Fotobug - Episode 262 - Macro lenses and technique

Jim and Fred look into several brands of macro lenses and describe a technique to improve your macro captures, but first, the latest in photography news!

Canon brings its EOS webcam beta utility program to Macos!  Shutterstock has established a new pay structure which favors those photographers which have the highest number of sales.  A Dutch court has ruled that a grandmother must take down images of her grandchildren at the request of the children's mother. DJI has scored a victory against Autel and will likely not have to stop selling its Mavic drones in the US. They also filed a patent suit against Autel claiming that Autel copied their Phantom look and feel. Microsoft has been sued for $2.25 million for using photos without permission.  M&M photo tours has a great sale on a Tanzania Migration workshop in late August - only $5900 including airfare from JFK in New York. https://www.mmphototours.com/photo-tours-2020

Macro photography is something you can do right in your home or in your backyard while social distancing!  Jim and Fred take a look at Toshiba, Sigma and Canon true macro lenses.  In addition, Jim reveals a macro technique using manual mode on the camera and manual flash mode to help improve your captures and reduce wind motion blur and motion blur from the movement of your subject.  If you would like a copy of Jim's free eBook on macro photography, just subscribe to The Fotobug YouTube channel and ask for a copy!  Jim will send you a download link!