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Here is from my Saturday project, taken with the FE 90mm (pretty much my main lens in my tiny studio now!)

Thank you for the extra info and the kind words, Hin! I ended up going with the FE 90 because I plan on getting into some portrait stuff here soon so I wanted a lens that would give me a bit more versatility than a dedicated manual macro, and the tradeoffs from both sides in getting the FE 90mm...

Thanks for the advice everyone! After much further deliberation I think I'm going to go with the FE 90mm, although I may just use Greentoe instead of buying it used from Keh or somewhere else. I think this will give me a lot more versatility when it comes to taking portraits as well as my usual...

Hi all, Hopefully this is the right forum to post this, figured it could go either here or the E-mount lenses forum. I'm currently in the market for a 90mm macro lens for my A6000 that I can use for 144mm FOV general closeups and 1:1 macro in my little home studio, and alternatively function as...

Lately most of my studio shots I've been taking are on a uniformly black/dark gray backdrop. I thought I'd try mixing it up a little on this one, so I added a subtle horizon line and spotlighted the background a little. Here's the setup for the shot. You can't see it here, but there is...

So I ended up going with the 055 after all because it was only $20 more, and I figured the extra weight couldn't hurt (I'm not hiking around with this). Got my 410 and the legs on Friday with the RRS L-bracket. I'm still waiting on the Arca Swiss adapter plate for the 410 to arrive, but...

Next I can either start budgeting for that macro glass or a second Einstein :)

Another one that I had looked at in the past is the Rokinon 100mm f/2.8, half the price of the Sony 90mm. As far as the tripod stuff goes, at this point I'm still pretty sold on the 410 and now the MT190XPRO3 instead of the MT055XPRO3 after researching the other ones that have been suggested...

And thanks for the welcome! :D

Funny, I was actually looking at the Sirui ballheads as well tonight, the K-10X specifically as that seems like all I'd need for my a6000 for now. After a bunch more poking around tonight, I'm continuing to lean towards the 410 as a possibility for my main head while I'm shooting product/macro...

As far as the used gear goes, do you have any pointers on where to look? Buying used is a bit daunting to me due to all the different sites out there and my inexperience at purchasing smartly when it comes to places like Ebay or other used gear markets. I've poked around on B&H and Adorama's...

Also I don't know why I keep saying RRR instead of RRS...

Thanks for pointing me towards Kirk, it looks like the BH-3 is the one of theirs that might be good for my needs! There was an RRR one that I was also looking at, the BH-30 that looks like it would probably suit my needs as well. Between the two of those, they're pretty much exactly the same...

Thanks for the advice, I had a feeling I needed someone to tell me that this might be a bit much. If I nix the desire for a geared head, do you guys have any recommendations for a ball head (up to $300) that would work well for the kind of shooting I'm doing? The options there are pretty...

Your post reminded me of my own desire for a continuous power supply to my a6000, and when I went searching around I came across the Sony ACPW20 (dummy NP-FW50 battery with an AC adapter), which I think I'm going to pick up now. One nice plus to the ACPW20 looks to be that the camera actually...

My current speedlight setup is very similar to what you have above and includes two Yongnuo YN560-IIIs, a YN560-TX, and an RF-603 connected via PC cable to my Einstein E640. The YN560-TX works great as a controller for all three lights. I plan on getting an additional Einstein soon though, so...

Hi everyone! Now that I've really settled in to the direction I'd like to take with my photography, namely product shoots in my small home office studio (with that direction headed towards more macro stuff as well), one of the next steps I'm taking is going to be squaring away my tripod setup...

Thank you for the warm welcome everyone!

Hi everyone! My name is Tony Burns and I'm an aspiring amateur photographer from Delaware. I'm a software engineer by trade, and photography has become my favorite hobby since the second half of last year. In particular, I've decided to focus my trajectory on strobist product photography in my...