Focusing Issue and not macro enough

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Creaswomanonthego

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Hi so I am using a Nikon D3500 with a Nikkor 105mm micro lens. I've been trying to take close up photos of bugs but my camera is having a hard time focusing. Is this normal or do I need to been in manual mode? Also to get photos that are close to bugs can I take that with just my lens or do I need an attachment on top of my lens to get better macro photos?
 
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Creaswomanonthego said:
Hi so I am using a Nikon D3500 with a Nikkor 105mm micro lens. I've been trying to take close up photos of bugs but my camera is having a hard time focusing. Is this normal or do I need to been in manual mode? Also to get photos that are close to bugs can I take that with just my lens or do I need an attachment on top of my lens to get better macro photos?
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Hi Creaswomanonthego Creaswomanonthego. I've been using a Nikon D3200 with 105mm and at the closest distance of focus you've got a 1:1 magnification thanks to the lens, but because your camera is an Apsc sensor, you need to consider the crop factor of the sensor to know the effective magnification ratio. So your...
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I could not have helped you better than those who already answered your question; I use Canon and I've been using it since my beginnings of photography; Nikon I know little.
But with all these pieces of advice, you will make it, I guarantee you.
And Practice Makes Perfect as they say, so don't dispair, try again and again; you will make it! :)
 
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