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Reversing 50mm?

Started Feb 12, 2022 | Questions thread
Macro guy
Macro guy Veteran Member • Posts: 6,067
Re: Reverse-Lens Macro
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D5500 wrote:

Very nice- looks high tech. I'm not there yet. I bet you get some great shots with this set up.

It really isn't high tech at all. It's just adapted bellows with a reverse mounted lens. What's great about the setup is that the bellows movements are geared, sonthey allow for very precise magnification and focusing. I also have a geared slide rail under the bellows and that gives me the lateral geared movements and the entire rig sits atop a geared tripod head, so all of the movements are geared. It's the geared precision that makes this setup work so well, not any sort of high tech or automation.

I do mostly abstract photography using macro, and I work in the studio. This gives me the precision and flexibility to compose the abstracts. This set up would be less than ideal in the field.

Here are some examples of the type of work that I do:

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Canon EOS 5D Mark II Canon EF 50mm F1.8 II Canon EF 70-200mm F4L IS USM +4 more
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