Reverse Mount Macro Photography Tutorial

10 years 2 months ago #338083 by PhotographyTalk


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10 years 2 months ago #338349 by Crammer
How does the results from reverse mounting a lens compare to a normal macro lens?  To better ask: Let's say you  reverse mount a 50mm lens, what would that equal in terms of focal length for normal macro lens?


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10 years 2 months ago #341427 by Luca
thank you, good tip 


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10 years 2 months ago #342983 by Tony Imaging
Wouldn't you be better off with a set of extension tubes and 50mm?


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10 years 2 months ago #346593 by Kitzmiller
Isn't this bad to reverse mount your lens?  I thought someone said reference mounting or you know what, I think I might be thinking of freelens'ing 


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10 years 1 month ago #347807 by Frisco
Good tip

Nikon 18-55mm VR, Nikon 70-200mm VRII f/2.8, Nikon 50mm f/1.8, Nikon 10.5mm Fisheye, Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8, SB-700 & SB-800
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10 years 3 weeks ago #360147 by Luca

Tony Imaging wrote: Wouldn't you be better off with a set of extension tubes and 50mm?




I just ordered a new set of Kenko tubes, can't wait 


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10 years 3 weeks ago #361307 by Robert Chen
Helpful tip, thank you

Nikon D300 24-70mm f2.8
70-200mm f2.8
50mm f1.4 & 50mm f1.8
105mm f2.8
2 SB800

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10 years 13 hours ago #370159 by pgalatis
You lose light because the magnification is due to the sensor/film seeing only the center of the light getting through the lens.

If it used all of it there would be no close-up effect.


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