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Shooting with the Canon 65 mm

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Shooting with the Canon 65 mm

So far, in this chapter, you've seen me working with the Canon 100mm Macro. You've also seen me attach some extension tubes to it, and we've been able to get really, really close. I want to show you now a unique lens, the Canon 65mm MP-E 1-5X Macro lens. This is a really unusual lens. Nobody else right now is making something like this. And, it gets me a lot of the power that I get with a complex configuration of lens and extension tubes. But it actually gets me more magnification power than I can get with all of these. And, it means that I don't have to hassle with the multiple gear, and the bigger lens configuration. That said, you work with this lens in a very different way than you work with a normal macro lens. So, I have it attached right now, and it's got a built-in lens collar. You haven't actually seen a lens collar in action. The lens collar is attached to the tripod plate. So, what I typically do is put the lens on the tripod first, and then I attach the camera to the lens.…

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