Revenge Of The Reversed 24mm

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Here's a couple from today. with a reversed vivitar 24mm.

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Excellent.... and gross. No not really its only nature.
Can I ask what you mean by a reversed vivitar 24mm? Or does it simply mean the 24mm lens fitted in some way the wrong way round?

Andy
 
Andysnap said:
Excellent.... and gross. No not really its only nature.
Can I ask what you mean by a reversed vivitar 24mm? Or does it simply mean the 24mm lens fitted in some way the wrong way round?

Andy
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Indeed Andy, a 24mm is capable of some fairly weighty magnification when used in reverse.
Attached via a reverse ring and all manual. The technique is difficult and very trial and error but it's certainly a great alternative to fawking out for a dedicated lens if cash is tight.

Have a look on this chaps blog, he has some pictures of his set ups in the information section:

http://blog.mdsign.nl/
 
Hey Tomas long time since you dipped your toes in the macro world, nice shots Mate (y)
I will have to stick the fd 28mm the wrong way round on one of my bodies one day and give it a go. ;)
 
Great shots, I love using my reversed 50mm with 32mm of tubes although have now bought a tammy 90 just to see if it is any less fiddly to use.
 
Ajophotog said:
Hey Tomas long time since you dipped your toes in the macro world, nice shots Mate (y)
I will have to stick the fd 28mm the wrong way round on one of my bodies one day and give it a go. ;)
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I know mate, I hardly get the chance these days, I can't wait for next week when we off to the summer cottage, should have plenty of opportunity then.

I still have a Sigma 180mm macro but if I'm on a job the 24mm and rev ring is much lighter to squeeze in my bag if a chance to shoot some bugs arises.
It's a much better magnification with the rev 24, I'm still waiting for Nikon to cough up an answer to the MPe65! Hurry up Nikon :razz:

Cheers for looking bud! (y)

Richo said:
Great shots, I love using my reversed 50mm with 32mm of tubes although have now bought a tammy 90 just to see if it is any less fiddly to use.
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Cheers Richo!
My ext tubes have just broke, the lens segment doesn't lock properly, so now I have a pretty looking pen cup :LOL:
 
poking in on convo i am just starting out again. I have a sony a200 with basic lens , I would love a macro lens but money wow what a price. love the idea of what you are doing, could i do that and roughly how much does equipment cost. I am new to this my last camera is a pentax p30
 
frodomb said:
poking in on convo i am just starting out again. I have a sony a200 with basic lens , I would love a macro lens but money wow what a price. love the idea of what you are doing, could i do that and roughly how much does equipment cost. I am new to this my last camera is a pentax p30
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Hi, I also have an A200 and have been doing macro on the cheap for a while have a look here
All I spent on macro equipment for those was about £75 but £50 of that was for a set of kenko tubes. It is also a great way to learn about photography in general as it has to be done all manual.
 
frodomb said:
poking in on convo i am just starting out again. I have a sony a200 with basic lens , I would love a macro lens but money wow what a price. love the idea of what you are doing, could i do that and roughly how much does equipment cost. I am new to this my last camera is a pentax p30
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No worries, I'm not too clued up on reverse rings for pentax gear but it must exist. My nikon one was about 20 euro :shrug:

Richo said:
Hi, I also have an A200 and have been doing macro on the cheap for a while have a look here
All I spent on macro equipment for those was about £75 but £50 of that was for a set of kenko tubes. It is also a great way to learn about photography in general as it has to be done all manual.
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Cheers Richo (y)
 
cheers for info. Will i be able to get these in average camera shop
 
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