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I often use a 2X Teleconverter with my old 55mm manual focus 1:3.5 macro lens. The advantage of the teleconverter over extension tubes is that the ability to focus to infinity is preserved, and the working distance does not change. The disadvantages are loss of two full exposure stops, and possibly some degradation of image quality. However, the loss of two stops means that if I set the lens aperture at f/32, the effective aperture is actually f/64; this can be useful if extreme depth of field is desired. The 55mm macro-teleconverter combination has become my favorite "walk-around" lens combo; it will focus from infinity down to a 1:1 reproduction ratio. I usually carry a 27.5mm extension tube as well; adding this gets me to 2:1.
My experience with using a teleconverter is that compatibility with different lenses has to be evaluated on a case by case basis--not all lenses play well with a given converter.
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Hi, I wrote a fairly in depth article listing most of the above macro methods in the group Innovative Photography Equipment
www.flickr.com/groups/funkyinnovations/discuss/7215759434...
I am currently using 2x extenders off eBay with a 50mm Prime (with manual aperture) and a 52mm filter reverse macro mount. I'm not sure what magnification it is, but a grain of sand appears to be the size of a brick.
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i use option 4, not too bad.
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ß®øøk£™ [deleted] says:
I use a small jeweler's loup. You can get really close but if you're too far back or too close the photo gets fuzzy. And it may look clear on your LCD if you use digital but when you upload it to your computer it's blurry. You just have to take several photos to get one to turn out.
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I reverse mount SLR lenses on a point and shoot Canon Powershot A70 by using a metal Tamron lens hood (it has a 49mm hole at one side which fits perfectly over the removable plastic lens surround).. it is a little wobbly so it needs holding together with elastic bands!!
it's a bit rough and ready but it works!
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guys,
I've called the local store regarding the reserve ring mount.
Owning a 18-200vr, I'm hoping to reverse mount a 50mm on it.
However the guys in the store said its impossible to do that.
Any help from the forum?
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I doubt its impossible.
Try these guys:
www.srbfilm.co.uk
they seem to make just about every conceivable adapter and are very helpful.
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Option 4, for this techno-illiterate!
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Does using a flat bed scanner count as photography? Just did this one:
Larger at: www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=459734647&size=l
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daveish182 edited this topic 62 months ago.
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Option 4 again. I like it. Good macro at low cost... Can't be bad. Lol. Please have a look large...
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#2
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I have started some experiments with many of your methods including a "real" AF macro lens (but used through eBay).
Reverse rings and lens-to-lens adapter I also got through eBay
This test didn't use extension tubes and I don't have a bellow. Personally a good close-up lens on a long tele can be really valuable as you get magnification and extra working distance :
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Stargazer95050 edited this topic 62 months ago.
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What about pinhole photography as another poor mans macro method.
I put a pin hole in a spare body cap, this should be in the order of f150, allowing an enourmously wide DOF.
here's an example
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I've gotten a couple of nifty shots doing it by hand.
A gentle touch and i manually hold the 18-55 backwards on the front of the camera.
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etimpa edited this topic 62 months ago.
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Well, to add another macro trick...
I have a telescope that I take pictures through... I have the adapters to connect the camera body to the scope directly or to an eyepiece. A telescope eyepiece without the telescope works alright as a magnifier...
I generally just use extension tubes since they do much better, but the eyepiece can make a cool effect... :-)
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I have used #2 and #4. I do have a question. A two lens combo (#1)gives magnification of focal length of prime/focal length of reversed.
How does one compute magnification of a lens directly reversed?
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I use a Seagull or a Holga fitted with a spre enlarger lense, held by elastic bands.
and the same with a Holga
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I use the prime-on-zoom method most often:
with Canon's "nifty-fifty" 50mm f1.8 on a cheapo 75-300mm.
Using that method I've gotten shots like:
You can see some more here:
www.flickr.com/photos/sheniferous/sets/72157594387950888/
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the Seagull and enlarger lens system is getting better and better :0
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I put together an extension tube using a chunk of pvc and some lens caps.
Construction set is here.
www.flickr.com/photos/bigrahn/sets/72157600277925249/
I've only take a couple pictures with it so far, but looks promising.
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I have a question, does pushing the little closeup button on my sony cybershot count as method for this group?
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 Regarding to the rules of this group: no. No point-and-shot cameras with macro mode. Or to be more precise: not if not a reverse lens or magnifier is used. ;-)
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I have a lens reversal ring on my D70 mostly with a 50mm f/1.8, but for really close up work it's a 28mm f2.8 lens and focus rack:
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