Oops ! Naturlich ! Oh well it is verry late here (that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it) !

Really really nice set !

Can you do anything re. vignetting in #1 ? Seems to be the only shot exhibiting obvious vignetting.

Ha ha - yes i noticed that. The male has a red lower mandible.

ROFL !

Superb set Nipper ! Just great ! Though I have to say I couldn't find the little buggers in #5 thru #8 !!

Well done ! It is incredibly difficult to photograph bats without using something like an infra-red 'trip-wire' !

I've tried a few times with miserable results. They are too fast and I'm too slow.

Great capture Mike !

Les. It's not quite as simple as just deciding how much of the subject you want in focus, though that is of course one of the factors for consideration, as there is the relationship of the holy trinity of Focus + Shutter Speed + ISO that comes into play with every shot. When you change one of them that will affect one (or both) of the others depending on what it is you are shooting and what you are trying to achieve.

I think the best advice I can give here is to search the net for articles on the trinity - Photography on the Net, Luminous Landscape etc. may have lessons that can explain this interaction far better than I can. However it is imperative this to learn to be able to progress.

I would then suggest just playing around with the settings and watching what happens to the others when you change one of them and then maybe trying to set the camera to M to set them all yourself and see the effects each setting has on your test shots when you change them.

Good luck !

Just reading about this lens last week. Supposedly the easiest & cheapest way to get to a 1:1 macro. All macro lenses are sharp so that shouldn't be an issue but the build quality, as mentioned, is iffy. Good value for money.

I used to have this lens and IMO it is the best value-for-money lens on the market. So cheap but so good.

However when comparing it to better lenses then of course it is going to lose out. The DA*300 cost nearly x10 more but certainly isn't x10 better ..... but there is no denying the difference (same goes for the Sigma 100-300/4 at a little less). Cost/ IQ ratio is not relative !