aquafiles 1 Posted July 9, 2015 (edited) Has anyone on this board used a GoPro macro lens- Either the macro-mate or the polar? Usually I'm not a huge fan of the GoPros but it's what I have for a trip starting Monday and I'm curious if anyone has had decent macro results with one. Edited July 9, 2015 by aquafiles Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bvanant 195 Posted July 9, 2015 You can get pretty nice results from them if you use the focus stick religiously, the depth of field with them is ridiculously shallow and you need to be at just the right distance. that being said, if you nail the distance the results are quite nice. BIll 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hellhole 26 Posted July 13, 2015 The f stop on a gopro is 2.8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bvanant 195 Posted July 14, 2015 True, but DOF with the diopter is still quite small, we got lots of out of focus stuff trying to use it. BIll Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AllisonFinch 7 Posted November 12, 2015 I used the nice one from Backscatter (macro mate mini) with not so good results. I found that it caused strong deforming all around the edges. I used one from Polar-Pro once before I sold it. The optics were quite poor. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bubffm 178 Posted December 4, 2015 (edited) I used the Macromate on our trip to Komodo in April this year and got a few seconds of well focused shots of a pregnant pygmy seahorse and some other small stuff. Having said that - and as others already mentioned - it has a very limited distance-range where you are in focus (about 5cm from the subject). If you move just 1cm closer or further away, you'll get washed results. In summary I'd say its tough to get good footage with it. Edited December 4, 2015 by bubffm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
