💰 Save 15% off Andres Moline's full course about macro photography here: Use Code TH-cam at checkout fstoppers.com/product/mastering-macro-photography-complete-shooting-and-editing-tutorial-andres-moline Get your own reversal ring here: www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=reversal%20ring&N=0&InitialSearch=yes&sts=ma&Top+Nav-Search=&BI=6857&KBID=7410
That was probably the most succinct round-up of reverse lens macro info I've come across. Bear in mind this guy has thousands of dollars invested in dedicated macro gear yet here he is demonstrating how to get stunning results for a few dollars. Thank you for posting.
Not really, while these videos do contain some useful information, are in fact made to get views and in the end make money. As a result, they are made to sound easy and he did not mention that at 5:1 magnification setting focus hand held it is almost impossible. One will need a focusing rail and he also forgot to mention that at that magnification the depth of field is so shallow that you will have to take hundreds of photos at micron steps which will have to be stacked using a focus stacking software to obtain a single image. Extreme macro photography is not done hand held the way he did in the video.
Since I didn’t have a reverse lens adapter, I used a film camera instead. Took the lens, flipped it and used a hand to keep it in front of the camera. Since it’s an old film camera, the shutter can fire without actually having a lens attached to it. The macro shot was still surprising good
For my intro to phtogrphay class, we have the option to do macro. She told us about this method. Because I also don't have a reverse ring, I just hold my lens in a weird claw grip.
A tip for keeping the aperture on mirrorless lenses: 1. Set your aperture 2. Unlock your lens carefully and rotate, DONT lift yet! 3. Turn off your camera 4. Remove the lens. I learned this important step at my camera store. By turning off your camera before removing the lens, you remove any voltage on the sensor that causes electrostatic attraction of dust particles. Keep your sensor clean ;) and happy shooting!!!
@@andresmoline751 Yeah i forgot to mention that the mirror on DSLRs protects the sensor quite well but mirrorless cameras are quite prone to attracting dust :D Ty for the nice video, it worked well on my 24mm f1.4 but not at all on the 55mm 1.8 (Sony, if anyone is wondering)
All the essentials of macrophotography explained in just 10 minutes and you not only made it easy to understand, but also provided lots of very important technical details to beware of! Really awesome!
You, sir, are an amazing presenter of semi-complex photography physics. You explain it with enough detail for higher level thinkers to 'expound' on and with enough simplicity for everyone to understand. Quite impressive!
I have done this for ages. This is so much better than attaching "macro lens filters" to the front of a normal lens mounted to the camera. Much crisper, sharper images are possible than with those. Cool tip.
Thanks for a really nice video! I did my first macro experiments back in the early 1980s with a trusty old Zenith SLR film camera. It was brilliant fun apart from... Well, more of that later. My late father taught me about reversing lenses and adaptor rings and extension tubes; getting the flash sorted out was fascinating - I made all sorts of domed reflectors and hoods and whatnot... But the big problem was FILM. No digital cameras. No instant feedback. No instant review. No actual images till you'd got the film developed. So you'd take around 100 shots completely 'blind', and after a day's agonising wait (and £20...) you'd get your pics back and wince as you sorted through literally dozens of useless, awful, lousy, out-of-focus shots. Aaargh! What a waste of money! Because everything was manual, every exposure had to be numbered and minutely logged in a notebook so you could tell which settings and adjustments had worked (or not) and match them up to the numbered negatives. You couldn't put things right or tweak anything in Photoshop or Lightroom - no such things existed. No computers, either. And dinosaurs roamed the Earth. Modern digital cameras make everything 100x easier, although getting a really good picture still takes persistence and skill. But you do get instant feedback with a DSLR. You can take a thousand shots and explore every conceivable set up without spending a penny on processing. Bliss. After struggling with a film camera, it feels almost like cheating! If you've not tried macro photography yet, I urge you to do so. A serious true macro lens is hideously expensive (£1,200) and way beyond my budget, but it needn't be that expensive to get involved. I only have a Nikon D3300; I use its stock AF-P lens with a reversing ring, and also my old manual Zenith 50mm lens, also reversed, plus various cheap extension tubes. I've still got a lot to learn, but boy, is it FUN! Note that with all the bits fitted, you'll have to get ridiculously close to your subject (1/2" or less) and your depth of field will be insanely shallow - maybe 1/32". This is where a true macro lens scores over a cheap set up; a good true macro will let you stand back a couple of feet from your subject (vital if it can fly away when spooked) and also give you a normal depth of field. If you take the cheap route, focus with great care, and don't expect to get glorious pics of jumping spiders first time. They're wonderful, beautiful, endlessly curious little creatures, but the tiny zebra-striped ones here in England are always in a hurry to be somewhere else! Also please be aware that many amazing shots are heavily tweaked and/or built up from umpteen 'stacked' exposures to give a huge depth-of-field of 1/2" or so. That in itself is an intriguing area to explore... Whatever. Start out with flowers and leaves - they're not quite so camera shy. :-)
Very nice! The film years where quite more complicated and kept many people from doing macro, I'm glad your old man thought you about it. You are right about using flowers and other subjects to get practice. Thank you for your comment
I bought a Zenith SLR in 1975 my first SLR then upgraded to a Contax 139 Quartz SLR in 1981, which I still have and using those 4 lenses on my Sony A7 mirrorless. I bought a reversal ring in 1982, which I will try this week on my old 35mm lenses.
As much as I dislike spiders, there’s no denying how incredible and magnificent they are up close. The amount of detail and texture in the exoskeleton is breath taking.
The exact reason I searched and clicked on this video is because I have a few jumping spiders (phidippus regius and phidippus audax) and a tarantula sling... And I'm into photography, so it's just natural that I want to capture these adorable little ones. I feel like I've been enlightened. Thank you.
The reverse thread thing was the first "accessory" I ever bought when I bought my first DSLR. I was using cheapo constant lights back then and didn't have enough light. I need to dig it out and play with it again. Thanks!
Wow. I've been a photographer for many years, both full-time pro and amateur and never came across this before. Thanks a lot, every day is a school day!
Lol I still don’t even have a camera so I take macro photography with my phone and I get close to poisonous spiders all the time. They won’t attack you unless you disturb them
Thank you for explaining this so clearly. My hubby and I just started a real estate photography business but I love macro photography. Glad I can use what we have already purchased with a few inexpensive rings and such.
Fregon Andrés, hasta me puse a abrir el lente ya que al abrir la apertura vi basura dentro del lente, ya está limpio y conozco cada vez mas las entrañas de la camara!!! Sin miedo al cabo es una d3100 pero ahora está mejor que nunca y tomando macro!!!
That wouldn't work, like he said in the video - The wider the focal length of the lens, e.g. his 28mm, the higher the magnification when you reverse it. If you reverse a 200mm lens it would do the opposite, it does allow you to get quite a lot closer, but not near 1:1 magnification.
This is one of the most informative, clean and useful photography tutorial videos I’ve seen! So glad I found it and can’t wait to try these techniques out, thanks so much!
To use lens in macro ie reverse mode using adapter. With lens connected to camera and power on it will be necessary to lock aperture. This is how to lock lens aperture on Sony A7ii and I believe it is similar for other cameras. Mount lens on camera. Have camera in M or A mode Power on Set aperture to that desired - probably F16 With AEL switched to AEL press and hold AEL button and at the same time press lens release button and remove lens from camera. The lens aperture will be locked at F16. Look into lens an you will see it is locked (small diaphragm aperture) You can check this method out by following same procedure at a larger aperture say F4. Look into lens an you will see it is locked (large diaphragm aperture)
Andres. Great video and I will try the reverse lens method with some of my “mechanical” lenses. However, mounting or dismounting a lens with electrical contacts while the camera is ON is not a good idea. Doing so could damage some electronic devices in the camera and/or in the lens. It could also mess-up the VR (IS) system. Nikon advises against doing this. The warning below is from my D850 manual: Detaching the Lens Be sure the camera is off when removing or exchanging lenses.
This is a great video. I bought one of the these reversal rings in 1982 with my film SLR at the time and it worked then. I bought a Sony A7 full frame mirror-less Oct 2019 and and adapter to connect my four Contax/Yashica 1981 lenses with my A7 and they work well just needed cleaning. I will use my old reversal ring with my A7 very soon. Now I just need a jumping spider which looks very scary like this one only I might get a fake one. LOL!
fantastic technique ! definitely going to try this one out. one point of clarification: when you talk about magnification ratios, you mention that we can fill the frame better with a 1:3 magnification. but isn’t 1:3 the same as 1/3? in other words, 1/3 of the actual size. if we can get the subject better in the frame, making it look bigger, wouldn’t that be a 3:1 magnification, or 3x in total? i’m not entirely sure considering i nearly failed grade 8 algebra. anyone know what i’m tryna say here ?
You can set the shutter speed of your camera to a speed that's not showing any ambient lights and you're golden, since the image will be dark until the flash illuminates the scenery anyways. Even if ambient light is showing up a bit, it's no problem. You just have to match the intensity of your flash to illuminate your picture accordingly.
if you don't want to expose the back element, look up "macro lens filter" on amazon. these can screw directly onto your current lens. they are very convenient, portable, and cheap. there are 4-packs for $15-$20. In the packs there are different levels of magnification. the pack i bought has 4, which is a 2x, 4x, 8x, and 10x.
I know this is 5 years old, but that was awesome. I’ve been looking at Macro lenses for my MFT LUMIX. I just may give this a try, assuming it will work on MFT cameras too. Thanks from a true rookie photographer. UPDATE. I just ordered one for my LUMIX.
My DSLR camera fell on the ground the Lens broke in half, and I noticed that you can also use that connected half(in the camera) of the lens as a macro lens
You might want to try just using macro tubes. It's much easier and will get you as close as you probably want to be. The only real benefit of the reversing ring is that your fstops will still be fairly accurate, otherwise it's really kind of annoying to deal with. The macro tubes will lower the amount of light getting to the sensor or film but they will work with every lens you already have unlike reversing rings - where every lens you have may be of a different mm thread size. Reversing is way overrated in my opinion and not worth the hassle.
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Excellent video. A clear explanation on how to start with macro photography without breaking the bank. Thank you Andrés
Excellent. I've been using only old manual lenses because I was unaware of the aperture "locking" capability. Thanks so much for your excellent explanation of this money saving technique. Bravo!
Very helpful! I have been out of photography for many years and have been wanting to get into Macro Photography to shoot some of our animals. We have everything from Jumping spiders, to pythons, to bearded dragons, birds, and dogs.
8:01 the way to lock the F number it is working for Canon Cameras only as i know Fstoppers using Nikon Camera and that is not possible in nikon aperture ring is spring loaded
The difference is that the front element of an ordinary lens is optimised for being relatively far from a subject and the rear element is optimised for being close to its plane of focus (normally the sensor), so by reversing the lens you're using the lens in its optimal configuration, i.e. with the rear element of the lens close to the subject and the front element further away from the sensor, so you get better optical performance from the lens.
Oh Wow. Just watched this. Amazing and thank you. Really want to get into Macro but did not want to purchase expensive lenses. Definitely going to purchase the cheap equipment. Did not know about reserve lens rings and setting the F stop of a lens before removing. Thank you very much. Your photographs are stunning
Excellent video, so clear, concise and not bogged down with too much (or too little)! Thank you so much!! I can't find the Tamron lens. Any information on locating would be magnificent!
Great tutorial!!! But one thing, since I am using Nikon D7200, how to lock the aperture as my AE-L button could not do the trick, or maybe I am missing something. thanks
WOW Super useful !! I was struggling doing LEGO stop motion animations with normal lenses ! :D I hope this tip will improve quality of my videos ! Thank you so much !
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Get your own reversal ring here: www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=reversal%20ring&N=0&InitialSearch=yes&sts=ma&Top+Nav-Search=&BI=6857&KBID=7410
That was probably the most succinct round-up of reverse lens macro info I've come across. Bear in mind this guy has thousands of dollars invested in dedicated macro gear yet here he is demonstrating how to get stunning results for a few dollars. Thank you for posting.
Not really, while these videos do contain some useful information, are in fact made to get views and in the end make money. As a result, they are made to sound easy and he did not mention that at 5:1 magnification setting focus hand held it is almost impossible. One will need a focusing rail and he also forgot to mention that at that magnification the depth of field is so shallow that you will have to take hundreds of photos at micron steps which will have to be stacked using a focus stacking software to obtain a single image. Extreme macro photography is not done hand held the way he did in the video.
@@alinnan5603womp womp just stack it
Since I didn’t have a reverse lens adapter, I used a film camera instead. Took the lens, flipped it and used a hand to keep it in front of the camera. Since it’s an old film camera, the shutter can fire without actually having a lens attached to it. The macro shot was still surprising good
For my intro to phtogrphay class, we have the option to do macro. She told us about this method. Because I also don't have a reverse ring, I just hold my lens in a weird claw grip.
A tip for keeping the aperture on mirrorless lenses:
1. Set your aperture
2. Unlock your lens carefully and rotate, DONT lift yet!
3. Turn off your camera
4. Remove the lens.
I learned this important step at my camera store. By turning off your camera before removing the lens, you remove any voltage on the sensor that causes electrostatic attraction of dust particles. Keep your sensor clean ;) and happy shooting!!!
Ka, Thanks for sharing!
@@andresmoline751 Yeah i forgot to mention that the mirror on DSLRs protects the sensor quite well but mirrorless cameras are quite prone to attracting dust :D Ty for the nice video, it worked well on my 24mm f1.4 but not at all on the 55mm 1.8 (Sony, if anyone is wondering)
is this in other word, dont change lens when camera is on?
@@ulyssessait yes, while interrupting any "aperture reset communication" between camera and lens - therefore locking it for the reversal
Thanks for the video
Do we need to keep the button pressed while removing the lens or can we release it
All the essentials of macrophotography explained in just 10 minutes and you not only made it easy to understand, but also provided lots of very important technical details to beware of! Really awesome!
The fact that Fstoppers hasn't bloated this out to a couple of hours and then charged $300 for it is the most amazing thing about this video.
You, sir, are an amazing presenter of semi-complex photography physics. You explain it with enough detail for higher level thinkers to 'expound' on and with enough simplicity for everyone to understand. Quite impressive!
Many thanks!
It's true, even after 30 yrs of shooting, you can still learn something new. This was a great tutorial. Thank you Andres.
You are welcome, thank you for commenting
I have done this for ages. This is so much better than attaching "macro lens filters" to the front of a normal lens mounted to the camera. Much crisper, sharper images are possible than with those. Cool tip.
Beautiful model. What's her agency?
@Justin Gold👌🏾👏🏾
Sebastian Schmidt Amazon may be
@Justin epic!!
BWT, bugs will travel. LOL
She needs to shave her legs though.
Thanks for a really nice video! I did my first macro experiments back in the early 1980s with a trusty old Zenith SLR film camera. It was brilliant fun apart from... Well, more of that later. My late father taught me about reversing lenses and adaptor rings and extension tubes; getting the flash sorted out was fascinating - I made all sorts of domed reflectors and hoods and whatnot...
But the big problem was FILM. No digital cameras. No instant feedback. No instant review. No actual images till you'd got the film developed. So you'd take around 100 shots completely 'blind', and after a day's agonising wait (and £20...) you'd get your pics back and wince as you sorted through literally dozens of useless, awful, lousy, out-of-focus shots. Aaargh! What a waste of money!
Because everything was manual, every exposure had to be numbered and minutely logged in a notebook so you could tell which settings and adjustments had worked (or not) and match them up to the numbered negatives. You couldn't put things right or tweak anything in Photoshop or Lightroom - no such things existed. No computers, either. And dinosaurs roamed the Earth.
Modern digital cameras make everything 100x easier, although getting a really good picture still takes persistence and skill. But you do get instant feedback with a DSLR. You can take a thousand shots and explore every conceivable set up without spending a penny on processing. Bliss. After struggling with a film camera, it feels almost like cheating!
If you've not tried macro photography yet, I urge you to do so. A serious true macro lens is hideously expensive (£1,200) and way beyond my budget, but it needn't be that expensive to get involved. I only have a Nikon D3300; I use its stock AF-P lens with a reversing ring, and also my old manual Zenith 50mm lens, also reversed, plus various cheap extension tubes. I've still got a lot to learn, but boy, is it FUN!
Note that with all the bits fitted, you'll have to get ridiculously close to your subject (1/2" or less) and your depth of field will be insanely shallow - maybe 1/32". This is where a true macro lens scores over a cheap set up; a good true macro will let you stand back a couple of feet from your subject (vital if it can fly away when spooked) and also give you a normal depth of field. If you take the cheap route, focus with great care, and don't expect to get glorious pics of jumping spiders first time. They're wonderful, beautiful, endlessly curious little creatures, but the tiny zebra-striped ones here in England are always in a hurry to be somewhere else! Also please be aware that many amazing shots are heavily tweaked and/or built up from umpteen 'stacked' exposures to give a huge depth-of-field of 1/2" or so. That in itself is an intriguing area to explore... Whatever. Start out with flowers and leaves - they're not quite so camera shy. :-)
Very nice! The film years where quite more complicated and kept many people from doing macro, I'm glad your old man thought you about it. You are right about using flowers and other subjects to get practice. Thank you for your comment
I bought a Zenith SLR in 1975 my first SLR then upgraded to a Contax 139 Quartz SLR in 1981, which I still have and using those 4 lenses on my Sony A7 mirrorless. I bought a reversal ring in 1982, which I will try this week on my old 35mm lenses.
Never heard of this method before, great video!
thank you Tyler
I never heard of a photographer not knowing of this method
I'm mind blown! Awesome video!
@leicanoct thank God you are using your time efficiently by spreading comments with no educational value whatsoever.
@leicanoct this is a photo class honey
Sir: This is the best tutorial I can see about Macro (Reverse) Thanks a lot dear teacher
Thank you Daniel for your kind words
Very old school. I was doing this in the 70's. :) You can also use a bellows for extreme magnification and focus.
Excellent video! Short, sweet and to the point. All the information you need to get started, none you don't. Not a word wasted! No yadda-yadda at all.
Many thanks!!
I love how this guy talks, it's like watching cezar the dog whisperer talking about photography ❤️
As much as I dislike spiders, there’s no denying how incredible and magnificent they are up close. The amount of detail and texture in the exoskeleton is breath taking.
Just spent the whole afternoon playing with this trick! Never new about it! Thanks
One of the best tutorials on Macro and the language used and demonstration were simple but yet brilliant..
Thank you!
Not the most definitive but sure is one of the best tutorial i have ever seen. Very clear and no waste of video time. Two thumbs up!
The price is very effective, I don’t have any ideas for this setup but I definitely want this in my bag.
Wow! And your "model" was great!
@@sergeyyurkov1053 are a 7 eye guy my man
Tried this years ago and I will be giving it another try now. Thanks for the inspiration and tutorial!
I was really hoping he would say “ say hello to my little friend”
lol
The exact reason I searched and clicked on this video is because I have a few jumping spiders (phidippus regius and phidippus audax) and a tarantula sling... And I'm into photography, so it's just natural that I want to capture these adorable little ones. I feel like I've been enlightened. Thank you.
The reverse thread thing was the first "accessory" I ever bought when I bought my first DSLR. I was using cheapo constant lights back then and didn't have enough light.
I need to dig it out and play with it again. Thanks!
Wow. I've been a photographer for many years, both full-time pro and amateur and never came across this before. Thanks a lot, every day is a school day!
"You have to focus by bringing the camera closer to the jumping spider."
NOPE!
I was once taking pictures of a jumping spider and when my lens was about 1 inch away it jumped straight at the lens. Instant heart attack.
Don't worry jumping spider will get close to you.
Jumping spiders are harmless. They're cute and cannot bite through skin even if they wanted to, which they probably wouldn't.
Lol I still don’t even have a camera so I take macro photography with my phone and I get close to poisonous spiders all the time. They won’t attack you unless you disturb them
can i use sony a6000 with the lens set up?
A macro focusing rail is invaluable for reversed lens macrophotography. A table top tripod and macro focusing rail makes precise focusing a snap.
finaly some quality content
That was incredible! I used to think I knew a lot about photography, but I just realised, I know hardly anything.
Thank you for explaining this so clearly. My hubby and I just started a real estate photography business but I love macro photography. Glad I can use what we have already purchased with a few inexpensive rings and such.
Thank you so much! Now I can use more lends for this
I knew about reversing the lens, but I didn't know reverse threads existed
How would you reverse the lens otherwise ???
@@robertofontiglia4148 free hand, that's how its always been
@@Noealz I am shocked. I had tried it, but I never knew people thought it practical enough to actually do it like this.
Hey Noe!
@@yurigiron6802 hey me : )
Wonderful video BUT where can we get the camera flash modifier from please🤷♂️🤔
This was the best and easiest tutorial I think I've ever seen for how to get into macro photography, thanks for that!
this guy just saved me a bunch of money. thank you, you are a genuinely good person and I legit love you.
Fregon Andrés, hasta me puse a abrir el lente ya que al abrir la apertura vi basura dentro del lente, ya está limpio y conozco cada vez mas las entrañas de la camara!!! Sin miedo al cabo es una d3100 pero ahora está mejor que nunca y tomando macro!!!
Excelente!
Extra tip: buy an super zoom lens like the one they use for wildlife photography and reverse it, then you'll have your own electron microscope.
It is still an optical microscope though ;) It's using light and not electrons.
@@desertstorm07 r/whoosh
That wouldn't work, like he said in the video - The wider the focal length of the lens, e.g. his 28mm, the higher the magnification when you reverse it. If you reverse a 200mm lens it would do the opposite, it does allow you to get quite a lot closer, but not near 1:1 magnification.
@@cappin6937 r/whoosh
I feeling like a bully now. Can't people get a joke these days?
So far, this was the most helpful video for me to get started. I appreciate it.
Fantastic. I used to do macro photography for 8 years, also the fun of jumping spider.
Holly-molly this is amazing, checked with my existing lenses and results are mind blowing, thanks a lot, saved ton of money.
This is one of the most informative, clean and useful photography tutorial videos I’ve seen! So glad I found it and can’t wait to try these techniques out, thanks so much!
Agree
To use lens in macro ie reverse mode using adapter.
With lens connected to camera and power on it will be necessary to lock aperture.
This is how to lock lens aperture on Sony A7ii and I believe it is similar for other cameras.
Mount lens on camera.
Have camera in M or A mode
Power on
Set aperture to that desired - probably F16 With AEL switched to AEL press and hold AEL button and at the same time press lens release button and remove lens from camera.
The lens aperture will be locked at F16. Look into lens an you will see it is locked (small diaphragm aperture)
You can check this method out by following same procedure at a larger aperture say F4. Look into lens an you will see it is locked (large diaphragm aperture)
I have that Pentax lens, found it in a thrift store for $10. It's a fun lens!
man i been searching for something like that for ages never found one :(
Hi J, that's great! I'm looking for it myself. I know it's a 50mm, but can you please tell me what f/stop it is? :)
Thank you so much for the tutorial! Can’t wait to try this!
Andres: "Let's see what this combination of lenses does.....click!"
Spider: "Aaaaaargh! I'm blind!
Lol
hahah!
Thanks for showing me how to use newer lenes
Good clear instructions. Well explained. No need to spend a fortune on expensive macro lenses. 😉
Thank you for this video 👍🙌
Andres. Great video and I will try the reverse lens method with some of my “mechanical” lenses. However, mounting or dismounting a lens with electrical contacts while the camera is ON is not a good idea. Doing so could damage some electronic devices in the camera and/or in the lens. It could also mess-up the VR (IS) system. Nikon advises against doing this.
The warning below is from my D850 manual:
Detaching the Lens
Be sure the camera is off when removing or exchanging lenses.
This technique only work with canon, thank you for commenting!
I've used the technique with the manual Pentax lens. It works very well.
Great video and explanation! I have inverted my lenses before but, never used the extension tubes, which I also have.
Have been using this technique for a year now and it works great
This is a great video. I bought one of the these reversal rings in 1982 with my film SLR at the time and it worked then. I bought a Sony A7 full frame mirror-less Oct 2019 and and adapter to connect my four Contax/Yashica 1981 lenses with my A7 and they work well just needed cleaning. I will use my old reversal ring with my A7 very soon. Now I just need a jumping spider which looks very scary like this one only I might get a fake one. LOL!
That is some very clever and skillful use of cheap lenses - amazing!
fantastic technique ! definitely going to try this one out.
one point of clarification: when you talk about magnification ratios, you mention that we can fill the frame better with a 1:3 magnification. but isn’t 1:3 the same as 1/3? in other words, 1/3 of the actual size. if we can get the subject better in the frame, making it look bigger, wouldn’t that be a 3:1 magnification, or 3x in total?
i’m not entirely sure considering i nearly failed grade 8 algebra. anyone know what i’m tryna say here ?
Hi ZN you are correct, it is explained that way in the video, we wrote it backwards in the images
You can set the shutter speed of your camera to a speed that's not showing any ambient lights and you're golden, since the image will be dark until the flash illuminates the scenery anyways.
Even if ambient light is showing up a bit, it's no problem.
You just have to match the intensity of your flash to illuminate your picture accordingly.
Awesome video - super well-done. Thanks for your time and expertise!
many thanks!
if you don't want to expose the back element, look up "macro lens filter" on amazon. these can screw directly onto your current lens. they are very convenient, portable, and cheap. there are 4-packs for $15-$20. In the packs there are different levels of magnification. the pack i bought has 4, which is a 2x, 4x, 8x, and 10x.
gets close to spider trying to find the focal plane.
spider jumps on camera
camera belongs to spider now
Spider eats camera. The end.
@@eevagirl 🤣
wonder, what if the spider jumps on you..
@@msraghunathan heart attack
Then Spiderman turns into Spider Man 😂
I’m impressed. Great video!
I never thought a spider could ever be so cute.
I think its a jumping spider. I have one as a pet.
@@squidno4902 omg cute! What species?
If you thought that was cute, search "jumping spider tilt". You can thank me later, hehe. :P
@@squidno4902 have you ever stepped on your spider ? =))=))=)).
@@NamNguyen-tm6ix no but ive somehow found them across the house
Awesome explanation, thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Not 1:3 magnification, but 3:1. Magnification 1:3 means object is three times smaller on the picture.
I loved this video it was very helpful!
Now this is an outstanding tutorial!
I know this is 5 years old, but that was awesome. I’ve been looking at Macro lenses for my MFT LUMIX. I just may give this a try, assuming it will work on MFT cameras too. Thanks from a true rookie photographer. UPDATE. I just ordered one for my LUMIX.
My DSLR camera fell on the ground the Lens broke in half, and I noticed that you can also use that connected half(in the camera) of the lens as a macro lens
Great review. Vary easy to understand and follow.
Your video was so informative, thank you so much for sharing! Great video!
Thank you!
Awesome thanks... Most economical way to macro photography... It was a delight watching your video.
This is amazing! Totally getting a reverse ring now!
You might want to try just using macro tubes. It's much easier and will get you as close as you probably want to be. The only real benefit of the reversing ring is that your fstops will still be fairly accurate, otherwise it's really kind of annoying to deal with. The macro tubes will lower the amount of light getting to the sensor or film but they will work with every lens you already have unlike reversing rings - where every lens you have may be of a different mm thread size. Reversing is way overrated in my opinion and not worth the hassle.
Excellent video. A clear explanation on how to start with macro photography without breaking the bank. Thank you Andrés
Great video. Thanks for sharing your knowledge on the subject
Had both the reverse ring and the tamron lens in my kit for 2 years now and never used it for macro... Thanks for the useful info!
Thank you for your wonderful comment
super innovative and genius solution
.....five star rank, for economical and technical.
Excellent. I've been using only old manual lenses because I was unaware of the aperture "locking" capability. Thanks so much for your excellent explanation of this money saving technique. Bravo!
This is the first time knowledge to me. thnx
Very helpful! I have been out of photography for many years and have been wanting to get into Macro Photography to shoot some of our animals. We have everything from Jumping spiders, to pythons, to bearded dragons, birds, and dogs.
I love how he reversed his dedicated macro lens to get a macro lens :D
I had a laundry list of specific questions and you hit every single one of them. Thank you so much!!
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5:30 and there goes the spider xD
Fascinating! Thank you. I learned a lot.
Amazing, just what I needed!
Wow, those close-ups are fantastic!
8:01 the way to lock the F number it is working for Canon Cameras only as i know Fstoppers using Nikon Camera and that is not possible in nikon aperture ring is spring loaded
correct, however there is a lever in the back of the lens that allow you to do it manually, the canon lens don't have it
Andres, I watched your presentation, purchased a few cheap older lenses and adapter rings. This is incredible! Thank you so much for the tutorial.
Thank you Gordon!
Extension tubes is so more easy to use option.
The difference is that the front element of an ordinary lens is optimised for being relatively far from a subject and the rear element is optimised for being close to its plane of focus (normally the sensor), so by reversing the lens you're using the lens in its optimal configuration, i.e. with the rear element of the lens close to the subject and the front element further away from the sensor, so you get better optical performance from the lens.
@@clickrick The macro tubes will get the same results.
Great Tips, Thank You
Thank you! Excellent tips!
Oh Wow. Just watched this. Amazing and thank you. Really want to get into Macro but did not want to purchase expensive lenses. Definitely going to purchase the cheap equipment. Did not know about reserve lens rings and setting the F stop of a lens before removing. Thank you very much. Your photographs are stunning
This is incredible. My arachnophobia is not happy, but the method is brilliant
Excellent video, so clear, concise and not bogged down with too much (or too little)! Thank you so much!! I can't find the Tamron lens. Any information on locating would be magnificent!
Great tutorial!!!
But one thing, since I am using Nikon D7200, how to lock the aperture as my AE-L button could not do the trick, or maybe I am missing something.
thanks
the same for me , i'm using a D7000 and theis trick doesn't work
For Nikon lens the aperture can be controlled manually with the small metal lever in the back of the lens
use a rubber band to lock the aperture lever.
Great video. Thank you.
I watched Arachnophobia, I know how this movie ends. LOL
lol
GREATEST VIDEO OF ALL TIMES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE INFO!!!!!🙏🙏🙏💯💯🔥🔥🔥🔥
Thanks for the review, I learned a lot for the first time !!!
WOW Super useful !! I was struggling doing LEGO stop motion animations with normal lenses ! :D I hope this tip will improve quality of my videos ! Thank you so much !