Ultra Macro with 18-55mm reverted lens

[yffic]

Hello Eveybody,

Here are my first try of macro with the 18-55 mm put in reverse on my 300D.
The DOF is very small but you can obtain some very important magnification: the insect on the pictures above is less than one centimeter long.

http://www.yffic.net/pub/inverse/index.html

Comments are welcome.

Kind regards.

Yffic

[ladybelle2k]

yffic...those are great shots...I have to plead ignorance, but how do you reverse the 18-55...is there a special attachment to do this?

[yffic]

yffic...those are great shots...I have to plead ignorance, but how do you reverse the 18-55...is there a special attachment to do this?

Yes you have to use a "reverse adapter" that you can easily find on ebay for less than 10 Euros.

Thanks for your comment

Yffic

[Tadhg]

wow. Did you do any post work on them? They are amazing!

[Ron Wilson]

Where did you get all the light from? I found it way to dark to focus. What were your settings?

[yffic]

wow. Did you do any post work on them? They are amazing!

No absolutly no post processing on it.
I have taken on my balcony on a sunny afternoon: one is with the internal flash of the 300D.

All are at 1/500 s for speed, and F/0 for aperture (because the camera hasn't any electronicals connections).

Thnaks again for your comments.

Yffic

[Ballen Photo]

Those are very nice and sharp Yffic. :D
How big was that Bee? When you said "Ultra" macro, I must confess, I was expecting to see something like only the head, eyes, or a portion of a wing though. ;)
-Bruce

[foxbat]

Those are very nice and sharp Yffic. :D
How big was that Bee? When you said "Ultra" macro, I must confess, I was expecting to see something like only the head, eyes, or a portion of a wing though. ;)
-BruceThere's a very good write up in this article (http://www.oncloserinspection.com/Photomacrography/Articles/Reverse_Lens/reverse_lens.htm). It should be all you need to figure out what magnification you're going to get from a reversed lens assembly. It's no substitute for a real macro lens but is certainly a cost-effective way to get started.

[Ballen Photo]

There's a very good write up in this article (http://www.oncloserinspection.com/Photomacrography/Articles/Reverse_Lens/reverse_lens.htm). It should be all you need to figure out what magnification you're going to get from a reversed lens assembly. It's no substitute for a real macro lens but is certainly a cost-effective way to get started.
Thanks for posting this link. I'll definitely have to go back in there soon. :D
-Bruce

[yffic]

Those are very nice and sharp Yffic. :D
How big was that Bee? When you said "Ultra" macro, I must confess, I was expecting to see something like only the head, eyes, or a portion of a wing though. ;)
-Bruce


The bee was ~1 cm long not a big one.

Yffic

[yffic]

There's a very good write up in this article (http://www.oncloserinspection.com/Photomacrography/Articles/Reverse_Lens/reverse_lens.htm). It should be all you need to figure out what magnification you're going to get from a reversed lens assembly. It's no substitute for a real macro lens but is certainly a cost-effective way to get started.

thanks lot for the link. Very interesting.

Regards.

Yves

[Ron Lacey]

Great first effort.

[Big John]

Wow! How timely....I just posted a question asking if reverse threading rings worked and here are all the answers I need!

[foxbat]

It's pretty much the only way to get 3:1, 4:1 and higher without splashing out on the rather esoteric Canon MP-E-65.

[OiPaz]

There's a very good write up in this article (http://www.oncloserinspection.com/Photomacrography/Articles/Reverse_Lens/reverse_lens.htm). It should be all you need to figure out what magnification you're going to get from a reversed lens assembly.

Thanks for the link! According to that article, the magnification you'll obtain is simply the ratio between the focal length of the lens on the camera and the focal length of the reversed lens. And it makes sense. But, what about a reversed lens directly attached to the camera via a reverse adapter ring? I carried out some experiments and I empirically calculated the result, but I wonder if there is an exact formula, or a reasoning, a proof.

[GoneFission]

All are at 1/500 s for speed, and F/0 for aperture (because the camera hasn't any electronicals connections).


Just a note:
It is possible to stop down the aperture on a reversed lens - attach it normally, and dial in the aperture to the desired setting in M or Av. Press the DOF preview button, and while holding it down, remove the lens. The aperture will stay closed! Now reverse it and shoot away. The primary downside to this is that you cut down the light you get in the viewfinder, so if you close the aperture too much or are working in darker conditions, it will be much harder to focus. But, it's generally much better than shooting wide open (unless you want a 1mm DOF, which is about what I get at f/1.4).

I've tried this with both the 18-55mm kit lens and the 50mm f/1.4 with no problems afterwards (i.e. the aperture fully opens when you reconnect the lens normally).

[Raj]

Wow ! very neat.
You got excellent shots there :-)

[malla1962]

G:Dreat shots.