Join me on a little macro walk in a local forest. I talk a bit about where to find some insects and become overjoyed at finding a weevil. I also get the shot I want of a damselfly
bees weevils and hoverflys - my favorite subjects :) Your really good getting that handheld stable video, nice job - something I am still trying to get better at - so hard for me at macro range even with stabilization! All the best man, enjoy insect macro season :)
Thank you. I use a "trick" for the handheld video that you can try: shoot in 120fps. My hands are very shaky, but at that framerate you get 4s per second of video and you can cut and paste your best segments afterwards. The problem is external forces like wind which might throw your macrosubjects way out of focus but you can't do anything about those anyway. Good luck.
@@geireriknielsen9075 Took me a while, finaly figured out how to get the 120 set on my em5 - it was not actually hard to find, but odd when shooting it shows 60p, but I guess thats how it is - odd UI on the older olympus cams. Thanks again for the idea - cant waitt to try getting some macro slow vid for the next one :)
Your getting good shots with flash without the big defuser covering flash and lens. I just got a flash to try it has an on-lens defuser like the one your using.
Good luck with that and I hope it works. A small tip, I have actually put some additional diffusing material inside the "cup" in order to decrease the brightest light out of the flash. Anything will work for that, some tissue etc. So see how you go without anything at first and if you don't like it you can try with some extra material
Hi, hope you are getting some good shots with your diffuser. Just as an addon to my previous answer, in my latest video, th-cam.com/video/rnaubw_C5pU/w-d-xo.html I show the inlays that I was talking about. Timecode 11:36 onwards. You might find it useful.
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bees weevils and hoverflys - my favorite subjects :) Your really good getting that handheld stable video, nice job - something I am still trying to get better at - so hard for me at macro range even with stabilization! All the best man, enjoy insect macro season :)
Thank you. I use a "trick" for the handheld video that you can try: shoot in 120fps. My hands are very shaky, but at that framerate you get 4s per second of video and you can cut and paste your best segments afterwards. The problem is external forces like wind which might throw your macrosubjects way out of focus but you can't do anything about those anyway. Good luck.
@@geireriknielsen9075 Took me a while, finaly figured out how to get the 120 set on my em5 - it was not actually hard to find, but odd when shooting it shows 60p, but I guess thats how it is - odd UI on the older olympus cams.
Thanks again for the idea - cant waitt to try getting some macro slow vid for the next one :)
@@BMadPhoto Def give that a go, I am sure you will be pleased
Your getting good shots with flash without the big defuser covering flash and lens. I just got a flash to try it has an on-lens defuser like the one your using.
Good luck with that and I hope it works. A small tip, I have actually put some additional diffusing material inside the "cup" in order to decrease the brightest light out of the flash. Anything will work for that, some tissue etc. So see how you go without anything at first and if you don't like it you can try with some extra material
Hi, hope you are getting some good shots with your diffuser. Just as an addon to my previous answer, in my latest video, th-cam.com/video/rnaubw_C5pU/w-d-xo.html I show the inlays that I was talking about. Timecode 11:36 onwards. You might find it useful.