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reverse lense for beginnersby ~0jabberwock0

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ok so i was slightly fed up that none of the reverse-lense tutorials i could find told you much more than how to hold the lense so i thought i would share the technique and settings i use to make it easier for those who have never tried it before.

Equipment needed:-

-SLR camera with removable zooming lense. You should also check your camera will shoot when the lense is removed.
-a tripod (ok i never used one but it might be useful, otherwise a very steady hand)
-a sunny day/good lighting
-two free hands, one to hold the camera & fire the shutter, one to hold the lense on.

1) To start off with i set my camera to a larger aperture to give the longest depth of field, normally about f3.4. you can adjust this depending on how much of the picture you want to be in focus but the depth of field is usually tiny.

2)You want to use a relatively high ISO setting since this technique needs fast shutter speeds to avoid blurring, i normally use 400/500

3)You can now remove the lense and turn it backwards. You should hold it with the front circle on top of the lense thread (the part you twist the lense onto) it should be held flat against the camera to stop light leaks.

4)Now point the camera at the subject quite close, this will usually look very blurry/out of focus. You should now move towards/away from the subject until you find the area that is in focus, once you have found this area you can move until you have the desired D.O.F. effect. e.g. in the photo above i had the front petals in focus.

5)When shooting try different shutter speeds/ISO settings until you can get the desired exposure, it is usually best to experiment until you find what works best with your camera!

6)I have also found that when using different zooms, the wider the lense, the closer in the photo is, so for example 30mm is ok for shooting glitter. As you zoom in e.g. 100mm you get a zooming out effect with this technique. To illustrate this i will use examples of what fills the frame at what lengths-

30mm-small pile of glitter
45mm-daisys
100mm-a 4cm keyring
150mm-an eye

i hope this helps people, feel free to ask any questions or point out any mistakes, ive never made one of these before but i hope it is still useful!

p.s.COMMENT BEFORE FAVING, i havent done this before so would appreciate the feedback!

!jra93 Jul 18, 2011 Student Photographer

Hi, I have been using the reverse lens technique for a while now, and I was hoping to find a way for my Canon EOS Rebel t1i to save the fstop I set when I remove the lens, but it sets F00. Any help?

~0jabberwock0 Jul 25, 2011

Honestly no idea, im not sure if you mean on the camera or the lense, obviously when the lense is removed the camera wont know what f stop it is so reverts to 00, in this case i would just use trial and error to work out exposure! If you mean on the lense, i have no idea if digital lenses keep the same f stop when removed like a manual lense... i usually use old manual olympus lenses for this technique where you can change the f stop on the lense itself! sorry i cant be more help!

~jedicabantog Apr 5, 2011

My d3000 works without lens but its too daaaaark

help!

~0jabberwock0 Apr 9, 2011

you need whack the ISO up lots! means you get more noise but this is unavoidable when doing macro on the cheap! also this technique works best on a bright sunny day making sure the lense or your body doesnt shadow what you are photographing! if you are taking photos of something inside use an angle poise lamp pointing at the object to get maximum light!! hope this helps

~jedicabantog Apr 9, 2011

thank you so much! It really helped. I thought mine doesn't work right. THANK YOU!

~0jabberwock0 Apr 19, 2011

haha no worries, glad to have helped!!

~havoCghosT Mar 1, 2011 Hobbyist Photographer

Hello,
This is a very simple and easy to follow tutorial. To be honest that is pretty much how i do it too, but i have to warn you, this technique did get me a spec of dust on my sensor ... nothing much for the built in sensor cleaning function. I would suggest that you add this to your tutorial. Generally taking a bright uni colored photo (of sky, white paper) would show you all the dust.
Great tutorial and

!mewrenne Nov 7, 2010

won't work with my d3000

~0jabberwock0 Feb 25, 2011

how so?

!mewrenne Mar 11, 2011

It just won't :/

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