Thanks for all the advice. I have just ordered an MP-E, I should get it Thursday . I'm fully prepared to get quite frustrated before getting happy, and I'll certainly have a go with the Zerene trial once I have the lens.

Cheers

Olly.
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stack many shots to control depth of field. It's much more work, and limits your choice of situations, but the results are really worth it. I had a look at the Zerene s/w. Looks quite good. Is that recommended? Just to help me with expectations, if I was shooting an object with a front-rear size of...

- selection of an aperture that is far too small for the magnification, resulting in poor resolution due to diffraction. This is an issue that is universal with all lenses used in the magnification range offered by the MP-E, and certainly not an MP-E "issue". Great. That makes sense. Thanks. I read...

Hi, I'm new to the forum and so I'm posting in the beginners topic, but I'm not a complete beginner. Please be gentle :) I am a keen amateur macro photographer. Mainly flora so far and I'm lucky enough to have a Canon 5D MkII, an EF 100mm IS macro and a Sigma 150mm IS macro. I hand hold quite a lot...

Hi, I'm new to the forum and so I'm posting in the beginners topic, but I'm not a complete beginner. Please be gentle :) I am a keen amateur macro photographer. Mainly flora so far and I'm lucky enough to have a Canon 5D MkII, an EF 100mm IS macro and a Sigma 150mm IS macro. I hand hold quite a lot,...