simple@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoWhy do cameras call it "Macro Lens" if it zooms in and is used to capture tiny objects? Shouldn't it be "Micro Lens"?message-squaremessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhy do cameras call it "Macro Lens" if it zooms in and is used to capture tiny objects? Shouldn't it be "Micro Lens"?simple@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squarema11en@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoMacro and Micro are both used in photography. Macro generally is when a lens will reproduce an object the same size on film/sensor as it is in life. Micro is for smaller subjects at higher magnifications such as using a microscope.
minus-squareNeatNit@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months ago Macro generally is when a lens will reproduce an object the same size on film/sensor as it is in life. Hey that’s pretty cool. Is it really what happens?
minus-squarema11en@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoYep, most macro lenses such as the 90 to 105 range from Sigma, Canon, Nikon and their ilk tend to have a designation like 1:1 in the description. This is normally based on a 35mm frame size, for cropped sensors the magnification is greater.
minus-squarerandombullet@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoActually for cropped sensors it’ll still be 1:1 but “cropped” You can get more magnification if you use extension tubes or specialized lenses.
minus-squareAdrianTheFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-25 months agoDepends, I think. In the same order of magnitude definitely. Edit: this makes me wonder, is it possible to get an orthographic perspective with an ordinary size (but maybe not standard) lens on a normal camera?
minus-squarerandombullet@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoI suppose tilt shift lenses can achieve that.
minus-squareParagone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoNo, tilt-shift doesn’t have any bearing on whether it’s focal-length is high-enough to make the magnification 1:1… hth! _ /\ _
Macro and Micro are both used in photography.
Macro generally is when a lens will reproduce an object the same size on film/sensor as it is in life.
Micro is for smaller subjects at higher magnifications such as using a microscope.
Hey that’s pretty cool. Is it really what happens?
Yep, most macro lenses such as the 90 to 105 range from Sigma, Canon, Nikon and their ilk tend to have a designation like 1:1 in the description.
This is normally based on a 35mm frame size, for cropped sensors the magnification is greater.
Actually for cropped sensors it’ll still be 1:1 but “cropped”
You can get more magnification if you use extension tubes or specialized lenses.
Depends, I think. In the same order of magnitude definitely.
Edit: this makes me wonder, is it possible to get an orthographic perspective with an ordinary size (but maybe not standard) lens on a normal camera?
I suppose tilt shift lenses can achieve that.
No, tilt-shift doesn’t have any bearing on whether it’s focal-length is high-enough to make the magnification 1:1…
hth!
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