Can the D70 meter with lens mounted in reverse?

[john_harding2]

Can anyone tell me if the D70 can meter with a lens mounted in

reverse?

 

Thanks.

[wilfred_wong]

No

[megan_forbes]

How and why would one mount a lens in reverse?

[michael_bradtke]

John

Nope

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Megan

You use a reversing ring. It is done for macro work. The problem is that your working distance is very small and the rear glass is unprotected

Mike

[frederic_lepage]

No, it won't.

 

But you can guess the exposure and adjust it by looking at the histogram.

[phule]

Megan,

 

http://www.mplonsky.com/photo/article.htm#rev

[john_harding2]

Yes Megan, its a cheap way of doing macro photography - so I hear..........Anyway guys, thanks for the help.

[wilfred_wong]

Reversing rings are in pairs, you can protect the rear element with a filter.

 

Reversed wide-angle give large reproduction ratio. its hard to use without a focusing rail.

[joseph_wisniewski]

John - It can, as long as you're connected to a laptop running Nikon Capture. The camera sends metering data over the USB port, and Nikon Capture displays it on a GUI that looks like a viewfinder.

 

Just putting a reversed lens on the camera body is a quick qay of getting macro, but the results are generally pretty low quality. Reversed lenses don't typically have very good image quality unless you extend them several inches, and 12 inches is even better.

 

Michael - the gadget that protects the rear element of a reversed lens is the Nikon BR-3 adapter. Working distance is 40mm, regardless of the magnification. In some circumstances, 40mm is huge. If I go 10:1 on my bellows, it's by extending a 25mm Leitz Photar 250mm, and the working distance is about 20mm. Sometimes I switch to a reversed 20mm Nikkor just to get that 40mm.