Your shots with the Raynox DCR250

My 250 arrived about 15 minutes ago :D
These are the first 3 shots I took with it, hand held.

Not up to the standards of others on here but I have plenty of time.

These were taken with a 1000D and a canon standard kit lens.

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off to a good start Colin, you need to look at stopping the lens down ... a lot... f/11 or so to get some DOF, that means you'll need more light... or a tripod...
 
jgs001 said:
off to a good start Colin, you need to look at stopping the lens down ... a lot... f/11 or so to get some DOF, that means you'll need more light... or a tripod...
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Or both :LOL:

Great start Colin, the Raynox should carry an addiction warning :rules:

Look forward to seeing more from you soon (y)

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Nice start.

Still pi55ing down here in Glasgow but might try some bubbles later!!
 
I'm thinking of getting a 150 as well, has anyone tried stacking the 250 + 150? Or would it be better to go for a cheapish set of tubes? The main reason I'm thinking of the 150 is for less magnification but I wouldn't mind trying to stack them :D
 
Someone use to own, the 150, 250 and MSN202... not sure you can stack them though... I've added a 2xTC and a set of tubes to get more magnification with my 250. If I want less, I tend to use it with my 50mm
 
I have read somewhere before that you can stack them but I can't remember where, I assumed you'd need a step up/down ring. I might have to do a bit of research :D
 
Ah well, i've input here so i suppose i'd better put one of my efforts up, shot today with DCR 250 on the front of my 55-250mm ISO 400 - 1/125th - f16 and milk bottle on board flash diffuser :)


Fly by Cliff 'O', on Flickr

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Cliff
 
Have now had my Raynox 250 for a princely total of fifteen minutes and already the cat is hiding the other end of the house!

Might have to find some less mobile objects for my first try!!!
 
OK. So after about an hour of trial and (a large quantity of) error. I finally managed to get a fairly good shot of two flies getting jiggy on my fence!


Flyporn04 by philjose1878, on Flickr
 
First attempt at posting a picture here hopefully it will work, a bee I took handheld, with cannon 70-300mm and obviously the DCR250.

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IMG_1415 by MarkF2703, on Flickr
 
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Just come across this thread. I bought my 250 ages ago and haven't used it hardly at all. These images have made me re think. I'll dig it out and dust it off for a few pics. Meanwhile this is probably the only photo I have taken with it.
Lily Stamen, with a natural dewdrop not visable as I set up. It was off a tripod with bounced flash if I remember rightly. Lens was a Sigma 105 macro


Lily Stamen by ian hatch, on Flickr
 
Ordered mine from amazon last Thursday, wish the postie would get his finger out and deliver it.

Seeing all the new pics on this thread is doing my head in ;):LOL:
 
im very tempted to get one of these but how the heck do you get the insects to stay sill long enough to turn on the camera do all the settings & then take the photo ? or do you just use auto as ive never seen a fly / bee to stay still for more than a few seconds.???

also do they fit straight onto the canon lenses or do you need a converter of some sort.? how come they fit cameras from a bridge to a dlsr ?

thanks.
 
wallyboy said:
when you get it , it will do your head in :LOL:
great fun,



It came today and your right.....its doing my head in :LOL:

Works perfectly, its me that's letting it down, far to much handshake, so now looking for a small tripod, anyone got any recommendations ? would I be asking to much for the tripod to almost get down to ground level whilst doubling as an easy carry small walkabout.
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BaRoN30s said:
im very tempted to get one of these but how the heck do you get the insects to stay sill long enough to turn on the camera do all the settings & then take the photo ? or do you just use auto as ive never seen a fly / bee to stay still for more than a few seconds.???

also do they fit straight onto the canon lenses or do you need a converter of some sort.? how come they fit cameras from a bridge to a dlsr ?

thanks.
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No idea of how to get the insects to stay still for long enough.

No converter needed for my Nikon 52mm lenses as the Raynox is fitted with two squeezy type expansion clips which appear to fit different size lens as the clips are expanding, works in exactly the same way as a lens cap, squeeze them in and they lock into the lens where the lens cap goes, exactly the same method.
 
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BaRoN30s said:
im very tempted to get one of these but how the heck do you get the insects to stay sill long enough
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You'd be surprised how long some insects stay still for if you creep up on them nice and slowly ;)

Mikechappers said:
Works perfectly, its me that's letting it down, far to much handshake, so now looking for a small tripod, anyone got any recommendations ? would I be asking to much for the tripod to almost get down to ground level whilst doubling as an easy carry small walkabout.
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Have you tried using a diffused flash? If you have a look round there's plenty of home made diffuser suggestions for the pop up flash if you don't have a flash gun. Alternatively you can buy a cheap diffuser from amazon for the pop up flash, some thing like this is what I've used for pretty much all my bug shots. http://www.amazon.co.uk/JJC-Pop-Up-...LNH4/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1343283727&sr=8-5
 
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wallyboy said:
when you get it , it will do your head in :LOL:
great fun,



It came today and your right.....its doing my head in :LOL:

Works perfectly, its me that's letting it down, far to much handshake, so now looking for a small tripod, anyone got any recommendations ? would I be asking to much for the tripod to almost get down to ground level whilst doubling as an easy carry small walkabout.
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never used a tripod with DCR, to me it would be too much hassle, with bugs flying jumping around, once you get the knack it will become easier,
with the good weather you should be able to use f/16 + for a better dof, tho still only very narrow, make most of the sun, good time for bugging, good luck and have fun,
one from to-day

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Mike, following very good advice from Milster and Wallyboy I bought a cheap diffuser for the onboard flash and that alone made using the DCR-250 much easier and less frustrating.
 
Thanks for all the good advice, guess its just down to practice :) Think I need a lot :LOL: was really struggling to keep it in focus.

Mark may I ask which defuser you bought.


Quick edit... missed the amazon link Milster posted, thanks for the link.
 
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keep plugging mike its practice and more practice,
looking at your exif data your ss was 1/15, at 65mm focal length, try x 125 on f/16, once you get your technique sorted you hit rate will be better,
the DCR is not very forgiving, but can give great results once sorted,
as a rule of thumb try and keep ss above focal length,

if need be bump up iso
 
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wallyboy said:
keep plugging mike its practice and more practice,
looking at your exif data your ss was 1/15, at 65mm focal length, try x 125 on f/16, once you get your technique sorted you hit rate will be better,
the DCR is not very forgiving, but can give great results once sorted,
as a rule of thumb try and keep ss above focal length,

if need be bump up iso
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Wallyboy,as you can probably tell im very new to dslr, in fact photography in general, so I confuse the hell out of myself at times with the settings, so any advice given is very much apprieciated, will have a try on your suggested settings tomorrow so watch this space....

Thanks fella
 
Mikechappers said:
Wallyboy,as you can probably tell im very new to dslr, in fact photography in general, so I confuse the hell out of myself at times with the settings, so any advice given is very much apprieciated, will have a try on your suggested settings tomorrow so watch this space....

Thanks fella
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no worries only been into dslr photography a year myself, stick with forum its a minefield of information,
 
thank you wallyboy for the close ups of this it dont look much for 40 odd quids worth but the results that come from it are fantastic.. im really tempted at getting one but there's soooooo many other things ive yet to buy like a speedlight i aint got one of them yet.. lol.

cheers.
 
One or two test shots with my newly acquired Raynox.


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This is on a cactus (the flower is about the size of a 5p)

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