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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 7743647, member: 19463"]I agree that f/11 covers most when you are shooting flat on rather than tilting to show edges. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1325762[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>You also might improve the situation by shooting from a bit farther back and cropping rather than filling the frame. With 45 megapixels, you can afford to crop a lot. The worst I had was an Aegina obol that was almost as thick as it was in diameter. I did a short stack on it. Cropping from farther back would have worked as well. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1325766[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I'm assuming 8:30 AM which is late in the morning for this sort of thing. Late in the <span style="color: #ff4d4d">day</span> is when you go home and process. </p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, I had a few coin portraits lock in on the human eye focus. Does the R5 recognize animal eyes on a coin? That would be hilarious.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Certainly flash freezes the subject but it will not correct your moving a fraction of a millimeter closer or farther changing the plane of focus. The <font size="4">Canon MT-26EX-RT certainly would seem to be a great thing for bug chasing but it costs more than my camera body so I will not being trading in my old equipment. </font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 7743647, member: 19463"]I agree that f/11 covers most when you are shooting flat on rather than tilting to show edges. [ATTACH=full]1325762[/ATTACH] You also might improve the situation by shooting from a bit farther back and cropping rather than filling the frame. With 45 megapixels, you can afford to crop a lot. The worst I had was an Aegina obol that was almost as thick as it was in diameter. I did a short stack on it. Cropping from farther back would have worked as well. [ATTACH=full]1325766[/ATTACH] I'm assuming 8:30 AM which is late in the morning for this sort of thing. Late in the [COLOR=#ff4d4d]day[/COLOR] is when you go home and process. BTW, I had a few coin portraits lock in on the human eye focus. Does the R5 recognize animal eyes on a coin? That would be hilarious. Certainly flash freezes the subject but it will not correct your moving a fraction of a millimeter closer or farther changing the plane of focus. The [SIZE=4]Canon MT-26EX-RT certainly would seem to be a great thing for bug chasing but it costs more than my camera body so I will not being trading in my old equipment. [/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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