Comments on: How to Do Extreme Macro Photography Without a Dedicated Lens [VIDEO]

By: bogart

bogart — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:45:12 +0000

Most of the time I use a manual focusing for macro shooting, it gives more room to expolre different angles of the subject.

By: fourplusadragon

fourplusadragon — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:27:13 +0000

I must be doing it wrong. All my images come out in a circle in the center of the shot. I don’t have the exact lens he is talking about. I’m using a 18-200mm and a 50mm. Does anyone know why this would happen?

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 05:13:43 +0000

Yes manual everything. You will have to move the camera back and forth and the DOF is about as thick as a piece of cling film…lotsa fun images…lotsa rubbish too.

By: ziad chatila

ziad chatila — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 04:33:24 +0000

Is the focus on manual? im guessing?

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:08:10 +0000

Oh, forgot to mention, forget about the tripod. It’s all handheld folks.

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:06:50 +0000

Great timing. I’ve been experimenting with this technique lately and taken some amazing images. It’s quite challenging but fun and whats more, you can make use of some of your old lenses that don’t fit your current camera. Depth of field is usually very shallow and I put my camera on “continuous exposure” and take a few shots as you will have to do the moving of the whole camera to focus. Also, if you are going to couple two lenses together with a reverse coupling ring, watch the weight on the joint and front of the camera. I also jam a small peice of cardboard into the apeture control to keep it open or light is very minimal, but do be careful. Cheers..Rob

By: Hemi

Hemi — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 02:32:14 +0000

I found this an interesting way to attempt macro, so I tried it. I lack the lenses described in the video, so I just made do with my D-40 18-55 Nikkor lens, and a Sigma 70-300.

Not being one to follow instructions, I put the 18-55 on the camera and used the Sigma as the additional lens. Here is what I got: http://www.9thaf.com/misc/macro.jpg

A warning though, I got lucky in my experimentation. This next shot was done with the same lenses and is more representative of the failed shots I took:

http://www.9thaf.com/misc/macro2.jpg

Play around with your lens combinations.

By: Photochick

Photochick — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:44:10 +0000

WOW! That is SO stinkin cool! I wanna know who’s the brainiac who first found that out! At any rate, quite wonderful information – much appreciated! Some day when I’m feeling extra gutsy, I’m definitely giving ‘extreme macro shooting’ a try! Thanks again!

~ Amanda ~
http://photoeditmagic.blogspot.com/

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:00:57 +0000

I tried this last night and posted my attempts here: http://flickr.com/photos/tdroza/sets/72157606543453676/

I’m pretty happy with the results. The hardest part was getting enough light onto the subject, and holding the camera steady because the DoF was so narrow and I couldn’t get close enough with a tripod.

By: Barry

Barry — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:34:46 +0000

Thank you, thank you, thank you!
I asked on several sites, including Nikon’s, about shooting macro. Everyone said “you have to have a macro lens stupid”.
your answer was the one I needed.