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Published: 2007-01-10 23:01:40 +0000 UTC; Views: 71524; Favourites: 657; Downloads: 2079
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Photography Tutorial - How to use your kit lens as a macro lens without the cost.It's been absolutely ageeees since I submitted a tutorial.
I've learnt this technique so I'm not trying to pass it off as my own but I wanted to share the technique with you..
>> Please full view & download it for your own skill building if you wish!
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this is a brilliant idea. It's funny you posted this because I just recently learned this too from my photography instructor. It saved me so much money and it's a lot of fun to expirement with
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thaaaaaaanx lara !!
but unfortunately i just bought the 105 macro lens , hehe
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I just found out you can get a "Reverse Mount Macro Adapter" that'll do this for you for under $15 on ebay! My GF just surprised me with one... and its freakin awesome. That way you dont have to hold it so steady, and you can adjust your focus a ton easier! Might be able to get some money back for that macro lens now!
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every lens should have a small tab on the back that can be moved.. its whats used to shut-down the aperture.. means there's still a way to use it.
also, since your holding the cam in one hand, and the lens to the camera-body with the other.. how do you use the focus ring? or is this a "tripod only" thing?
i wanna try this with my Nikkor 50mm f/1.4
thanks for the tutorial
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I just found out you can get a "Reverse Mount Macro Adapter" that'll do this for you for under $15 on ebay! My GF just surprised me with one... and its freakin awesome. That way you dont have to hold it so steady, and you can adjust your focus a ton easier!
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WOO!!
thanks for this bit tip!! 
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It kill the ccd. lol
But well, work very well.
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I just found out you can get a "Reverse Mount Macro Adapter" that'll do this for you for under $15 on ebay! My GF just surprised me with one... and its freakin awesome. That way you dont have to hold it so steady, and you can adjust your focus a ton easier!
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Thanks, but I can't find how to work it out. I experimented a little with my EOS 350D, but I seem to get only out of focus pictures. How do you choose the focus? Thanks for the idea!!!
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I just found out you can get a "Reverse Mount Macro Adapter" that'll do this for you for under $15 on ebay! My GF just surprised me with one... and its freakin awesome. That way you dont have to hold it so steady, and you can adjust your focus a ton easier!
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Dust on the sensor is something always warned about using this technique.....honest.great tutorial...but don't ruin your good cameras....
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I just found out you can get a "Reverse Mount Macro Adapter" that'll do this for you for under $15 on ebay! My GF just surprised me with one... and its freakin awesome. That way you dont have to hold it so steady, and you can adjust your focus a ton easier!
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great tutorial, altough i don't think it'll work with my 50mm lens
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good for saving a lot of money, just not really effective holding the lens there. Might cost a bit, but the lens reverser seems like a better idea if you really wanna go down that road.
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do you use a digital or film camera?
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I hope it works with my Canon 30d. I will try it out. Thank you so much for sharing!
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soo... i found a way to change the aperature when the lens is detached...
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I just found out you can get a "Reverse Mount Macro Adapter" that'll do this for you for under $15 on ebay! My GF just surprised me with one... and its freakin awesome. That way you dont have to hold it so steady, and you can adjust your focus a ton easier! And how did you change the aperature?
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on the canon 350 lens, well at least the one i have, there's a small lever on the back, you can push it down, then adjust the aperture really carefully by pushing on the edges with the end of a pencil... the lever is a release. BUT this only works on the older 350s that came with an the olver version of the kit lens, the new one just has contacts on the back. also...i have an older analog pentax, that came with a pretty decent kit lens, and because it's older it has an aperture ring that works besides on "A" so it twas quite easy.
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Thank you so much for posting this!!! It helped me greatly, and I got a picture I"m quite happy with. Its [link] if you feel like checking it out. Thanks again 
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I just found out you can get a "Reverse Mount Macro Adapter" that'll do this for you for under $15 on ebay! My GF just surprised me with one... and its freakin awesome. That way you dont have to hold it so steady, and you can adjust your focus a ton easier! Great Pic BTW
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as mahleu said earlier, there are also lens reverse rings that are pretty cheap. i would try your technique, but i use film, so i don't want to risk exposing without knowing it. :/
great tutorial, though.
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it's a nice tutorial ^^
but,I have a question, does it work with a non-professional digital camera?
I don't have a professional camera, so I want to know ^^
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sorry for my very bad english
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well neither Cannon 350, nor Nikon 40D are professional cameras. they are just SLR.
SLR doesnt mean that camera is professional.
Anyway, you can do this trick just with SLR, because you can not deatach th lense on compact or SLR-like cameras...
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I just found out you can get a "Reverse Mount Macro Adapter" that'll do this for you for under $15 on ebay! My GF just surprised me with one... and its freakin awesome. That way you dont have to hold it so steady, and you can adjust your focus a ton easier!
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I just found out you can get a "Reverse Mount Macro Adapter" that'll do this for you for under $15 on ebay! My GF just surprised me with one... and its freakin awesome. That way you dont have to hold it so steady, and you can adjust your focus a ton easier!
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haha this is smart i'll try this some day soon
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I just found out you can get a "Reverse Mount Macro Adapter" that'll do this for you for under $15 on ebay! My GF just surprised me with one... and its freakin awesome. That way you dont have to hold it so steady, and you can adjust your focus a ton easier!
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I just found out you can get a "Reverse Mount Macro Adapter" that'll do this for you for under $15 on ebay! My GF just surprised me with one... and its freakin awesome. That way you dont have to hold it so steady, and you can adjust your focus a ton easier!
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it won't work on my canon eos 400d
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I have a 400d aswell, and it works for mine, what goes wrong? Maybe I can help.
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What a great idea! Thanks so much. I'm taking a photography class now and was thinking of buying a magnifying filter (which I probably will), but this is fun to experiment with.
~Meg~
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I just found out you can get a "Reverse Mount Macro Adapter" that'll do this for you for under $15 on ebay! My GF just surprised me with one... and its freakin awesome. That way you dont have to hold it so steady, and you can adjust your focus a ton easier!
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Whoa! That's so cool. I think I'll definitlely look into that. I'm not very good at holding my camera steady, and that's when I'm using it normally. 
~Meg~
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wow cool technique!
i recently bought a sony a100 that came with a 18-70 lens. i'll have to try that!
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I totally didn't know that's how you do it
thanks Lara
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I just found out you can get a "Reverse Mount Macro Adapter" that'll do this for you for under $15 on ebay! My GF just surprised me with one... and its freakin awesome. That way you dont have to hold it so steady, and you can adjust your focus a ton easier!
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Awesome idea. I should try and apply it to mine. Though my camera is a NikonD80 but the theory should remain the same, just the lens attaching that would be different.
I've also tried converting the body cap into a pinhole lens 
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Thanks lara, it's really interesting. Tried it here [link] 
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I just found out you can get a "Reverse Mount Macro Adapter" that'll do this for you for under $15 on ebay! My GF just surprised me with one... and its freakin awesome. That way you dont have to hold it so steady, and you can adjust your focus a ton easier!
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that is an extremely helpful tip for a very poor photo major. thank you!
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I just found out you can get a "Reverse Mount Macro Adapter" that'll do this for you for under $15 on ebay! My GF just surprised me with one... and its freakin awesome. That way you dont have to hold it so steady, and you can adjust your focus a ton easier!
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15-55 works well as a pseudo-macro lens even in normal orientation.
Only problem is it lets a lot of dust on le sensor.
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I just found out you can get a "Reverse Mount Macro Adapter" that'll do this for you for under $15 on ebay! My GF just surprised me with one... and its freakin awesome. That way you dont have to hold it so steady, and you can adjust your focus a ton easier!
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I wasn't sure I'd try this but I did and I love it.
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