Extreme macro try

January 6th, 2009
  • Hi
    I just bought 52mm lens coupling ring and I decided to try some extreme macro shoots.
    I installed my 55-200mm vr on camera (zoomed it to 200mm) and I put my 50mm fully open (f/1.8) reversed.
    It is pretty difficult to get sharp image, DOF is extremally narrow but take a look:

    This is Nikon lens cap (52mm)
    http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p245/tom_ganc/nikon%20d40/DSC_4533copy.jpg

    And this is print - font no10
    http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p245/tom_ganc/nikon%20d40/DSC_4558copy.jpg

    I was quite impressed whan I saw it on computer
    I need to try some dead bugs soon :D


  • oh how neat!


  • WOW.
    Tiny shooting. Looks fun.


  • Very VERY cool. I am definitely going to give that a try. I need to get a reverser ring, I'd imagine that would work pretty well at the wide end of my 18-55, yes?

    I'm not sure about your 18-55mm and reversing ring to be honest because I didn't try it with mine. Bus you should give it a go and see yourself.
    Get 50mm f1.8 and coupling ring and screw it on top of yout 55-200mm. This will give you great effect.
    Good luck


  • Cool shots.


  • Sorry, I'm spoiled, DOF is too narrow for my taste.


  • Very VERY cool. I am definitely going to give that a try. I need to get a reverser ring, I'd imagine that would work pretty well at the wide end of my 18-55, yes?


  • That is really cool! I've never heard of hooking two lenses together like that before.

    Hi
    Read this. It should give you rough idea what I'm talking about.

    http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.edbergphoto.com/images/macro_tip/stacked%2520lenses.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.edbergphoto.com/pages/Tip-macro-tools.html&h=360&w=576&sz=9&hl=en&start=26&um=1&usg=__55N6DS4SRpX7m53NmxQRFxfHIBQ=&tbnid=wFehGJGkpEJVqM:&tbnh=84&tbnw=134&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmacro%2Bcoupling%2Blense%26start%3D20 %26ndsp%3D20%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN


  • i agree, really cool photos but would have been nice if the DOF was a little bigger. Still its amazing how close you can get.


  • Freaking awesome. Great job!


  • Sorry, I'm spoiled, DOF is too narrow for my taste.

    I agree. I used to do these a lot, but the DOF is too narrow for anything decent. I did get a couple of good ones that even sold for a good bit, but that's a rarity.

    I also don't see the point in taking a picture of a letter on a page. Find some interesting subjects to shoot and it will open things up.

    Here's a couple of links of mine of what you can do with rev. macro when you start finding interesting subjects.

    http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=118737

    http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=118012

    http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=117843


    Have fun with it. It will let you see things in a whole new light. My combo let me see tons closer than you ever could with the human eye.


  • Just don't say they were hand held. :confused:


  • Just don't say they were hand held. :confused:

    They were. :D I used built in flash.
    I was focusing by moving from and to the subject. You need to get really close with this lenses.


  • Great close-ups, I cannot wait to pick up my new macro lens. Thanks for sharing.


  • great work!


  • Helicon Focus might help with DoF. You basically take a series of pic moving the focus point from front to back, and the software merges them together.


  • That is really cool! I've never heard of hooking two lenses together like that before.


  • awsome







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