Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]><Snip> > Lea, > Macro photography is usually defined as no magnification of the subject > (1X) to about 10 X magnification. That is STARTING at 1:1 subject size to > size recorded on film, as in a subject 1 inch tall being recorded on film > 1 inch tall - actual life size. More magnification than about 10X moves > into microphotography. > > Less than 1:1 is close-up. > > Welcome to the LUG, where no one escapes without a fight :) > > Henry The way i always understood it 1:1 to 1:10 was macro. 1:1 to 10:1 and more is micro. Actually in my own head i defined macro as photography which requires a bellows correction. I think this is right at 1:10 requiring a half stop correction. If you are shooting something ten inches tall and making it one inch on your you are at that point. If I'm being vague it's becuae i haven't a clue to what I'm talking about!! I think it's all semantics. I think I'm antisemantic!! Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.rabiner.cncoffice.com/