{"id":8504,"date":"2024-03-26T18:46:28","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T18:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8504"},"modified":"2024-03-26T18:46:29","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T18:46:29","slug":"getting-close-with-additional-lenses-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8504","title":{"rendered":"Getting close with additional lenses: Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I have been undertaking a few experiments to see how close I can get with macro photography using ‘standard’ lenses rather than specialist extreme macro or microscope lenses. Here are my results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, as a starting point I used my normal macro (1:1) lens without any close-up attachment fitted:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dead flower petals: Closest focusing with 1:1 macro lens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ruler at closest focusing with 1:1 macro lens for determining the magnification (1x)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This shot with the ruler show how close the lens is to the subject<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The next set shows the closest focus with a Raynox close-up attachment fitted:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The same dead flower with the Raynox lens showing the increased magnification.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The same ruler using the Raynox lens showing the increased magnification – about 1.6x<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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Photographers view of the setup<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n
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This shot with the ruler shows the lens is much closer to the subject<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Finally, using the 80mm macro lens I tried putting a reversed vintage lens (Olympus OM 24mm) on the front via stepping rings – Not good!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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View of the ruler using the 24mm lens attached to the front of the macro lens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This setup shows how the 24mm lens was attached to the macro lens for the previous shot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This has been a useful exercise in learning what my equipment is capable of.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have been undertaking a few experiments to see how close I can get with macro photography using ‘standard’ lenses rather than specialist extreme macro or microscope lenses. Here are my results. First, as a starting point I used my normal macro (1:1) lens without any close-up attachment fitted: The next set shows the closest … Continue reading “Getting close with additional lenses: Part 1”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,22,3,131],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-close-up","category-macro","category-photography","category-tests-and-trials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8504"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8517,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8504\/revisions\/8517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}