>> Me wrote:
>> I was looking at a 105mm macro lens that
>> would end up being equivilent to something
>> like 140mm on the digital and was wondering
>> if that was too much.
> Derek wrote:
>
> Not at all. For a close macro shot you'll be
> about a foot from the subject instead of a
> few inches in the case of say a CP5700. But
> close macro shots have a downside in terms
> of DOF as you probably know. Often it's
> better not to get too close then do a 100%
> crop in your photo editor.
Though your butterflies are pretty I don't have
that much patience. All my macro photography
will be pretty stationry (PCBs, gears, scratches)
I used to get around the DOF problem with
my old pentax film camera by just shutting
down to F22 and leaving it on a tripod for a
while.
I found the digital cameras (like my old
CP5700) with their tiny sensors used to get
good DOF regardless of apature. I am hoping
the small sensor in the D70 might help a bit
as well.