Playing With Wide Angles/ Alternate Macro Lens(?)

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austrokiwi Pillar of the Community 2087 Posts	Posted 02/06/2014 06:24 am Yesterday I was playing with a new wide angle lens and discovered I could get really close to the subject. So today I had a play. The first photo is using a very expensive wide angle( Minolta MD 24mm VFC F2.8) The coin couldn't fill the sensor but you can see at a half stop between 5.6 & F8 it does produce a useable picture That first wide angle is just too expensive to use as a macro.... but I also had a very cheap 28mm wide angle (minolta MD 28 f 2.8) the phot0 isn't so good ( I rushed it) and is blurred but it does demonstrate if you wanted to go cheap you could use a cheap manual focus wide angle , nikon, canon and Minolta all produced, what are now cheap, wide angles (usually 28mm) I believe there is a minolta 28mm F 3.5 that can be had for less than US$30.00 Note coin is a Half thaler aprox 20mm in diametre Report this Post to the Staff

austrokiwi Pillar of the Community 2087 Posts	Posted 02/06/2014 07:58 am Just checking the 28mm I realized I had taken the shot at F11 so diffraction was a major issue. Here it is at F8. Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 02/06/2014 10:13 am That works. Throw a macro tube in there and you've got a nice carry lens with a new purpose. Report this Post to the Staff
austrokiwi Pillar of the Community 2087 Posts	Posted 02/06/2014 11:20 am Quote: Throw a macro tube in there and you've got a nice carry lens with a new purpose I think all any one would need is the appropriate"lens-less" adapter and that would be all the macro tube you would need. Too large a macro tube and the focus distance will be down to 5-10mm's. The focus distance I was using was 20cm. Note using an adapter with a lens gives you infinity focus but usually the adapters lens is cheap and nasty and ruins the good glass of the lens. Edited by austrokiwi 02/06/2014 11:22 am Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 02/06/2014 11:53 am Quote: I think all any one would need is the appropriate"lens-less" adapter and that would be all the macro tube you would need. True that. Here's a calculator you might enjoy: http://www.mystd.de/album/calculator/ Report this Post to the Staff
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