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barninga — DIY macro tutorial
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Published: 2007-04-25 16:49:45 +0000 UTC; Views: 12611; Favourites: 99; Downloads: 3276
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This tutorial describes how to reverse a common lens to get true macro shots. It also shows how to build a suitable, unexpensive, light source to be used with the reversed lens. Though most of the info applies to DSLR cameras, there are useful suggestions for compact digital cameras and traditional SLR cameras too.This PDF document is the full version of the document (with images) - about 810 KB. For the light-weight version, without images, please click HERE .
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that ring flash is a work of pure genius. i love macro and am saving for a ring flash, (amongst other things), im definitely going to try your idea first, thank you
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i hope you'll find it useful.
a suggestion that comes from my user experience: instead of only one switch, you could try to have two, each driving half of the leds, so that you can have all of the leds lit or just half so that you can adapt the light intensity to your specific needs time after time. just connect each subsequent led diode alternatively to switch one and two.
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Many thanks! I have only just gotten into photography and techniques like reverse lens macro sound interesting but I'm yet to find a resource anywhere near as thorough or useful as yours on the subject. The DIY ring light guide is worth the download alone.
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i'm happy you found my tutorial useful. i hope you'll get some satisfaction from your experiments.
thank you for the comment and the 
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THanks for the tut! I've been wondering how this works!
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thank you for the
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thank you, I will. Thanks for the fav's also!
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thank you. your news article is very useful. i appreciate the support.
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That one is awsome ... helps a lot ... thanx and congrats
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thank you. please feel free to ask if you have questions
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thank you. I am seriously considering getting a reverse ring so I will read this over and over again
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thank you i hope you'll find it useful.
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wow, great tutorial!! i use this method too because i don't have a macro lens yet 
you described it very clearly & easy and the flashring thing is great! i have to try that one day
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i'm happy you found it useful... thanks for the comment.
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happy you found it useful. thank you for the
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thanks.
feel free to ask if you have questions
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i hope you'll find it useful. thanks for the
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I ve download this tutorial, i m sure it will be helpful for me, i like very much macros! Thanx!!
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thanks. feel free to ask if you have questions
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I'll definitely have to take a closer look at this when I get the chance. 17 pages!!! 
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well i just hope that it can be useful and not too boring.
when you read it, please note me my english mistakes... at least the major ones
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