Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Getto Macro!

I was browsing some website somewhere reading about reversing rings for using normal lenses to do macro photography. A reversing ring is an adapter that has threads on one end to fit with the filter threads on your lens, and a lens mount on the other end to attach to the body of your camera. Well, I don't have one of those.

So what I did was, I just held my Nikkor 28mm f/2.8 lens backward, tight against my Nikon DSLR (D2h), focusing on a very small broach that once belonged to my mom. The focus ring of the lens doesn't do anything in this situation, btw. You focus by moving the camera back and forth looking through the viewfinder. And the depth of focus is so narrow that very tiny movements make a big difference.

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