simple@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoWhy do cameras call it "Macro Lens" if it zooms in and is used to capture tiny objects? Shouldn't it be "Micro Lens"?message-squaremessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up161
arrow-up161message-squareWhy do cameras call it "Macro Lens" if it zooms in and is used to capture tiny objects? Shouldn't it be "Micro Lens"?simple@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squareNeatNit@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up9·5 months ago Macro generally is when a lens will reproduce an object the same size on film/sensor as it is in life. Hey that’s pretty cool. Is it really what happens?
minus-squarema11en@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·5 months agoYep, most macro lenses such as the 90 to 105 range from Sigma, Canon, Nikon and their ilk tend to have a designation like 1:1 in the description. This is normally based on a 35mm frame size, for cropped sensors the magnification is greater.
minus-squareAdrianTheFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-25 months agoDepends, I think. In the same order of magnitude definitely. Edit: this makes me wonder, is it possible to get an orthographic perspective with an ordinary size (but maybe not standard) lens on a normal camera?
Hey that’s pretty cool. Is it really what happens?
Yep, most macro lenses such as the 90 to 105 range from Sigma, Canon, Nikon and their ilk tend to have a designation like 1:1 in the description.
This is normally based on a 35mm frame size, for cropped sensors the magnification is greater.
Depends, I think. In the same order of magnitude definitely.
Edit: this makes me wonder, is it possible to get an orthographic perspective with an ordinary size (but maybe not standard) lens on a normal camera?