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>>4485226
Use your fist as a bean bag, use burst mode and press the camera into your fist while shooting

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>>4484829
The Laowa's great but whatever's cheaper/more convenient to use for you

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>>4498425
>>4498426
that guy
forgot to say that the lens was 18mm and focuses 5mm in front of the lens. apparently you can't do manual focus staking with wide lenses as the working distance is too small. and end up touching the subject or unusable size distortion
i ended up buying the Tamron new on sale for 500 euro, laowa was 450. now kind of regret it after playing with the Tamron and kind of getting the hang of handheld focus staking. but for non moving subjects tammy is perfect.
now i m waiting for godox 860iii to go on sale to get a powerful reliable flash. but i m kind of torn between getting the laowa (500 euro again) or reynox 250 (70 euro). tammy and reynox give 1.8 mag compared with laowa native 2x. i have also 36mm extension tubes that i can use to increase tammy and reynox mag but i don;t know the actual resulting working distance and iq.
30 stack

has anyone tried stacking those macro lens filters?

>>4498494
yes
https://makrodunyasi.com/en/macro-close-up-filters-raynox-dcr-250-msn-202/

hes a turkroach so if anybody know something about shooting insects is this guy

also this guy bought a

>>4498497
https://www.dpreview.com/forums/threads/stacking-raynox-250-and-202.4811264/

>>4498494
yip, you use the more intense, more protruding ones on the outer side and the less strong ones on the inner side

>>4498454
Don't bother with the Raynox or tubes, screwing it on and off is too much of a hassle
And consider going for the Godox MK12, it's a dedicated macro flash that's sometimes more, sometimes less useful than a proper on-camera flash

I have a 100 2.8 macro which I use for scanning and the ocasional portrait/detail shot. I cant get into macro pictures because they freak me out, especially bc I have intense trypophobia (google it at your own risk) and everything seems to have little holes in it when you zoom in. On the other hand I think its very interesting looking at things close up, maybe I need exposure therapy

>>4498521
raynox have some clip on clip - off system. that is why i m considering it
godox mk12 kit is more expensive (almost 2x times - you get 2 flashes and 1 trigger though ) and seems harder to diffuse. considering the 860 as is very powerful and can be used as a normal flash for other types of photos. i suppose that mk12 could be too. will put it on my wish list. if it comes on sale at good price i ll consider it

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>>4498563
Macro flashes don't need to be diffused to the same extent because they're usually much closer to the subject (diffusion is most effective at mid-range flash distances)
Also the idea behind the MK is more sculpturing and less uniform exposure

>>4498494
yeah i got some cheap ones and put a doublet element in front that i took from a vintage manual zoom lens, total is 4 additional elements on top of a zoom PnS