The Death of 650D

The Canon 650D has been my main macro camera of over 3 years, but it met its match and eventual end last weekend.   What happened was while on the ground taking some wood ant images, I got sand on my finger – that then on pressing the button for back auto focus got in there and resulted in the button sticking.

I call this Ant shot therefore – Camera killing Ant!

Camera Killing Ant!
Canon EOS 650D (100mm, f/9, 1/200 sec, ISO200)
Camera Killing Ant!

The reason I was taking the ant, as well the fact that I find them interesting and a bit of a challenge to take when getting down low amongst them and trying to avoid getting stung, and them in shot, was to try out a new front mounting camera diffuser that I had bought at the EOS Camera Magazine Fun Day recently.

Also taken with this and the Canon 270ex mounted directly on the hotshoe of the camera was this spider in a web.  Looks a good 100mm and flash light carry around setup that I will hopefully get to try more this year.

Spider in Web
Canon EOS 650D (100mm, f/9, 1/200 sec, ISO200)
Spider in Web

As it happened the ant was not the final shot I took on the 650D, as I managed to extract the stuck button with a pin.  And the day after this Dunyeats Heath visit, I went up to Blashford Lakes, where I found a nicely patient and posing robber fly.  This is a 2 image stack (processed in Helicon Focus) taken with the MPE-65m and 270ex forward fitted setup, with the vellum diffuser replaced with packaging foam version.

The Robber Barron
Canon EOS 650D (65mm, f/9, 1/200 sec, ISO200)
The Robber Barron

The final subject that I took with the Canon 650D was this 5 image stack of a catterpillar and its waste product.  After this the button stuck in again – with the additional effect this froze up the rest of the camera circuitary – so I could not access the menu, shoot images etc.  Time for a new camera!

Catterpillar and Pooh!
Canon EOS 650D (65mm, f/9, 1/200 sec, ISO200)
Catterpillar and Pooh!

Map of Locations

Blashford

Ellingham Drove, Ellingham, Ringwood, Hampshire BH24 3, UK

Dunyeats Heath

Dunyeats Heath Nature Reserve.

Chris

I've been taking macro photography from 2004. I use both Canon film and digital cameras.

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