home made macro/fisheye

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my shots aren't quite as glamorous as the rest in here, but i like what i can get with a home made lens.



i was less than an inch away, and haven't done any post production other than resizing.
all comments are welcome.

adrian

[Walter Moss]

Home-made? Please explain.

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Originally Posted by Walter Moss

Home-made? Please explain.

i bought a 55mm lens hood for my fuji 5100 and separated the ring from the hood. i'm not patient, so i crudely cut a piece of 2x4 so that it wasn't a huge chunk of wood -roughly 3 inches across-roundish. i gouged/whittled/chiseled a circular groove in one side and drilled a hole through the middle. i super-glued the non-threaded side of the filter ring into the groove and then fit a peep-hole (for doors) into the hole in the center. if i had a drill press or lathe, everything would have been perfectly centered. i only had a drill and hand saw, so you can see the obvious non-centeredness. however, with some good post production, i think i can get some excellent results. i have another peep-hole laying around, so i will probably try to make a better one soon. hope this makes sense.

adrian

[Neil]

Ahh, I guessed it might have been a peephole lens you've used here - I bought one myself for this very purpose, but before I got around to making anything from it, I got hold of a real fisheye instead...
Good effort by the way!!

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Originally Posted by Neil

Ahh, I guessed it might have been a peephole lens you've used here - I bought one myself for this very purpose, but before I got around to making anything from it, I got hold of a real fisheye instead...
Good effort by the way!!

thanks,

once i make a straight lens, i'll be a little happier.

adrian

[Mr. Pickles]

Pretty cool idea and a good result. Have you all tried to turn a regular camera lens around, and looking through it with your normal camera and lens? If you turn them around, they are magnifying glasses. They even make filter rings for this purpose. I got two really old Sears lenses (Pentax K1000 mount), and use them for this type of playing.

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Originally Posted by Mr. Pickles

Pretty cool idea and a good result. Have you all tried to turn a regular camera lens around, and looking through it with your normal camera and lens? If you turn them around, they are magnifying glasses. They even make filter rings for this purpose. I got two really old Sears lenses (Pentax K1000 mount), and use them for this type of playing.

i haven't tried it, yet but i'd like too. do you know if the adaptors are readily available at camera stores, or are they more of a special order item?

adrian

[mikej]

That's an excellent result from a home made lens. If you can do that with a chisel, drill and handsaw, I can't wait to see what you can do with the right tools.

What some people do to turn the lens around is use a body cap and filter or a lens cap with a hole cut out in the middle and glued together. I have seen reversal rings for sale but I can't recall where at the moment. It really does work though.

Mike

[Mr. Pickles]

Fuentes,

In answer to your question, I think they are called "Macro Reversing Rings". They are really two step rings, "glued" together. Here is one place I know of:

http://www.camerafilters.com/pages/macrorings.aspx

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-brilliant- thanks mr. pickles (really never thought i'd get a chance to say that)

adrian