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Poor man's MPE-65
Lord Vetinari
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First few goes with the Meike MK-C-UP multifunctional extension tube adapter for Canon cameras which can either be used as an odd electronic extension tube or as I was using a lens reversal adapter that maintains full electronic control of the lens. Tried it with the kit lens.
One oddity I noticed during shooting with ETTL flash was the shots were around 1 stop overexposed at my normal flash settings. I think this is because the reversed lens has an aperture around one stop wider than the set aperture. This means needing to shoot with the aperture on the lens about 1 stop smaller than you would normally at any mag and also setting the FEC on the flash about 1 stop -ve to your normal setting.
Mag range with the kit lens was just under 1:1 at 55mm and about 5:1 at 18mm. I hadn't expected to get focus at that focal length but the focus distance was 25mm in front of the adapter ring.
Slightly longer review with more test shots here
https://www.flickr.com/groups/macroviewers/discuss/72157650033598459/
Brian V.
The setup
Magnification - min =0.86:1
Magnification max =5:1.
Single shots at min and max mag
One oddity I noticed during shooting with ETTL flash was the shots were around 1 stop overexposed at my normal flash settings. I think this is because the reversed lens has an aperture around one stop wider than the set aperture. This means needing to shoot with the aperture on the lens about 1 stop smaller than you would normally at any mag and also setting the FEC on the flash about 1 stop -ve to your normal setting.
Mag range with the kit lens was just under 1:1 at 55mm and about 5:1 at 18mm. I hadn't expected to get focus at that focal length but the focus distance was 25mm in front of the adapter ring.
Slightly longer review with more test shots here
https://www.flickr.com/groups/macroviewers/discuss/72157650033598459/
Brian V.
The setup
Magnification - min =0.86:1
Magnification max =5:1.
Single shots at min and max mag
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Just looked it up for availability here. B&H doesn't seem to carry that item.
"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take" - Wayne Gretzky
David - available from Amazon under the Neewer brand http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LJRD8PW
Brian V.
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"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take" - Wayne Gretzky
It does occur to me in looking at your kit that the most essential tool
in your workshop is a roll of duct tape.
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Thanks - yup duct tape comes in very handy
Brian v.
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If so, what's your opinion?
Curious, 'cos I've just stripped a duff 40in LG TV that someone gave me, after reading about said material
pp
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Hi pp - I was using diffusion material from an LCD screen until recently when I tried using some diffusion gel sheet. Think it is more light efficient for the same diffusion. That's what is in the photo.
See discussion here about it http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?p=17363680
You do get interesting stuff from an LCD screen though - I found I diffuser sheet, 2 light splitting sheets and of course a very nice large sheet of polariser
Brian v.
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pp
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