Comments on: Going Macro… For Cheap http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/going-macro-for-cheap/ Mark and Nat, a married couple who are living in Kuwait. Both are designers, Mark works in advertising while Nat runs her own design studio called Push+Pull. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:53:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kevin http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/going-macro-for-cheap/#comment-460750 Kevin Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:57:57 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=6472#comment-460750 I just bought a Sigma 50mm f2.8 macro in the Nikon mounts and have been looking around to see what other photographers are doing with it. So far I'm very impressed. I'm going to try your idea as well as it weighs quite a bit less. Could be useful at times. I've put some of my images on my site at <a href="http://www.kevinokephotography.com/wordpress/archives/468" rel="nofollow">Sigma 50mm f2.8 Macro</a>. I just bought a Sigma 50mm f2.8 macro in the Nikon mounts and have been looking around to see what other photographers are doing with it. So far I’m very impressed. I’m going to try your idea as well as it weighs quite a bit less. Could be useful at times.

I’ve put some of my images on my site at Sigma 50mm f2.8 Macro.

]]> By: Nada http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/going-macro-for-cheap/#comment-458845 Nada Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:42:05 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=6472#comment-458845 Thanx ;) Thanx ;)

]]> By: Mark http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/going-macro-for-cheap/#comment-458844 Mark Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:39:29 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=6472#comment-458844 http://www.amazon.com/Reverse-Mount-Adapter-Canon-Rebel/dp/B001G4NBTG and http://www.amazon.com/Reverse-Mount-Adapter-Canon-Rebel/dp/B001G4PA36/ http://www.amazon.com/Reverse-Mount-Adapter-Canon-Rebel/dp/B001G4NBTG
and
http://www.amazon.com/Reverse-Mount-Adapter-Canon-Rebel/dp/B001G4PA36/

]]> By: Nada http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/going-macro-for-cheap/#comment-458843 Nada Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:34:48 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=6472#comment-458843 does any one know the canon version of the ring???? does any one know the canon version of the ring????

]]> By: KuwaitSee http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/going-macro-for-cheap/#comment-458828 KuwaitSee Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:30:03 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=6472#comment-458828 nice review nice review

]]> By: MAB http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/going-macro-for-cheap/#comment-458820 MAB Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:47:54 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=6472#comment-458820 Hi, I got these MACRO Filters, they work OK too. Only problem is some focusing with 10X http://www.amazon.co.uk/Digital-Concepts-Close-Up-Specific-Specified/dp/B001C1GJ8I/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1236260643&sr=1-1 Hi,

I got these MACRO Filters, they work OK too. Only problem is some focusing with 10X

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Digital-Concepts-Close-Up-Specific-Specified/dp/B001C1GJ8I/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1236260643&sr=1-1

]]> By: Mark http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/going-macro-for-cheap/#comment-458815 Mark Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:28:23 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=6472#comment-458815 moayad: I don't protect any of my lenses with any filters. With prime lenses there isn't that much glass exposed and the lens isn't flat it sinks in around 3cm deep so its already well protected. For people who want to protect the inner lens they can get the BR-3 adapter ring but thats like keeping the plastic bag over your tv remote control. The problem with extension rings is a) expensive b) not portable c) no practical The adapter ring costs a fraction of the price, its very portable since u can keep it screwed into the lens and its also practical because when u want to u use it u just flip the lens. moayad: I don’t protect any of my lenses with any filters. With prime lenses there isn’t that much glass exposed and the lens isn’t flat it sinks in around 3cm deep so its already well protected. For people who want to protect the inner lens they can get the BR-3 adapter ring but thats like keeping the plastic bag over your tv remote control.

The problem with extension rings is
a) expensive
b) not portable
c) no practical

The adapter ring costs a fraction of the price, its very portable since u can keep it screwed into the lens and its also practical because when u want to u use it u just flip the lens.

]]> By: Mark http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/going-macro-for-cheap/#comment-458814 Mark Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:22:16 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=6472#comment-458814 teagirl: yeah something must be wrong with your camera. I have mine on auto (macro+normal option) and I never had any kind of issues with the focus. teagirl: yeah something must be wrong with your camera. I have mine on auto (macro+normal option) and I never had any kind of issues with the focus.

]]> By: moayad http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/going-macro-for-cheap/#comment-458811 moayad Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:00:48 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=6472#comment-458811 With a reverse ring you risk getting the inner lens dirty, or worse.. scratched, and it is much harder to clean than the outer lens which you should be protecting with a filter anyway. Another very cheap, and safer, method for taking macro shots with a non macro lens is to use 'extension tubes': http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extension_tube Of course neither reversing rings nor cheap extension tubes gives you the control or quality of a dedicated macro lens since with the cheaper options you lose any electrical connections between the camera and the lens. So you get no focus or aperture control over the lens. With a reverse ring you risk getting the inner lens dirty, or worse.. scratched, and it is much harder to clean than the outer lens which you should be protecting with a filter anyway.

Another very cheap, and safer, method for taking macro shots with a non macro lens is to use ‘extension tubes’:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extension_tube

Of course neither reversing rings nor cheap extension tubes gives you the control or quality of a dedicated macro lens since with the cheaper options you lose any electrical connections between the camera and the lens. So you get no focus or aperture control over the lens.

]]> By: Mathai http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/going-macro-for-cheap/#comment-458808 Mathai Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:44:01 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=6472#comment-458808 Yeah a reversing ring is a quick way to get closer to the subject. There are tutorials on making extension tubes that gives you incredibly close macros. Some of them look sloppy but gets the job done. Yeah a reversing ring is a quick way to get closer to the subject. There are tutorials on making extension tubes that gives you incredibly close macros. Some of them look sloppy but gets the job done.

]]> By: teagirl http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/going-macro-for-cheap/#comment-458805 teagirl Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:40:03 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=6472#comment-458805 My Sony W300 is so unbelievably depressing. It has so many issues with focus, it keeps switching itself from preview to shooting mode by itself, and its lens shutter thingi keeps getting stuck... I'm taking it in to get looked at -_- My Sony W300 is so unbelievably depressing. It has so many issues with focus, it keeps switching itself from preview to shooting mode by itself, and its lens shutter thingi keeps getting stuck… I’m taking it in to get looked at -_-

]]> By: Momentum http://www.248am.com/mark/interesting/going-macro-for-cheap/#comment-458801 Momentum Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:13:37 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=6472#comment-458801 thanks for the review it helped a lot:D thanks for the review
it helped a lot:D

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