aaron_beck Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 hi there, i'm new to this site, and new to canon's 300d... i recently got the 300d and it has taken over my life... had it for just over one month, took nearly 3000 photo's, and now it's off getting fixed... just wouldn't turn on one day. just wondering if anyone has some tips for macro shooting techniques. i can't afford the mpe-65, but have found the 18-55 efs to be pretty damn good when reversed [see my pics], i have a home made reverse adapter to preserve lens contacts... i can recommend making the effort to make up an adapter [i used a 13mm marumi extension tube for the camera end and a cut up lens ass-cap for the lens end], or getting the novoflex... same lens for high-mag macro, and wide angle to standard... sweet as! has anyone had much experience with reversed ef lenses? i'm thinking about getting a prime to increase sharpness, and have found that lenses give softer images as you go wider, ie: a 35mm is razor sharp, but 18mm on the zoom is pretty soft... any tips? sorry if this is confusing, basically i just want to find out if image softness is proportional to how wide a lens you use... cheers, aaron.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark u Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 Congratulations on your enterprising approach! I think you will find the following link interesting for its information on lens alternatives including reversed lenses, stacked lenses and macro lenses. The site also has a well labelled gallery so you can assess image quality for the different setups. http://www.sphoto.com/techinfo/phototech.html#closeupsandflash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shachar_weis Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 Could you post some picture of your homemade adapter? I was thinking about building one myself. Thanks ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron_beck Posted March 17, 2004 Author Share Posted March 17, 2004 i will when my camera gets fixed bro! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shachar_weis Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 Gotcha, good point :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_bell Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 I do a lot of macro shots, mostly electronics and other non moving non creepy items :) Nice photo, that thing must of looked like a B movie when taking the shot :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdoyle Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 Very cool, Aaron, I'm impressed! You should check out Mark Plonsky's stuff on this site if you haven't run across him yet. He does excellent macro work with a reversed lens (maybe not EOS though...). Check under Community/Directory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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