Help with Macro lenses

[Greger GD]

Hello everyone. I have been photographing with the Tg6 for a few years now. I love taking Macro shoots but I am having trouble getting the super macro shoots as I need to press the camera against the object.
I am quite new when it comes to photography an was wondering what I should use for even more magnified shots. What I need is to be able to get the same shots but having the camera further away. I have been looking at some lenses online but with my current knowledge i have yet to buy anything. I for example don't know what a +6, +7 lens mean. Anyone here to help?

Here are also some of the usual pictures that I take.

 

[bvanant]

All of the diopters will make your working distance a bit shorter not longer, although you can use the diopter in normal (not microscope) mode and get pretty good results. The clown nudi looks sharp and fine.

Bill

 

[justinthedeeps]

Are you combining the macro autofocus mode with some optical zoom-in?
This (the zooming in part) seems to work best and is noted/recommended in one or more of the Backscatter videos for the TG series

 

[Greger GD]

Are you combining the macro autofocus mode with some optical zoom-in?
This (the zooming in part) seems to work best and is noted/recommended in one or more of the Backscatter videos for the TG series

If you mean the uploaded pictures, I only use what the camera alone has to offer.
What I was wondering is if there is a way to increase the distance between me and the object I am photographing. Sometimes for shoots on a rock wall or just for those very magnified shoots, I have to get so close that the tray and my hands themselves cover the light from the strobes. This obviously is a problem I want to solve.

 

[bvanant]

You and everyone else. There is no magic bullet other than stop using microscope mode and back off the zoom a bit and then crop. Diopters work by making your lens focus closer not further away and as such would make your issue worse. I think if you back off microscope and just use the normal settings and zoom til you are happy and then crop you will be in good shape.

Bill

 

[justinthedeeps]

If you mean the uploaded pictures, I only use what the camera alone has to offer.
What I was wondering is if there is a way to increase the distance between me and the object I am photographing. Sometimes for shoots on a rock wall or just for those very magnified shoots, I have to get so close that the tray and my hands themselves cover the light from the strobes. This obviously is a problem I want to solve.

Yeah the TGs have a 3x optical zoom included on the camera itself, which is what I would try as one way to increase subject distance

 

[rmorgan]

If you mean the uploaded pictures, I only use what the camera alone has to offer.
What I was wondering is if there is a way to increase the distance between me and the object I am photographing. Sometimes for shoots on a rock wall or just for those very magnified shoots, I have to get so close that the tray and my hands themselves cover the light from the strobes. This obviously is a problem I want to solve.

You have your flashes on arms, yes? Pull them up, to the side, or wherever they need to be to light the subject, even if it’s from the top, then, as Bill says, once you have a solid image, you can crop it to feature the details. Adding more magnification would almost certainly be even more frustrating than what you’re experiencing now. Could you post a picture of your setup?