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Why do they call it macro?
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deadcactus
Posts: 669
Registered: 2001-12-27 09:17:08
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6/8/09 12:47am
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Why do they call it macro?
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Shouldn't it be micro?
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Raiztlin
Title: Dick Tracy
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Registered: 2002-1-23 08:10:37
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Yes. It should.
(Nikon calles their macro lenses Micro  )
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GhostOfACPast
Title: The Phantom Curmudgeon
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Registered: 2002-8-5 06:24:26
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1. very large in scale, scope, or capability.
It is the scale of the subject as seen on the print not the actual scale of the subject. Hence, macro lens and/or macro photography.
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deadcactus
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GhostOfACPast posted:
1. very large in scale, scope, or capability.
It is the scale of the subject as seen on the print not the actual scale of the subject. Hence, macro lens and/or macro photography.
Fair enough. That makes sense...
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Ah-Schoo
Title: Fuzzy Caterpillar of Friendliness
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Registered: 2000-8-11 09:05:29
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Hah! It's all about the frame of reference.
/physics
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GhostOfACPast
Title: The Phantom Curmudgeon
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Ah-Schoo posted:
Hah! It's all about the frame of reference.
/physics
Hmmm, I think I said that just in more words. 
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Ah-Schoo
Title: Fuzzy Caterpillar of Friendliness
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Yup! I didn't get to 40k posts by saying original things. 
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GhostOfACPast
Title: The Phantom Curmudgeon
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Ah-Schoo posted:
Yup! I didn't get to 40k posts by saying original things.
 
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kashani
Title: A Country Boy Can Survive
Posts: 162
Registered: 2003-11-12 09:36:30
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6/8/09 12:48am
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According to Kodak though, in an old and authoritative book called "Close-up Photography & Photomacrography" the following terms apply:
Close-up photography = 1:10 to 1:1
Photomacrography = 1:1 to 50:1
Photomicrography = 25:1 to 1500:1
I like the explanations on this web page...
http://www.slrphotographyguide.com/blog/macro/macro-micro-closeup-difference.html
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GhostOfACPast
Title: The Phantom Curmudgeon
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Nice find kashi.
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