I don't know about the 12 mm fisheye, but the 8 mm Samyang can easily be modified to focus a lot closer. Stock it has two screws to stop you with focus at infinity and at the closest setting; you can remove the second screw so you can turn all the way until the first screw locks you almost a full turn from infinity! I don't remember all the details as a few years passed since I modded mine, but I remember it was quite easy to do.
@@shamiksanyaldop Unfortunately it's an APSC lens, and I moved to full frame a long time ago, so I don't have a lot of pictures taken with it, especially in close focus. I remember that really close it wasn't amazingly sharp, and probably suffered of field curvature. But it could focus really close, if I'm not wrong even inside the lens. Cool but not really usable as it still maintained a roughly 180° field of view, so not yet a good magnification and lighting became challenging. I remember having fun taking pictures of mushrooms from below showing the fins (at around 5-10 cm distance), having the bokeh of the foliage of the trees in the background, but that's it unfortunately.
Really interesting video, I see all the adapters and one thing pops up in my mind, there people like you, like Nick putting the heart and soul to improve, experiment in this macro community, and I say thank you, your dedication is something that we should be taking seriously, because it benefit us all. Huge thanks !
With it not covering a full frame this feels like it would be amazing on a micro four thirds body (Olympus, Panasonic, black magic and so on) then there would be less cropping and a higher resolution over all.
You should consider putting a 1.4x teleconverter behind this. Normally a teleconverter would be counterproductive to the whole “wide angle” look you’re going for but in this case it would just stretch the image to cover the full frame.
A tip for end of macro season. If you have any maple/birch forests around, explore them at night time when it cool outside. At my local spot, its hard not to find wolf spiders, fishing spiders and crab spiders.
Great idea, have to build one! For the upsidedown image use a 45 deg mirror in the back on a 3d printed mount attached to the tripod screw or something else and look in from above.
Those small wide angle lenses are also used for FPV drone cameras. So you can get one in such FPV store. Also older action cams use very similar lenses (SJ4000, Xiaomi Yi etc)
Amazing video! When we stop using electronic assistance tools, we understand other variables, it gives more experience from the scene. Thanks and again, amazing video!
This kind of lens exist in underwater photography world, mainly by the brand Nauticam. But I have to admit that have fun with a cheap and a little challenging set up is really cool !
14:13 - 14:19 Yeah and oddly enough, using higher (the correct) ISO for your lighting conditions gives you a much better final result with a lot less noise than if you were to just use a much lower ISO and have to crank up the exposure/shadows in post while editing the pic to get it from being black or dark to where you want to. That's why I'm not afraid to use say ISO 500 to get some shots that I otherwise would never have been able to get and have still gotten insane results. Don't be afraid to crank up the ISO for those darker shots people! (within reason, of course! You're not gonna do macro photography with 2k ISO unless you use one of those fancy new AI denoising programs, and even then it'd be better to just get a good starting image that doesn't need much correction to begin with.) Some of my favorite photos have actually been shot on 500 ISO because the lighting conditions just weren't there and I was just starting out so I didn't even own a flash yet.
A way around getting some good background light is to use two flash units. One on the camera to get the light to the subject and the other off camera to light the background. A little more gear but in the end I think it would be worth the effort. My tripod is light weight and quick to setup and connect the camera. So I prefer using the tripod for better focusing. I still like using 100iso and 200 shutter with flash. Light the background with this wide angle and tripod the sucker and I bet you get better imaging from a lower quality setup. It won't fix the short working distance but it will work.
I built my own ultrawide macro lens with the 8mm f3.8 CCTV lens. It will cover m43 only, but with some 1 and 2mm extension rings (not tube), i can turn it into a 16mm macro lens(ff equivalent). And it is tiny. Much easier to work with than the Laowa 15mm
A few years ago I made a fixed focus macro lens from an old pair of binoculars. It was really hard to use since I had to move back and forth to find the focus, so I made a laser trigger from a cheap laser pointer, a phototransistor, an optocoupler and a cheap camera remote. I affixed it to my lens so that the laser beam would be right in the middle of the depth of field and when my subject was in perfect focus, it interrupted the laser and triggered the camera. I can't remember the exact circuit, but I'm sure you can find something similar on the web, since I'm pretty sure I found it on a blog...
Really spectacular design! About your "upside down" problem, wouldn't adding external display to your setup solve it? I found it really easier to speed-aim when I see target simultaneously through cam display and directly, and sometime I need really weird angles to catch it.
You could try increasing the depth of field, as diaphragming to the maximum, as tilting the lens with a tilt adapter. I don't know if with a small coverage circle like that of the microscope objective how effective this solution can be, however it is better to work with a 2X objective.
Hi. Really good video. Few days ago a I was thinking on how to modify a Rokinon 12mm so I can focus close.... The shortest extension tube I have is 10mm and, as you mention, the focusing plane becomes inside the lens 😁. I'm planing to unscrew the emount plate and ad 1 or 2mm spacer there. Then I thought that a lens from a Xiaomi yi camera could be used with another magnifying lens... And today I saw this video... Very interesting. I love your work and videos. Thanks!!!
this looks cool, you can take a lens and turn it up side down, and you have the same effect, or, what i do, i bought distance adapters, and use it with my 50mm 1.8 as macro lens.. photos are amazing, example on my last video ( Led test)
Hi Micael! Do you think a stereoscopic version of this piece, with two tubes next to each other, could be designed and printed? I?m thinking of a macro version of the Canon Dual Fisheye objective, to capture macro videos to be viewed in VR like the Micro Monsters from David Attenborough. Attenborough uses a complicated setup involving two DSLRS and a beamsplitter, but I'm looking for a mix between your setup and the Canon Dual Fisheye. I thought maybe as the distance between objectives would be way shorter than on a regular VR setup, the pieces could be designed so that each sends an image in a straight line to its half of the sensor, without the need to use prisms or mirrors. Do you see some optical problem with my idea? I'm thinking maybe the tubes overlapping, but I don't know a lot about optics. Thanks for the video!
Michael, your imagination and creativity know no bounds! Why don’t you treat yourself to a Laowa Probe lens which I presume will give you your photos right side up! Guess there’s no fun in that! Where can I get a $25 long lens made for me? I can manage to create a Pringles flash adapter! Thanks!
Amazing videos, your work is incredible. Steadiest hands ever 🙌 I had this adapter 3d printed in his recommended material. It’s really rough and sticky im terrified to screw this to my Sony alpha 😳 im gonna do it tho .
Thank you for the idea, and the design! I have just print the models, and tested them. I have used the lens from a false Gopro, but, in 'shot' combo, i'd need a longer cctv adaptor. I dont have lens specs, but i asume that almost all the gopro imitations are quite similar. Any experience with this stuff? I think i'll try to elongate 1cm the cctv adaptor. I'll try too other lens, from webcams, etc. Interesint and entertaining! ^^
Instead of using a high ISO and slow shutter speed so that you do not get a dark background, maybe you could use a second flash to light the background. You would probably want to make the background flash brighter than the macro flash.
Very nice video. I wonder if you could make a better macro lens using lenses for Pentax Auto 110. The widest lens is 18mm f2.8. It was made for the 13x17mm Kodak cartridge film.
hello i need your help i have gen 1 of this lens im looking for the 3d print file for the extra tube , i already found the fisheye lens on ebay. thanks for the video can't wait to try it out fred
I also want to point out this is probably the coolest photography video I've ever seen... I like the idea of making custom macro lenses although they always seem really cumbersome to use... couldn't you just add another glass element to flip the image again but not distort it?
Man, if my 3D printer was still alive... I got a lot of lenses for smaller sensors and combining them for macro and fun would be great. I got a miniature color camera from 2005 which comes from a maritime imaging system of an oligarch yacht. It might combine with some of the C and CS mount lenses I got. But physically combining them is difficult and a 3D printer would solve this
Hi Micael! Great video as always!! I'd like to ask you something: I own a Laowa 100 macro and I'm looking for a flash ideal for macro photography, lightweight would be great. Is the Meike flash you use in this video ideal for that lens? I remember in the past you used another flash while trying the 100mm, probably the Meike was too short. Maybe with that hotshoe adaptor even the Meike would be more efficient but I can't find it anywhere. I was considering also other flashes like the neewer 630 or the equivalent from Godox but I fear that the weight with one of them, plus the 100mm, plus the camera would be too much. Any advice?
Question about flash diffusers. I’m in need of buying one now that I finally have a proper flash. I’ve been looking at the simple one you always have that goes on the lens. Have you ever tried the altura soft box ones? Would something like that work for macro? Looking to get something that works with versatility. Love your videos btw. Been learning so much from them.
As long as the diffuser makes the light source at least 10cm in diameter and is placed close to the subject, preferable less than 10cm away from it, it will give great results. I would recommend a diffuser made specifically for macro photography, such as the DÖRR, the Pope Shield or the AK diffuser. I have videos on all of them. Check my playlist about macro photography diffusers.
Haha I went on his channel and watched a few seconds. And indeed, something in his voice and way of talking seems very very similar to me 😄 He has to be from Sweden.
How could you take this concept and make it perform close to the Laowa Probe lens? Would you be able to add another microscope objective to then magnify the image big enough?
I don't think you could ever get close to the image quality that a Laowa Probe lens gives you, unfortunately. This is more a cheap low-quality thing to play with.
Me with my s22 ultra taking raw wide angle macro pictures 3mm away, with both auto focus and manual focus with focus peaking. But im all seriousness. I don't know much about cameras and this is very interesting
Great video. I'll have to try it. The good news is that the end of insect season for you, means that the insects will be coming out for us in the southern hemisphere. ;-) As for your struggles with upside-down images, just do it for a few hours and your brain will automatically adjust. Astro photographers have this problem all of the time
I have a Sony A6000 with a Nikon 55mm f2.8 macro lens on it. Would love to try this Fisheye Macro lens, but I know nothing about 3D printing. Would someone be kind enough to print an extra one and sell it to me please? Or is there a used one available please?
hi, i've been looking for an idea like this, but not for insects, but miniature or scale photography, for architectural models, and hotwheels photograhy, with the intention of giving the feeling that the photo comes from an scaled angle, as if the photo was taken for one of the human scales in the model. Have you tried this lens for some miniatures? Congrats!!!
Why don't you sell this? The both of you, I would buy it if you manage to make a cheap probe lens for canon ef, add some leds on the front like the laowa 24mm probe lens and it would be awesome for the ones who can't afford the laowa yet
One has to prioritize in life. I have decided to focus on youtube, because I find it enjoyable, and I don't have time or the interest to run a lens business.
@@MicaelWidell many youtubers seek and alternative way of income based on the channel itself, you tube is the platform but the way to make money of it can be several, that's why mech is a very important tool for the growth of an influencer. Just a thought.
DP reviews claim that the Techart LM-EA9 conversion kit, allows Sony E Mount to achieve auto focus on manual lenses - Getting on well with the Laowa 65mm Manual lens now, but just thought it would ask. Does it work? Is it new to you too?
The techart adapters have existed for a long time. Yeah I guess they work, but likely not nearly as good as a native autofocus lens. And for macro photography I think you are much better off using manual focus.
Good academic excercise. Even if you were able to capture an insect with the background, are they images of anything useful? Maybe I've been doing this too long but for those reading this, what would the end goal be...? As a photographer, there should be an end goal as in life. My comment isn't directed to Micael but to photographers.
The end goal for me is to have fun playing with new lenses and trying to make unique looking and aesthetically pleasing photographs. But might be different for every photographer.
Does diffraction softening show up in your images? Or does the wide field of view mean diffraction isn't that much of an issue? Maybe my next TH-cam topic binge should be on optical systems 😏
Hard to say exactly how much of the softness in the images is diffraction. I know that the 4x microscope lens has some diffraction though, so it is not negligable.
@@nickmatthews4939 Would love to but only have the probe lens from Laowa. Maybe if I can get my hands on one of those DIY probes. I'm currently filming a documentary about Dhofar's biting midges, Forcipomyia whitcombei, which might be ready by late October. If not sold to a TV channel I would post it on TH-cam in 2 separate versions (Arabic+English). Probe lens is amazing to manually pull focus as if using a normal 24mm but from an insect perspective. It's too weak for 1-3mm midges, not even Laowa 2.5-5x is perfect as had 49mm extension tubes to reach 7x. I should break down all that on my channel in the near future. Also learned a lot from this man!
@@thenickdude More like the old one. It's so good I'm considering selling this one and getting the interchangeable model that's around $2300. I got mine for like $1800 (cine model so I can use follow focus later).
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I don't know about the 12 mm fisheye, but the 8 mm Samyang can easily be modified to focus a lot closer. Stock it has two screws to stop you with focus at infinity and at the closest setting; you can remove the second screw so you can turn all the way until the first screw locks you almost a full turn from infinity! I don't remember all the details as a few years passed since I modded mine, but I remember it was quite easy to do.
Is there a video about this?
@@Topidoit I don't remember where I found out about it, but I have found this video that seems to explain th-cam.com/video/uO-TItDVmyU/w-d-xo.html
Yes it is a great lens, i made it too, very easy and the quality of image is very superior to this cctv lens
Can you share any sample? Or like your portfolio with it?
@@shamiksanyaldop Unfortunately it's an APSC lens, and I moved to full frame a long time ago, so I don't have a lot of pictures taken with it, especially in close focus. I remember that really close it wasn't amazingly sharp, and probably suffered of field curvature. But it could focus really close, if I'm not wrong even inside the lens. Cool but not really usable as it still maintained a roughly 180° field of view, so not yet a good magnification and lighting became challenging. I remember having fun taking pictures of mushrooms from below showing the fins (at around 5-10 cm distance), having the bokeh of the foliage of the trees in the background, but that's it unfortunately.
Really interesting video, I see all the adapters and one thing pops up in my mind, there people like you, like Nick putting the heart and soul to improve, experiment in this macro community, and I say thank you, your dedication is something that we should be taking seriously, because it benefit us all. Huge thanks !
The extended depth of field is a bonus. Looks like a project for me over the next few months. Thanks for this.
With it not covering a full frame this feels like it would be amazing on a micro four thirds body (Olympus, Panasonic, black magic and so on) then there would be less cropping and a higher resolution over all.
That's exactly what I'm looking for.
You should consider putting a 1.4x teleconverter behind this. Normally a teleconverter would be counterproductive to the whole “wide angle” look you’re going for but in this case it would just stretch the image to cover the full frame.
A tip for end of macro season. If you have any maple/birch forests around, explore them at night time when it cool outside. At my local spot, its hard not to find wolf spiders, fishing spiders and crab spiders.
Great idea, have to build one! For the upsidedown image use a 45 deg mirror in the back on a 3d printed mount attached to the tripod screw or something else and look in from above.
Those small wide angle lenses are also used for FPV drone cameras. So you can get one in such FPV store. Also older action cams use very similar lenses (SJ4000, Xiaomi Yi etc)
Parts ordered and printing. I can't wait to assemble it and go out into the field. Thank you
What a lot of fun you are having! Thought I’d like to try it but have decided to pass this time. Please keep posting your macro videos, I love them!
That diffuser is made of win. Ultimate diffuser.
Love that Spidey Selfie!
The pictures definitely have their own character, and the background knowledge helps to appreciate them even more. Great shots!
Amazing video! When we stop using electronic assistance tools, we understand other variables, it gives more experience from the scene. Thanks and again, amazing video!
Thanks!
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This kind of lens exist in underwater photography world, mainly by the brand Nauticam. But I have to admit that have fun with a cheap and a little challenging set up is really cool !
came to see the lens, stayed for the soothing experience of strolling around bugs. I could watch an hour long video of you just doing that
14:13 - 14:19 Yeah and oddly enough, using higher (the correct) ISO for your lighting conditions gives you a much better final result with a lot less noise than if you were to just use a much lower ISO and have to crank up the exposure/shadows in post while editing the pic to get it from being black or dark to where you want to. That's why I'm not afraid to use say ISO 500 to get some shots that I otherwise would never have been able to get and have still gotten insane results. Don't be afraid to crank up the ISO for those darker shots people! (within reason, of course! You're not gonna do macro photography with 2k ISO unless you use one of those fancy new AI denoising programs, and even then it'd be better to just get a good starting image that doesn't need much correction to begin with.) Some of my favorite photos have actually been shot on 500 ISO because the lighting conditions just weren't there and I was just starting out so I didn't even own a flash yet.
A way around getting some good background light is to use two flash units. One on the camera to get the light to the subject and the other off camera to light the background. A little more gear but in the end I think it would be worth the effort. My tripod is light weight and quick to setup and connect the camera. So I prefer using the tripod for better focusing. I still like using 100iso and 200 shutter with flash. Light the background with this wide angle and tripod the sucker and I bet you get better imaging from a lower quality setup. It won't fix the short working distance but it will work.
Lol I find this video very interesting and funny at the same time. Thank you for sharing. Very good idea, cleverly designed lens, and good photos.
I think you captured some excellent photography. Thanks for all the work.
I built my own ultrawide macro lens with the 8mm f3.8 CCTV lens. It will cover m43 only, but with some 1 and 2mm extension rings (not tube), i can turn it into a 16mm macro lens(ff equivalent). And it is tiny. Much easier to work with than the Laowa 15mm
hey.
..where can i get 1-2mm extension ring? please share your setup
Spectacular Micael… I enjoyed this video and found many of your shots terrific with this lens setup! 👍🏼
Pretty good depth of field with it. Cool video
You can add a ground glass to the view finder to invert the image again.
Really interesting version of this lens, we have a 3D printer at my work so why not give it a try 😃👍
Thanks! 🙏
A few years ago I made a fixed focus macro lens from an old pair of binoculars. It was really hard to use since I had to move back and forth to find the focus, so I made a laser trigger from a cheap laser pointer, a phototransistor, an optocoupler and a cheap camera remote. I affixed it to my lens so that the laser beam would be right in the middle of the depth of field and when my subject was in perfect focus, it interrupted the laser and triggered the camera. I can't remember the exact circuit, but I'm sure you can find something similar on the web, since I'm pretty sure I found it on a blog...
Thank you for this great video! Just what I was looking for!
Amazing piece of glass and great video, thanks so much.
I have tested this kind of photography and a light weight mono pod will help
thanks for sharing this I am going to build one
good luck
Really spectacular design! About your "upside down" problem, wouldn't adding external display to your setup solve it? I found it really easier to speed-aim when I see target simultaneously through cam display and directly, and sometime I need really weird angles to catch it.
Yeah that would solve it. But I prefer having as little bulk as possible.
whenever I watch one of your videos, I get happy
Thanks
Thanks for your contribution!
You could try increasing the depth of field, as diaphragming to the maximum, as tilting the lens with a tilt adapter. I don't know if with a small coverage circle like that of the microscope objective how effective this solution can be, however it is better to work with a 2X objective.
This has a lot of potential for videographers...maybe building up a probe lens?
Hi. Really good video. Few days ago a I was thinking on how to modify a Rokinon 12mm so I can focus close.... The shortest extension tube I have is 10mm and, as you mention, the focusing plane becomes inside the lens 😁.
I'm planing to unscrew the emount plate and ad 1 or 2mm spacer there.
Then I thought that a lens from a Xiaomi yi camera could be used with another magnifying lens... And today I saw this video...
Very interesting.
I love your work and videos.
Thanks!!!
this looks cool, you can take a lens and turn it up side down, and you have the same effect, or, what i do, i bought distance adapters, and use it with my 50mm 1.8 as macro lens.. photos are amazing, example on my last video ( Led test)
Hi Micael! Do you think a stereoscopic version of this piece, with two tubes next to each other, could be designed and printed? I?m thinking of a macro version of the Canon Dual Fisheye objective, to capture macro videos to be viewed in VR like the Micro Monsters from David Attenborough. Attenborough uses a complicated setup involving two DSLRS and a beamsplitter, but I'm looking for a mix between your setup and the Canon Dual Fisheye. I thought maybe as the distance between objectives would be way shorter than on a regular VR setup, the pieces could be designed so that each sends an image in a straight line to its half of the sensor, without the need to use prisms or mirrors. Do you see some optical problem with my idea? I'm thinking maybe the tubes overlapping, but I don't know a lot about optics. Thanks for the video!
Michael, your imagination and creativity know no bounds! Why don’t you treat yourself to a Laowa Probe lens which I presume will give you your photos right side up! Guess there’s no fun in that! Where can I get a $25 long lens made for me? I can manage to create a Pringles flash adapter! Thanks!
Because of advanced age and disability I use a light weight monopod. Slows me down but improves my compositions.
i wanted to see how it would prefform as a landscape shot just because i got some cool ideas that might work
Love your posts man. My favorite photography blogger out of everyone on TH-cam. I'm building this this week... lots cheaper than that one by Loawa.
Amazing videos, your work is incredible. Steadiest hands ever 🙌 I had this adapter 3d printed in his recommended material. It’s really rough and sticky im terrified to screw this to my Sony alpha 😳 im gonna do it tho .
The 24mm probe lens one of my fave lens
Thank you for the idea, and the design! I have just print the models, and tested them. I have used the lens from a false Gopro, but, in 'shot' combo, i'd need a longer cctv adaptor. I dont have lens specs, but i asume that almost all the gopro imitations are quite similar. Any experience with this stuff? I think i'll try to elongate 1cm the cctv adaptor. I'll try too other lens, from webcams, etc. Interesint and entertaining! ^^
So much inspiration!
(and the Samyang/Walimex/Rokinon 12mm f/2.8 EF I am looking for)
It would be great if Sherlock has time to find a solution for Nikon F mount as well..🔥🙏🔥
Wanted to see a video from that lens too apart from photos
This is such an interesting idea, thank you for the inspiration. :' D
Instead of using a high ISO and slow shutter speed so that you do not get a dark background, maybe you could use a second flash to light the background.
You would probably want to make the background flash brighter than the macro flash.
I really like how you and Nic Sherlock came up with this complicated optical design. /|\ Gp Jennett
try using a monitor upside down, or flip the image with it
great video bro!
A winter snow macro walk maybe?
I'm using DIY 35mm, 40mm and 45mm lens for macro lens attached on my phone
Very ingenious, but shooting with it seems like a lot of hassle!
Very nice video. I wonder if you could make a better macro lens using lenses for Pentax Auto 110. The widest lens is 18mm f2.8. It was made for the 13x17mm Kodak cartridge film.
Not something I will attempt :)
The Sigma 18-35mm F/1.8 has a very short working distance I wonder if this lens could do the same sort of thing?
hello
i need your help
i have gen 1 of this lens im looking for the 3d print file for the extra tube , i already found the fisheye lens on ebay.
thanks for the video can't wait to try it out
fred
Back in the 1950´s to 1980´s a lot of photographers made camera gear DIY.
I also want to point out this is probably the coolest photography video I've ever seen... I like the idea of making custom macro lenses although they always seem really cumbersome to use...
couldn't you just add another glass element to flip the image again but not distort it?
Thanks :) you should watch more of my videos. I have some other similar ones
Cool. Thanks for sharing.
Man, if my 3D printer was still alive... I got a lot of lenses for smaller sensors and combining them for macro and fun would be great. I got a miniature color camera from 2005 which comes from a maritime imaging system of an oligarch yacht. It might combine with some of the C and CS mount lenses I got. But physically combining them is difficult and a 3D printer would solve this
Hi Micael! Great video as always!!
I'd like to ask you something: I own a Laowa 100 macro and I'm looking for a flash ideal for macro photography, lightweight would be great. Is the Meike flash you use in this video ideal for that lens? I remember in the past you used another flash while trying the 100mm, probably the Meike was too short. Maybe with that hotshoe adaptor even the Meike would be more efficient but I can't find it anywhere. I was considering also other flashes like the neewer 630 or the equivalent from Godox but I fear that the weight with one of them, plus the 100mm, plus the camera would be too much. Any advice?
This gives colonoscopies a brand new meaning
Awesome job
Anyway, i like the speedlight
Question about flash diffusers. I’m in need of buying one now that I finally have a proper flash. I’ve been looking at the simple one you always have that goes on the lens. Have you ever tried the altura soft box ones? Would something like that work for macro? Looking to get something that works with versatility. Love your videos btw. Been learning so much from them.
There are two popular flash diffusers, you can buy AK diffuser or Cygnustech diffuser
I made my flash diffuser similar to theirs.
Any questions, let me know
As long as the diffuser makes the light source at least 10cm in diameter and is placed close to the subject, preferable less than 10cm away from it, it will give great results. I would recommend a diffuser made specifically for macro photography, such as the DÖRR, the Pope Shield or the AK diffuser. I have videos on all of them. Check my playlist about macro photography diffusers.
SUBBED. great video, thank you!
It is like laowa probe lens or? Diy?
can you use this lens in a smartphone? any recommended DOF adapter?
Very cool man
Thanks for the videos, do you have any tricks of how to keep the flies or bugs stay when taking the photos?
Check this video for my best tips th-cam.com/video/_OVhs4FsdjQ/w-d-xo.html
@@MicaelWidell great thanks!
Micael, you kind of remind me of Mentour Pilot. He's a Swedish 737 Flight Instructor that makes videos on TH-cam.
Haha I went on his channel and watched a few seconds. And indeed, something in his voice and way of talking seems very very similar to me 😄 He has to be from Sweden.
fint!
ha en trevlig helg!
Great video! Thank you for this, but where can I buy this set up for a Canon?
You need to print it yourself. Check the description for links to the models.
@@MicaelWidell I don't have a printer. Thank you for the reply
How could you take this concept and make it perform close to the Laowa Probe lens? Would you be able to add another microscope objective to then magnify the image big enough?
I don't think you could ever get close to the image quality that a Laowa Probe lens gives you, unfortunately. This is more a cheap low-quality thing to play with.
aaah, *bruce willis* teaching us photography
Me with my s22 ultra taking raw wide angle macro pictures 3mm away, with both auto focus and manual focus with focus peaking.
But im all seriousness. I don't know much about cameras and this is very interesting
Excellent
Great video. I'll have to try it. The good news is that the end of insect season for you, means that the insects will be coming out for us in the southern hemisphere. ;-) As for your struggles with upside-down images, just do it for a few hours and your brain will automatically adjust. Astro photographers have this problem all of the time
thanks for this very interesting video:) Do you know if this lens can fit on a Mini DV video camera like a Sony Vx 2100?
Sorry I have no idea what mount that is, but I wouldn't count on it
I think it's a good idea to experience the laowa probe lens indirectly.
Can I introduce your lens to Koreans in Korean after making it?
Sure do that if you want to. But it’s not my design. It is Nicholas Sherlock’s design :)
Where did you buy this cool baseball cap? Which keywords I have to use?
I got it as a freebie from Irix Lens. That's the brand of the cap :)
@@MicaelWidell ah ok, thanks :)
Hello, good video friend, thank you for sharing, like 👍😀👍😍
7:52 Why don't you turn the camera upside down? Maybe it could be easier to get used to.
Hehe could work, but pretty inconvenient
hi! can you make video extender sony lens 600mm SONY . THank you very much!
Maybe if I get the extender one day
@@MicaelWidell year! great action brother
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I have a Sony A6000 with a Nikon 55mm f2.8 macro lens on it.
Would love to try this Fisheye Macro lens, but I know nothing about 3D printing.
Would someone be kind enough to print an extra one and sell it to me please?
Or is there a used one available please?
hi, i've been looking for an idea like this, but not for insects, but miniature or scale photography, for architectural models, and hotwheels photograhy, with the intention of giving the feeling that the photo comes from an scaled angle, as if the photo was taken for one of the human scales in the model.
Have you tried this lens for some miniatures?
Congrats!!!
No I only tried it once in this video
Genius!
Why don't you sell this? The both of you, I would buy it if you manage to make a cheap probe lens for canon ef, add some leds on the front like the laowa 24mm probe lens and it would be awesome for the ones who can't afford the laowa yet
One has to prioritize in life. I have decided to focus on youtube, because I find it enjoyable, and I don't have time or the interest to run a lens business.
@@MicaelWidell many youtubers seek and alternative way of income based on the channel itself, you tube is the platform but the way to make money of it can be several, that's why mech is a very important tool for the growth of an influencer. Just a thought.
DP reviews claim that the Techart LM-EA9 conversion kit, allows Sony E Mount to achieve auto focus on manual lenses - Getting on well with the Laowa 65mm Manual lens now, but just thought it would ask. Does it work? Is it new to you too?
The techart adapters have existed for a long time. Yeah I guess they work, but likely not nearly as good as a native autofocus lens. And for macro photography I think you are much better off using manual focus.
nice cappy! what is the brand? cheers from germany
Actually I got it as a freebie from Irix Lens. The branding is Irix Lens :) Maybe ask them if you can get one as well.
@@MicaelWidell thanks mate. I ll try
Good academic excercise. Even if you were able to capture an insect with the background, are they images of anything useful? Maybe I've been doing this too long but for those reading this, what would the end goal be...? As a photographer, there should be an end goal as in life. My comment isn't directed to Micael but to photographers.
The end goal for me is to have fun playing with new lenses and trying to make unique looking and aesthetically pleasing photographs. But might be different for every photographer.
@@MicaelWidell So we could say, knowledge and fun through experimentation.
Does diffraction softening show up in your images? Or does the wide field of view mean diffraction isn't that much of an issue?
Maybe my next TH-cam topic binge should be on optical systems 😏
Hard to say exactly how much of the softness in the images is diffraction. I know that the 4x microscope lens has some diffraction though, so it is not negligable.
Hi Micael! Greetings from Paraguay. Is it possible to buy this wonderfull macro lens from you? I have a canon eos rebel t7i (works with EF lenses).
Sorry no. I don’t even own a 3D printer. There are some companies you can find online that can print for you.
Thank you anyway. I will be searching. By the bye, great channel. I am an entomologist, so I have a particular interest for macro photography.
The iPhone 13 pro has a wide angle macro lens.
Impressive! But results seem blow what I already have, the Laowa probe v.1.
Can you please add further comments regarding the quality and ease of use for the probe vs the YT setup. 👍🏻
@@nickmatthews4939 Would love to but only have the probe lens from Laowa. Maybe if I can get my hands on one of those DIY probes. I'm currently filming a documentary about Dhofar's biting midges, Forcipomyia whitcombei, which might be ready by late October. If not sold to a TV channel I would post it on TH-cam in 2 separate versions (Arabic+English). Probe lens is amazing to manually pull focus as if using a normal 24mm but from an insect perspective.
It's too weak for 1-3mm midges, not even Laowa 2.5-5x is perfect as had 49mm extension tubes to reach 7x. I should break down all that on my channel in the near future. Also learned a lot from this man!
I should hope so, considering the Probe is $1450!
@@thenickdude More like the old one. It's so good I'm considering selling this one and getting the interchangeable model that's around $2300. I got mine for like $1800 (cine model so I can use follow focus later).
1:53 : Walimex = Walmart import & export co. Haha
Thank you for useful tips as always
lol really? Haha
Nope, It's just what I come up with, but plausible enough i think
It's cool !!! very chif