05-19-2025
09:18 AM
- last edited on
05-20-2025
10:31 AM
by
Danny
Hi folks
I'm slowly walking into Macro photography and would like some advice before I buy a focussing rail.
I have an EOS90d which weighs 2llb 5oz with 50 mm macro + 23 mm extension. Not too heavy but some reviews caution against excess weight.
Question: I have 2, fourway Macro Focussing rails in my basket.
Both made by NEEWER, one in English pounds is £70- the other £119 with 360° rotatable etc etc. Quite a difference!
Given the weight of my camera, and I'm a relative beginner at Macro - any advise will be most welcome.
I should add that with my biggest lens (70-300) it weighs in at 3llb 6oz.
Thanks as ever
Ramsden
05-19-2025 11:21 AM
I could be mistaken, but aren't the rails only needed for those macro lenses offering between 2x and 5x magnification along with being manual focus? e.g. MP-E 65mm
05-19-2025 04:08 PM
I'm not sure and don't know how to check this. AI said they are for close ups and magnification, so I'll try and get some 1:1 advice in a local camera shop.
05-19-2025 06:08 PM
I don;t use macro tails. I adjust the focus slighltly between shots so I can capture a stack of images. Doesn’t;t the 90D Focus Bracketing? Focus Brackering can automatically micro adjust the focus for you.
I do use a nodal rail to mount the camera and position it, though. Save your money. Rethink your purchase.
05-20-2025 07:52 AM
Thanks Wadsizzle
Thats good advise. Yes it does focus bracketing, so I'll do some tests on close ups and see how they come out. The EOS90D does a lot of things that I'm still learning to use properly. But as I said in a recent post when I met a 'semi-pro' at St Pancrass Station - on days out he sticks it on Auto and shoots away!
But my journey into Macro takes time on country walks, so I want to be in control.
Thanks
Ramsden
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