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Talking DIY Macro Lens
I know this has been done alot before, but I'm new to photography and I'm trying my hand at everything! I stuck my nifty fifty on to the end of my kit lens backwards and went out to my garden to see how it would work...subjects in the photo are about 1cm in size and the end of the "lens" had to be about 1-2cm away to be able to focus...the black ring you can see on the edge of the photos is the inside of the 50mm...let me know what you think!

The frankenlens taken with phone cam:
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Old 10-09-2009, 10:34 AM
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Old 10-09-2009, 10:35 AM
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I like the vignetting from the 50mm.
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Old 10-09-2009, 06:59 PM
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That's very clever! Once I get my 50/1.8 I'll have to try this. Thanks for sharing.
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i live in beirut, cant really find stuff like that here....and the tape left no trace whatsoever....
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Word of advice? I would not put tape ANYWHERE near my lenses. That glue is nasty.
It can get in the gears and focus ring.
You can buy reversing rings for cheap.

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i live in beirut, cant really find stuff like that here....and the tape left no trace whatsoever....
You can't find sticky tape in Beirut? LOL!!
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You can't find sticky tape in Beirut? LOL!!
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A city of over 2 million people and nobody on Ebay can ship to beirut?
I find that hard to believe.


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Typical ..... of both of you!!! lol but have to agree with the no tape comment what the guy ( or lady) is saying is they cannot get the adaptor ring there would also say they should look into e-bay and DHL one ASAP but as for the post am actually very surprised by your reults they have a nice clarity in some and the effect the 50 is leaving in the vignette is really nice too nice going but be careful or you will be in need of new lenses ...

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Old 10-10-2009, 09:14 PM
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A city of over 2 million people and nobody on Ebay can ship to beirut?
I find that hard to believe.


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It was just something i wanted to try while bored one afternoon....going to be buying a proper macro lens
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The photos turned out good. I like the vignetting (spelling?) caused by the lens.
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