My new toy -- Raynox DCR-250

MarkR

Being too <strike>poor</strike> fiscally responsible to afford a dedicated macro lens, I bought me one of them Raynox dcr-250 add on lens. ($50!) Easy to attach, and works great on the Pentax and the Kodak P&S (Actually works better on the point & shoot!)

Tricky to use due to the narrow depth of field, but still a lot of fun to play with.

Pencil on Leatherman:


Leatherman alone:


Giant quarter, tiny DOF:

ziggy53

The Raynox DCR-250 is an inexpensive but well made diopter. It actually has 3 elements in 2 groups and that's a fairly sophisticated lens formula. It looks like it's doing a great job on the Kodak.

For your Pentax I suggest even trying the short zoom you have reversed on the front of the long zoom. You can hand-hold it for tests and if you like the results you can probably purchase a coupler to make a more sturdy connection. (Do take care not to touch the front lens elements together.)

A 50mm, large aperture prime (reversed) might make an even better image but, for now, use what you have.

Thanks for sharing and good luck.

MarkR

ziggy53 wrote:

The Raynox DCR-250 is an inexpensive but well made diopter. It actually has 3 elements in 2 groups and that's a fairly sophisticated lens formula. It looks like it's doing a great job on the Kodak.

For your Pentax I suggest even trying the short zoom you have reversed on the front of the long zoom. You can hand-hold it for tests and if you like the results you can probably purchase a coupler to make a more sturdy connection. (Do take care not to touch the front lens elements together.)

A 50mm, large aperture prime (reversed) might make an even better image but, for now, use what you have.

Thanks for sharing and good luck.

Wow, Ziggy. You are a font of knowledge. I knew about reversing lenses, but for some reason thought that you had to use primes.

All the shots above were with the Pentax, btw. The Kodak pics are still on an SD card, including a really honking big penny.:D