£1 coin

[NeilG40]

I took this a while ago but have just been having a play with DPP

 

[mameemonsters]

Nice one..what lens did u use for this?

 

[NeilG40]

I used my 50mm 1.8 with some cheap extender tubes and used the dof button trick to change the aperture.

 

[kirk09]

Fantastic capture And Great deatil Very Well Done

Kirk

 

[LASTOLITE]

Nice - what is the shadow on the surface though? - little bit distracting - Looks like you need to Mr Sheen the table

Great result with tubes on a standard lens

 

[Janice]

used the dof button trick to change the aperture.

?????

 

[icnoble]

What do you mean by: used the dof button trick to change the aperture.

 

[The23rdman]

What do you mean by: used the dof button trick to change the aperture.

You set the aperture in camera to f/16, for example, then press the dof preview button on your camera and whilst holding it down turn the camera off. This sets the aperture on the lens.

Why do this? Because AF lenses and cameras are always wide open until the shutter is depressed so you can see a nice clear screen.

 

[NeilG40]

Nice - what is the shadow on the surface though? - little bit distracting - Looks like you need to Mr Sheen the table

I think it might be the shadow of the tripod, might have a go at cloning it out.

 

[dreameruk]

You set the aperture in camera to f/16, for example, then press the dof preview button on your camera and whilst holding it down turn the camera off. This sets the aperture on the lens.

Why do this? Because AF lenses and cameras are always wide open until the shutter is depressed so you can see a nice clear screen.

so what your saying is that when you turn the camera back on and look through the viewfinder its at f16

 

[NeilG40]

That's right.

 

[dreameruk]

dont work on my 40d and why would you wanna do that ? why not use the dof preview as dof preview ?

 

[Blue Eagle]

because if cheap tubes are used, they will not have an electronic contact with the lens, and so when the photo is actually taken, the lens never receives the command to stop down..... and the depth of field of a f/1.8 lens at that range is unusably small.

cheap tubes are £10-15, but ones with contacts are around £90 so this extra fiddling has probably saved the OP a decent whack.

P.s, great shot, focus is in just the right place and it doesn't look funny like a lot of close up coins do (in terms of annoying scratches)

 

[NeilG40]

dont work on my 40d and why would you wanna do that ? why not use the dof preview as dof preview ?

The cheap macro tubes don't have any electrical connections, so it's the only way to set the aperture.

 

[Fod]

You don't turn the camera off while holding dof preview: you physically remove the lens while holding the button down. At least, that's how it's done on my 30D.