insects. Since I don’t have much knowledge, I wanted to get some outside opinions. I am looking to get an intermediate camera that can last me a long time without wanting to upgrade to a …

Those are Cathartidae with no doubt, based on numbers and location id is correct, maybe check others and comparing proportions would prove it too, but no white tips for black vulture. And surely you don’t even need to write they’re not corvids when you have birds looking nothing like them.)

It’s obvious if you’ve taken the time to learn about birds. I focus on my local plants so I’m maybe at the creagle skill level of identification for now?

close ups are not defacto useless. coloration and patterns in the head are useful for identification.

[image] WildEdges: Like the head shot of a snake. Pretty sure seeing all the head scales is enough to id most of snake species. Same with duck butts, usually quite distinct when they dive.

Possibly but I’m sure there’s still good data to be had from seeing the rest of the snake, or any other animal. I know I have a bad habit of trying to take nice macro photos of insects with the eye in focus but quite often it’ll be some detail of the rear leg or something that’s key to the ID and is…

Something that may be worth considering instead of a dedicated macro lens is to buy a 50mm prime lens and a set of extension tubes. This is a much cheaper solution and helps you to think more about what’s happening in the process. I think all of the main companies do these 50mm prime lenses and cert…

Thank you everyone for your help! I have decided to go with the following: Sony Mirrorless Full Frame: Alpha 7R iii (E mount) Laowa 100mm f/2.8 (FE lense) Sony HVL-F60RM2 Flash Other basic stuff including a diffuser I was told that the FE lens would fit the E mount, but I am still confused on …

Took me a sec to figure this out, but I’m familiar with the concept from Canon (terminology is slightly different and kind of confusing for Sony). Basically, for camera bodies you have A mount or E mount. A mount bodies use “A” lenses whereas E mount bodies use “E” lenses. E and FE are both “E” le…

Thanks for the explanation. So if I am reading this right, I don’t have to worry about anything or it only showing a portion of the image because I am going to use an FE lens on a Full Frame camera?

Yup, that’s right. Either way, it’d be nothing to worry about. The same would occur if you bought a E lens; your camera would shift to crop mode where you only see 2/3 of what you would with the full sensor, but you wouldn’t notice because what you see through the viewfinder is what get captured in …

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