DEK Photography: Reverse Lens Macro Photography
This is the cheapest type of macro photography, which produces the worst looking images. Basically any wide angle lens can become a macro lens, if its mounted on reverse. You can either hold it with your hand, as I did here, or buy a cheap ring from eBay, to mount the reversed lens securely.
Of course, since the lens can't communicate with the camera body, you lose all autofocus, flash and EXIF related information. Manual focusing, manual exposure and holding the lens right in front of the camera's sensor is a difficult task!
This is a spider's web - you can see the resulting image is of a rather low quality. But I do like the diffraction of light, going through the silk thread, combined with the chromatic aberrations introduced by the lens (an otherwise excellent Nikon 50mm 1.8G).
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if you use a 35mm or 28mm lens you get way better results and magnification.
it's not easy just takes a lot of pratice and failure .
and using a reverse ring to avoid unwanted light leeking in.
This wasp i made with a Sony A6000 camera and a Rokkor 28mm 3.5 lens reversed this is straight out of camera not cropped / resized , no tripod , no autofocus and no image stabilisation
You are absolutely right, not telephoto, but wide angle lenses are better for magnifying, once reversed. I will make a correction, thank you!
This is a stunning shot and I'm very impressed that it's done with a reversed lens. I suppose the keeper rate is not high?
last year i made several 100 shots that i consider as keepers , insects always move unless you go for dead insects and stack photography. And i only use Manual focus lenses these days with extension tubes or reverse rings.
Amazing shot @dek upvoted and resteemed)
Thank you!
Many colours!
Some small cameras are quite good at macro shots, because they have more depth of field with their smaller sensor so you get to choose where things are sharp. Some of these little cameras may be cheaper than that lens ...
The colors are great indeed :)
Well, not sure about the 50mm, but these cameras are certainly cheaper than Nikon's 105mm 2.8G Micro :D
Yes, the depth of field is why I'm still using a DX camera. It's not because I don't have the cash to buy a full frame. No, sir.