the plant head is 1/2cm across, blossoms are 2mm across macro? or closeup?

[JBW]

[ajohnw]

I feel macro needs a newish definition - if finally presented larger than life size it's macro, if smaller it's close up.

It's always been a woolly area as macro lenses will typically reproduce down to either 1:1 or 2:1 onto the sensor.

There is another term as well micro photography.

John
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[JBW]

I feel macro needs a newish definition - if finally presented larger than life size it's macro, if smaller it's close up.

It's always been a woolly area as macro lenses will typically reproduce down to either 1:1 or 2:1 onto the sensor.

There is another term as well micro photography.

John
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I believe that micro photography is done with the help of a microscope?

[Inkanyezi]

I believe that micro photography is done with the help of a microscope?

Of course micro photography can be done with the help of a microscope, but also in other ways. For example on a system camera mounting the normal zoom backwards gets it into the micro region, and even further if extended with bellows or extension rings.

An older definition that once was used was that the macro region is everything from 1:1 on the film to infinity, and the micro region begins where the image is enlarged on the film. Do we really need a firm definition of "macro"? I usually call them close-up.

[Wavelength]

Nice close up

[Stagecoach]

Would a clear or accurate definition of magnification make any difference whatsoever to how one appreciates the image or not?

Grahame

[JBW]

Would a clear or accurate definition of magnification make any difference whatsoever to how one appreciates the image or not?

Grahame

only to the extent that talking about the experience would be easier.

[JBW]

Nice close up

I think so too.

[JBW]

Of course micro photography can be done with the help of a microscope, but also in other ways. For example on a system camera mounting the normal zoom backwards gets it into the micro region, and even further if extended with bellows or extension rings.

An older definition that once was used was that the macro region is everything from 1:1 on the film to infinity, and the micro region begins where the image is enlarged on the film. Do we really need a firm definition of "macro"? I usually call them close-up.

No we don't but people that sell accessories might be held to a stricter code in their advertising.

[Stagecoach]

I feel macro needs a newish definition - if finally presented larger than life size it's macro, if smaller it's close up.

John
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John,

I see the problem with this definition is that it depends upon how it's 'finally' presented. So if I take a shot of a 10mm body width spider at a magnification of 4:1 it suddenly becomes classed as 'macro' because I have enlarged it in PP to a pixel size that will display it on your screen with a 40mm body width?

Grahame