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So this is a bit of a joke. \u00a0The FE 55mm is in no way a macro lens. \u00a0Its closest focus is about a foot away and so with a 55mm focal length it’s basically a normal size image. \u00a0The twist is that because the A9 allows autofocus in a magnified view you can get incredibly exact focus on small things like insects from that 12 inches away and then you can crop the image to look like a macro shot. \u00a0What follows is a series of images followed by a crop of the focal point. \u00a0I found it pretty easy to get even hyperactive bugs like the bees and wasps to end up in focus. \u00a0This was my first day with the camera. These photos are just jpgs. I don’t have the latest Lightroom rev that works with A9 files so these are rough pictures and won’t be reworked to their fullest potential. \u00a0Tomorrow I’ll see if I can do anything more sensible with it.<\/p>\n

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So this is a bit of a joke. \u00a0The FE 55mm is in no way a macro lens. \u00a0Its closest focus is about a foot<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[110,318,22,33,20],"class_list":["post-1389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photography","tag-a9","tag-insect-photos","tag-minolta-200mm-f4-macro","tag-mirrorless","tag-sony"],"yoast_head":"\nClose-Up Photography with the Sony A9 + FE 55mm F\/1.8 - Orion's Cold Fire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2017\/08\/17\/close-up-photography-with-the-sony-a9-fe-55mm-f1-8\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Close-Up Photography with the Sony A9 + FE 55mm F\/1.8 - 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