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Old December 28th 14, 03:34 PM posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems,rec.photo.digital
PeterN[_5_]
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On 12/27/2014 7:38 PM, Nige Danton wrote:
"Ian" wrote:

Hello Nigel. These switches are small and it might be that the mechanism is
binding/jammed and that moving it gently and slightly in different
directions might free it. I've found this with other small switches where
the switch mechanism has very little leeway in movement for it to bind. I
suspect they are much more of a compromise, mechanically, than switches of a
larger size.
The inbuilt flash of my DSLR had problems for a while and needed a push to
pop up (this had to be a prompt push otherwise the camera would decide that
the flash was faulty and go into fault mode). After a while the flash
settled down in its pivots and is now back in normal working order.


Coincidentally, it's partially freed itself now. It's still very stiff and
is slow to return, but at least it's sort-of working. I've rarely used it
in the past but I've recently bought a set of extension tubes to try macro
photography.

Switching topics to macro: it's much (much) harder to focus on the subject
than I'd anticipated. My set up is an 18-105 lens (the only lens I have),
tripod, aperture priority (smallest f-stop to maximise the depth of field),
and outdoors. I'm just experimenting with flowers right now and am using
all three extension tubes. One of the difficulties is getting enough light
on the subject. All that said, it's good fun.


Welcome to the macro world.
When I don't use a macro lens, I also use extension tubes for my macro
work. Just a few hints. I rarely use autofocus. I find that using
liveview for focusing is a real PITA, especially outdoors. (YMMV)
The above are just my macro preferences. More importantly, many lenses
will have noticable diffraction at the smallest aperature. You might
want to check the manufacturers website. Not every image needs to be, or
should be sharp in all areas. You can use partial image blur creatively.

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