Closeup photography with a telephoto and a diopter

Dalantech

I recently bought an MPE-65 lens for shooting macro, and although it serves its purpose well I needed something to use for closeup photography. After experimenting with tubes and a teleconverter I finally settled on adding a 500D diopter to my 70-200 F4 L. Focus is fixed at 18" (half a meter) from the front of the lens -the focus ring has little effect. But changing the focal length of the lens changes the magnification, so once I get in position I don't have to move if I want the critter to be larger in the image frame -all I have to do is turn the zoom ring.

Here are the results from yesterday's outing. All Canon gear: Xti (shutter priority 1/640, ISO 200) + 70-200 F4 L + 500D diopter. No flash and minimal post processing.

Dick on Aruba

The results are great. Well done

Thanks for sharing,

Dick.

RogersDA

Very nice and sharp captures. What dof (f/) did you get?

Dalantech

Dick on Aruba wrote:

The results are great. Well done

Thanks for sharing,

Dick.

Thanks!

Dalantech

RogersDA wrote:

Very nice and sharp captures. What dof (f/) did you get?

The light varied, so the Fstops ranged from F5 to F8.

Maestro

Amazing. Forget my macro lens! I have that same lens. I'll invest in the diopter and do the same as you. Very, very, very nice shots!

kdog

Outstanding work!

And thanks for sharing your tech discoveries.

-joel

Dalantech

Maestro wrote:

Amazing. Forget my macro lens! I have that same lens. I'll invest in the diopter and do the same as you. Very, very, very nice shots!

Thanks! :cool

Dalantech

kdog wrote:

Outstanding work!

And thanks for sharing your tech discoveries.

-joel

Anytime!

slflash

Great shots! Dragonflies are such beautiful and fragile looking creatures. Great capture.

raptorcaptor

Very nice! Cool looking dragonfly.

dbaker1221

beautiful shots

Dalantech

slflash wrote:

Great shots! Dragonflies are such beautiful and fragile looking creatures. Great capture.

Thanks!

Dalantech

raptorcaptor wrote:

Very nice! Cool looking dragonfly.

Thanks Glenn!

Dalantech

dbaker1221 wrote:

beautiful shots

Thanks Dave!