04-06-2016, 07:45 AM
There is no difference in how to do focus stacking with older or newer macro lenses.
Also, my 55mm f3.5 is pretty good wide open, although most people will not shoot macro wide open.
This one is at f3.5:
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So chances are it will not measure all that badly wide open, either.
The 55mm f2.8 (its manual Ai-S version and the later AF version) still can compete with the newer macro lenses also.
Also, my 55mm f3.5 is pretty good wide open, although most people will not shoot macro wide open.
This one is at f3.5:
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So chances are it will not measure all that badly wide open, either.
The 55mm f2.8 (its manual Ai-S version and the later AF version) still can compete with the newer macro lenses also.