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That was probably the most succinct round-up of reverse lens macro info I've come across. Bear in mind this guy has thousands of dollars invested in dedicated macro gear yet here he is demonstrating how to get stunning results for a few dollars. Thank you for posting.

@alinnan5603

8 ай бұрын

Not really, while these videos do contain some useful information, are in fact made to get views and in the end make money. As a result, they are made to sound easy and he did not mention that at 5:1 magnification setting focus hand held it is almost impossible. One will need a focusing rail and he also forgot to mention that at that magnification the depth of field is so shallow that you will have to take hundreds of photos at micron steps which will have to be stacked using a focus stacking software to obtain a single image. Extreme macro photography is not done hand held the way he did in the video.

@davosteve

4 ай бұрын

@@alinnan5603womp womp just stack it

A tip for keeping the aperture on mirrorless lenses: 1. Set your aperture 2. Unlock your lens carefully and rotate, DONT lift yet! 3. Turn off your camera 4. Remove the lens. I learned this important step at my camera store. By turning off your camera before removing the lens, you remove any voltage on the sensor that causes electrostatic attraction of dust particles. Keep your sensor clean ;) and happy shooting!!!

@andresmoline751

5 жыл бұрын

Ka, Thanks for sharing!

@karim1485

5 жыл бұрын

@@andresmoline751 Yeah i forgot to mention that the mirror on DSLRs protects the sensor quite well but mirrorless cameras are quite prone to attracting dust :D Ty for the nice video, it worked well on my 24mm f1.4 but not at all on the 55mm 1.8 (Sony, if anyone is wondering)

@ulyssessait

Жыл бұрын

is this in other word, dont change lens when camera is on?

@datpudding5338

Жыл бұрын

@@ulyssessait yes, while interrupting any "aperture reset communication" between camera and lens - therefore locking it for the reversal

Since I didn’t have a reverse lens adapter, I used a film camera instead. Took the lens, flipped it and used a hand to keep it in front of the camera. Since it’s an old film camera, the shutter can fire without actually having a lens attached to it. The macro shot was still surprising good

@beansproutuncreative

5 ай бұрын

For my intro to phtogrphay class, we have the option to do macro. She told us about this method. Because I also don't have a reverse ring, I just hold my lens in a weird claw grip.

Tried this years ago and I will be giving it another try now. Thanks for the inspiration and tutorial!

The fact that Fstoppers hasn't bloated this out to a couple of hours and then charged $300 for it is the most amazing thing about this video.

All the essentials of macrophotography explained in just 10 minutes and you not only made it easy to understand, but also provided lots of very important technical details to beware of! Really awesome!

Just spent the whole afternoon playing with this trick! Never new about it! Thanks

Never heard of this method before, great video!

@andresmoline751

5 жыл бұрын

thank you Tyler

@EwaldGruescu

5 жыл бұрын

I never heard of a photographer not knowing of this method

@tictechtoelabs

5 жыл бұрын

I'm mind blown! Awesome video!

@ArvindJuneja

5 жыл бұрын

@leicanoct thank God you are using your time efficiently by spreading comments with no educational value whatsoever.

@d.k.1394

5 жыл бұрын

@leicanoct this is a photo class honey

Thank you for explaining this so clearly. My hubby and I just started a real estate photography business but I love macro photography. Glad I can use what we have already purchased with a few inexpensive rings and such.

Very old school. I was doing this in the 70's. :) You can also use a bellows for extreme magnification and focus.

You, sir, are an amazing presenter of semi-complex photography physics. You explain it with enough detail for higher level thinkers to 'expound' on and with enough simplicity for everyone to understand. Quite impressive!

@andresmoline751

3 жыл бұрын

Many thanks!

Thanks for a really nice video! I did my first macro experiments back in the early 1980s with a trusty old Zenith SLR film camera. It was brilliant fun apart from... Well, more of that later. My late father taught me about reversing lenses and adaptor rings and extension tubes; getting the flash sorted out was fascinating - I made all sorts of domed reflectors and hoods and whatnot... But the big problem was FILM. No digital cameras. No instant feedback. No instant review. No actual images till you'd got the film developed. So you'd take around 100 shots completely 'blind', and after a day's agonising wait (and £20...) you'd get your pics back and wince as you sorted through literally dozens of useless, awful, lousy, out-of-focus shots. Aaargh! What a waste of money! Because everything was manual, every exposure had to be numbered and minutely logged in a notebook so you could tell which settings and adjustments had worked (or not) and match them up to the numbered negatives. You couldn't put things right or tweak anything in Photoshop or Lightroom - no such things existed. No computers, either. And dinosaurs roamed the Earth. Modern digital cameras make everything 100x easier, although getting a really good picture still takes persistence and skill. But you do get instant feedback with a DSLR. You can take a thousand shots and explore every conceivable set up without spending a penny on processing. Bliss. After struggling with a film camera, it feels almost like cheating! If you've not tried macro photography yet, I urge you to do so. A serious true macro lens is hideously expensive (£1,200) and way beyond my budget, but it needn't be that expensive to get involved. I only have a Nikon D3300; I use its stock AF-P lens with a reversing ring, and also my old manual Zenith 50mm lens, also reversed, plus various cheap extension tubes. I've still got a lot to learn, but boy, is it FUN! Note that with all the bits fitted, you'll have to get ridiculously close to your subject (1/2" or less) and your depth of field will be insanely shallow - maybe 1/32". This is where a true macro lens scores over a cheap set up; a good true macro will let you stand back a couple of feet from your subject (vital if it can fly away when spooked) and also give you a normal depth of field. If you take the cheap route, focus with great care, and don't expect to get glorious pics of jumping spiders first time. They're wonderful, beautiful, endlessly curious little creatures, but the tiny zebra-striped ones here in England are always in a hurry to be somewhere else! Also please be aware that many amazing shots are heavily tweaked and/or built up from umpteen 'stacked' exposures to give a huge depth-of-field of 1/2" or so. That in itself is an intriguing area to explore... Whatever. Start out with flowers and leaves - they're not quite so camera shy. :-)

@andresmoline751

5 жыл бұрын

Very nice! The film years where quite more complicated and kept many people from doing macro, I'm glad your old man thought you about it. You are right about using flowers and other subjects to get practice. Thank you for your comment

@UncompressedWAVmusic

4 жыл бұрын

I bought a Zenith SLR in 1975 my first SLR then upgraded to a Contax 139 Quartz SLR in 1981, which I still have and using those 4 lenses on my Sony A7 mirrorless. I bought a reversal ring in 1982, which I will try this week on my old 35mm lenses.

Sir: This is the best tutorial I can see about Macro (Reverse) Thanks a lot dear teacher

@andresmoline751

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Daniel for your kind words

I was really hoping he would say “ say hello to my little friend”

@andresmoline751

4 жыл бұрын

lol

This was the best and easiest tutorial I think I've ever seen for how to get into macro photography, thanks for that!

Not the most definitive but sure is one of the best tutorial i have ever seen. Very clear and no waste of video time. Two thumbs up!

Awesome video - super well-done. Thanks for your time and expertise!

@andresmoline751

5 жыл бұрын

many thanks!

I love how this guy talks, it's like watching cezar the dog whisperer talking about photography ❤️

Thank you so much for this video. I'm really excited to do this and can't wait!

This is great! I love macro photography and this is a really affordable way to do it. Liked and subscribed

So far, this was the most helpful video for me to get started. I appreciate it.

Excellent. I've been using only old manual lenses because I was unaware of the aperture "locking" capability. Thanks so much for your excellent explanation of this money saving technique. Bravo!

It's true, even after 30 yrs of shooting, you can still learn something new. This was a great tutorial. Thank you Andres.

@andresmoline751

5 жыл бұрын

You are welcome, thank you for commenting

Wow! And your "model" was great!

@xavierlahey

4 жыл бұрын

@@sergeyyurkov1053 are a 7 eye guy my man

Fantastic. I used to do macro photography for 8 years, also the fun of jumping spider.

Got the adapter and started using it with the stock 55mm lens. Trying to focus by going closer takes some getting used to. Getting some experience and then watching the video again brings home some key points. It's surprising how long I need to let the exposure take place. I'm hoping once I adjust the aperture it will bring better results. Either way, thank-you very much for this content.

Thanks for the review, I learned a lot for the first time !!!

Great video. Thanks for sharing your knowledge on the subject

Fantastic & thank you very much,you're video was excellent and very informative.

Excellent video with great information. I have used these methods on film cameras (many years ago) but not on newer digital cameras. The information on setting your automatic lens aperture was especially helpful.

The reverse thread thing was the first "accessory" I ever bought when I bought my first DSLR. I was using cheapo constant lights back then and didn't have enough light. I need to dig it out and play with it again. Thanks!

Beautiful model. What's her agency?

@Mvp-AngelOfGod

5 жыл бұрын

@Justin Gold👌🏾👏🏾

@debayangoswami2083

5 жыл бұрын

Sebastian Schmidt Amazon may be

@shivamnegi7149

5 жыл бұрын

@Justin epic!!

@dro7684

5 жыл бұрын

BWT, bugs will travel. LOL

@johnrogers5825

5 жыл бұрын

She needs to shave her legs though.

Extra tip: buy an super zoom lens like the one they use for wildlife photography and reverse it, then you'll have your own electron microscope.

@desertstorm07

4 жыл бұрын

It is still an optical microscope though ;) It's using light and not electrons.

@74810Eric

4 жыл бұрын

@@desertstorm07 r/whoosh

@cappin6937

4 жыл бұрын

That wouldn't work, like he said in the video - The wider the focal length of the lens, e.g. his 28mm, the higher the magnification when you reverse it. If you reverse a 200mm lens it would do the opposite, it does allow you to get quite a lot closer, but not near 1:1 magnification.

@74810Eric

4 жыл бұрын

@@cappin6937 r/whoosh

@74810Eric

4 жыл бұрын

I feeling like a bully now. Can't people get a joke these days?

Wow. I've been a photographer for many years, both full-time pro and amateur and never came across this before. Thanks a lot, every day is a school day!

Have been using this technique for a year now and it works great

Amazing, just what I needed!

Now this is an outstanding tutorial!

This video is amazing. So straight and simple.

The price is very effective, I don’t have any ideas for this setup but I definitely want this in my bag.

Great video and explanation! I have inverted my lenses before but, never used the extension tubes, which I also have.

Thank you! Excellent tips!

Thank you so much, such interesting tips and I love how articulate you are about it all. Greatly enjoyable.

Wow, those close-ups are fantastic!

super innovative and genius solution .....five star rank, for economical and technical.

That was incredible! I used to think I knew a lot about photography, but I just realised, I know hardly anything.

Fantastic presentation! Thank you VERY much!

Awesome man thanks for the educational help and experience 👍👍👍👍👍

finaly some quality content

Your video was so informative, thank you so much for sharing! Great video!

@andresmoline751

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Absolutely amazing. THANK YOU!

One of the best tutorials on Macro and the language used and demonstration were simple but yet brilliant..

@andresmoline751

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

This is the first time knowledge to me. thnx

I knew about reversing the lens, but I didn't know reverse threads existed

@robertofontiglia4148

5 жыл бұрын

How would you reverse the lens otherwise ???

@Noealz

5 жыл бұрын

@@robertofontiglia4148 free hand, that's how its always been

@robertofontiglia4148

5 жыл бұрын

@@Noealz I am shocked. I had tried it, but I never knew people thought it practical enough to actually do it like this.

@yurigiron6802

5 жыл бұрын

Hey Noe!

@Noealz

5 жыл бұрын

@@yurigiron6802 hey me : )

Thank you so much for the tutorial! Can’t wait to try this!

Simple. Straight. Sincere lesson. Thank you !

EXCELLENT TUTORIAL!!!...I never heard about the reverse mounting ring. Thank you.

Great video, Excellent well explained tips, thanks for sharing :-)

Excellent, clear explanations. Good job, Andres!

@andresmoline751

5 жыл бұрын

many thanks

Simplest and easily presented , a Good teacher is rare to find .Thank you

Greatness well explain I have a 15mm can't wait to reverse it to try

As much as I dislike spiders, there’s no denying how incredible and magnificent they are up close. The amount of detail and texture in the exoskeleton is breath taking.

@deathkitten7635

2 жыл бұрын

Jumping spiders are the exception to people who don’t like spiders.

Very helpful! I have been out of photography for many years and have been wanting to get into Macro Photography to shoot some of our animals. We have everything from Jumping spiders, to pythons, to bearded dragons, birds, and dogs.

I had a laundry list of specific questions and you hit every single one of them. Thank you so much!!

@andresmoline751

4 жыл бұрын

😁👍

Great video - very informative and nicely explained

This is one of the most informative, clean and useful photography tutorial videos I’ve seen! So glad I found it and can’t wait to try these techniques out, thanks so much!

@subrotomitra

2 жыл бұрын

Agree

Awesome explanation, thanks for sharing your knowledge!

All of this information was incredibly helpful! Thanks so much!

This is amazing! Totally getting a reverse ring now!

@dthorne4602

4 жыл бұрын

You might want to try just using macro tubes. It's much easier and will get you as close as you probably want to be. The only real benefit of the reversing ring is that your fstops will still be fairly accurate, otherwise it's really kind of annoying to deal with. The macro tubes will lower the amount of light getting to the sensor or film but they will work with every lens you already have unlike reversing rings - where every lens you have may be of a different mm thread size. Reversing is way overrated in my opinion and not worth the hassle.

A macro focusing rail is invaluable for reversed lens macrophotography. A table top tripod and macro focusing rail makes precise focusing a snap.

Andres, I watched your presentation, purchased a few cheap older lenses and adapter rings. This is incredible! Thank you so much for the tutorial.

@andresmoline751

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Gordon!

Excellent video! Short, sweet and to the point. All the information you need to get started, none you don't. Not a word wasted! No yadda-yadda at all.

@andresmoline751

3 жыл бұрын

Many thanks!!

I have that Pentax lens, found it in a thrift store for $10. It's a fun lens!

@PinkFloydZ06

5 жыл бұрын

man i been searching for something like that for ages never found one :(

@brucewayne5034

4 жыл бұрын

Hi J, that's great! I'm looking for it myself. I know it's a 50mm, but can you please tell me what f/stop it is? :)

That was such a good tutorial

Thank you. I've got to give that a try.

Holly-molly this is amazing, checked with my existing lenses and results are mind blowing, thanks a lot, saved ton of money.

Andres: "Let's see what this combination of lenses does.....click!" Spider: "Aaaaaargh! I'm blind!

@andresmoline751

4 жыл бұрын

Lol

@damonw2286

3 жыл бұрын

hahah!

Andres. Great video and I will try the reverse lens method with some of my “mechanical” lenses. However, mounting or dismounting a lens with electrical contacts while the camera is ON is not a good idea. Doing so could damage some electronic devices in the camera and/or in the lens. It could also mess-up the VR (IS) system. Nikon advises against doing this. The warning below is from my D850 manual: Detaching the Lens Be sure the camera is off when removing or exchanging lenses.

@andresmoline751

4 жыл бұрын

This technique only work with canon, thank you for commenting!

You rock!!! Thank you for time and amazing information and going so incredibly in depth!,,

Absolutely cool video and tips. Thanks very much!

Cool technique

This is a great video. I bought one of the these reversal rings in 1982 with my film SLR at the time and it worked then. I bought a Sony A7 full frame mirror-less Oct 2019 and and adapter to connect my four Contax/Yashica 1981 lenses with my A7 and they work well just needed cleaning. I will use my old reversal ring with my A7 very soon. Now I just need a jumping spider which looks very scary like this one only I might get a fake one. LOL!

I have done this for ages. This is so much better than attaching "macro lens filters" to the front of a normal lens mounted to the camera. Much crisper, sharper images are possible than with those. Cool tip.

I've used the technique with the manual Pentax lens. It works very well.

Great content!

"You have to focus by bringing the camera closer to the jumping spider." NOPE!

@zacharysmith2624

5 жыл бұрын

I was once taking pictures of a jumping spider and when my lens was about 1 inch away it jumped straight at the lens. Instant heart attack.

@stewartmoir9464

5 жыл бұрын

Don't worry jumping spider will get close to you.

@Biovirulent

5 жыл бұрын

Jumping spiders are harmless. They're cute and cannot bite through skin even if they wanted to, which they probably wouldn't.

@violetartem1034

5 жыл бұрын

Lol I still don’t even have a camera so I take macro photography with my phone and I get close to poisonous spiders all the time. They won’t attack you unless you disturb them

@cromwellbacareza

5 жыл бұрын

can i use sony a6000 with the lens set up?

Excellent video. There is of course, the availability of reversal devices which retain the fully automatic capability of the lens. For example, the Neewer 'Multifunctional Extension Tube' - a lens reversal unit which has the electronic contacts to retain full functionality of the lens. I am not associated with Neewer in any way but love their lens reversal unit. For my Canon outfit it came with 4 different size rings to suite the different Canon lenses - well at least it does for my Canon outfit. And it was cheap!

Wow! Thanks for sharing. I love it!

I never thought a spider could ever be so cute.

@squidno4902

3 жыл бұрын

I think its a jumping spider. I have one as a pet.

@livly_garden

3 жыл бұрын

@@squidno4902 omg cute! What species?

@lizjoe21750

3 жыл бұрын

If you thought that was cute, search "jumping spider tilt". You can thank me later, hehe. :P

@NamNguyen-tm6ix

3 жыл бұрын

@@squidno4902 have you ever stepped on your spider ? =))=))=)).

@squidno4902

3 жыл бұрын

@@NamNguyen-tm6ix no but ive somehow found them across the house

My DSLR camera fell on the ground the Lens broke in half, and I noticed that you can also use that connected half(in the camera) of the lens as a macro lens

Beautiful and worth. Great information.

Great video!!! Thank you for sharing it.

Good clear instructions. Well explained. No need to spend a fortune on expensive macro lenses. 😉

fantastic technique ! definitely going to try this one out. one point of clarification: when you talk about magnification ratios, you mention that we can fill the frame better with a 1:3 magnification. but isn’t 1:3 the same as 1/3? in other words, 1/3 of the actual size. if we can get the subject better in the frame, making it look bigger, wouldn’t that be a 3:1 magnification, or 3x in total? i’m not entirely sure considering i nearly failed grade 8 algebra. anyone know what i’m tryna say here ?

@andresmoline751

5 жыл бұрын

Hi ZN you are correct, it is explained that way in the video, we wrote it backwards in the images

Fascinating! Thank you. I learned a lot.

This is simply brilliant. Another very useful tip, and very economical too. Thx for sharing Andres.

@andresmoline751

4 жыл бұрын

Any time! Many thanks

5:30 and there goes the spider xD

thx, great!

So much thanks for this thorough and inexpensive tutorial.

Fantastic Tutorial thanks for Educating us on this and saving a lot of people a lot of money!