Reversed 50mm on Sigma 105 EX DG

IPClark

***If you have any kind of problem looking at crazy colour patterns, be wary of looking at these***

First time I've ever tried this. Took the Sigma 105 and held my nifty fifty reversed in front of it.

Then took a few shots at varying magnification from 1:4 - 1:1.

They're not amazing but still, not too bad for a first attempt. My eyes are about to fall out though after looking at them. All hand held which is almost impossible with the non-existent DoF


High Definition image - 1080p on a Flat Panel TV - The only decent one I got of that screen

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The rest are from a standard CRT monitor
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This I think is the best of the bunch. It was taken with less magnification. The others were all at around 1:1
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Lord Vetinari

Good ones- you get a max of about 3:1 magnification doing that.
Brian V.

IPClark

Cheers Brian

RPFhoto

These are really cool. I would love some more info on how to accomplish this. A link to a guide, perhaps.

Skippy

IPClark wrote:

***If you have any kind of problem looking at crazy colour patterns, be wary of looking at these***

First time I've ever tried this. Took the Sigma 105 and held my nifty fifty reversed in front of it.

Then took a few shots at varying magnification from 1:4 - 1:1.

They're not amazing but still, not too bad for a first attempt. My eyes are about to fall out though after looking at them. All hand held which is almost impossible with the non-existent DoF

High Definition image - 1080p on a Flat Panel TV - The only decent one I got of that screen


The rest are from a standard CRT monitor

This I think is the best of the bunch. It was taken with less magnification. The others were all at around 1:1

Hi Ian, ohhhhhh boy these patterns really mess with my vision
Didn't know a HD Panel looked like that.

In the second shot you can make out larger shadows of circles in a line.

These are pretty darn cool, except if I keep looking at them its like very things moving .... Skippy
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IPClark

Skippy wrote:

Hi Ian, ohhhhhh boy these patterns really mess with my vision
Didn't know a HD Panel looked like that.

In the second shot you can make out larger shadows of circles in a line.

These are pretty darn cool, except if I keep looking at them its like very things moving .... Skippy
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hehe, Cheers Skippy. They really do cause some eye strain. However, imagine all those hours in the workplace staring at a monitor. Although you can't see the individual pixels, you're still looking at them.

IPClark

RPFhoto wrote:

These are really cool. I would love some more info on how to accomplish this. A link to a guide, perhaps.

Hi RF. I didn't use a guide at all.

All I did was hold the 50mm lens reversed position (that is, the interior part of the lens and electrical connectors pointing at the subject) against the 105 Macro lens and got up real close and personal (about 10mm away) from the TV / Monitor.

Reverse Adapter Rings are available so the lens can be mounted to the front of the other one

Flickr has a lot of "Reverse 50mm" stuff