Best Lens for reversed?

evirgen2008 · 13th of April 2012 (Fri)

Hi guys,

As you know I have been taking photos with Tokina 28mm RMC reversed. But I am a stupid and sold it

Now, I 've bought a new lens Canon 28mm FD however the sharpnest is just awful after Tokina

Have you ever tested any wide-angle lens for macro photography? Any suggestion will be helpful..

It's taken with Tokina around %90 cropped!One single shot!

It's taken with Canon and altough stacked from 3 shots, there is no sharpness at all!

calypsob · 13th of April 2012 (Fri)

spend 75 bucks on a new tokina?

calypsob · 13th of April 2012 (Fri)

btw what is the operating distance of a reversed 28mm lens?

evirgen2008 · 14th of April 2012 (Sat)

Quote:

Originally Posted by calypsob

btw what is the operating distance of a reversed 28mm lens?

I did not understand the first comment, sorry...

The working distance is about 3-4cm

Echo Johnson · 14th of April 2012 (Sat)

He's suggesting buying another Tokina 28mm lens

evirgen2008 · 14th of April 2012 (Sat)

There is no another lens here

tonylong · 15th of April 2012 (Sun)

evirgen, my eyes aren't the sharpest in the world, but to me the eyes in your Canon shot seem to be nice and crisp/sharp -- are you saying they aren't? Could you post a close crop of the eyes from each pic?

TheLostVertex · 15th of April 2012 (Sun)

Running an unsharp mask is a cheap enough solution ;D

Lots of people like to use enlarging lens. Things like the el nikkor 50, or some olympus ones. Really, its just best to browse around for opinions from people that have had a chance to use them on places like photomacrography.net since there is no way to know without trying it in a reversed format.

matej9o · 23rd of April 2012 (Mon)

Did you use tokina reversed just on body or you use some kind of lens in front of tokina ?

evirgen2008 · 23rd of April 2012 (Mon)

Quote:

Originally Posted by tonylong

evirgen, my eyes aren't the sharpest in the world, but to me the eyes in your Canon shot seem to be nice and crisp/sharp -- are you saying they aren't? Could you post a close crop of the eyes from each pic?

It was just too soft in actual pixels.

TheLostVertex, yeah. I sold it and bought a new prime pentax 35mm. Who cares Tokina anymore?

matej9o, there was only reversed lens adaptor between tle lens and the body,sir.

13th of April 2012 (Fri)	#1
evirgen2008 Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Türkiye Posts: 199 IMAGE EDITING OK	Best Lens for reversed? Hi guys, As you know I have been taking photos with Tokina 28mm RMC reversed. But I am a stupid and sold it Now, I 've bought a new lens Canon 28mm FD however the sharpnest is just awful after Tokina Have you ever tested any wide-angle lens for macro photography? Any suggestion will be helpful.. It's taken with Tokina around %90 cropped!One single shot! It's taken with Canon and altough stacked from 3 shots, there is no sharpness at all! __________________ 5D Mark II 135 F 2 L USM 17-40 F 4 L USM 18-55 IS for macro

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calypsob Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: auburn alabama Posts: 615	Re: Best Lens for reversed? spend 75 bucks on a new tokina? Last edited by calypsob : 13th of April 2012 (Fri) at 18:47.

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calypsob Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: auburn alabama Posts: 615	Re: Best Lens for reversed? btw what is the operating distance of a reversed 28mm lens?

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Echo Johnson Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: UK Posts: 365	Re: Best Lens for reversed? He's suggesting buying another Tokina 28mm lens __________________ Canon 5D3 \| M \| 17-40 \| 50/1.4 \| 22 ...and other gear. Flickr \| EchoJ.deviantART

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evirgen2008 Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Türkiye Posts: 199 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Best Lens for reversed? There is no another lens here __________________ 5D Mark II 135 F 2 L USM 17-40 F 4 L USM 18-55 IS for macro

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tonylong ....winded Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Vancouver, WA USA Posts: 47,196 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Best Lens for reversed? evirgen, my eyes aren't the sharpest in the world, but to me the eyes in your Canon shot seem to be nice and crisp/sharp -- are you saying they aren't? Could you post a close crop of the eyes from each pic? __________________ Tony Two Canon cameras (5DC, 30D), three Canon lenses (24-105, 100-400, 100mm macro) Tony Long Photos on PBase Wildlife project pics here, Biking Photog shoots here, "Suburbia" project here! Mount St. Helens, Mount Hood pics here

15th of April 2012 (Sun)	#8
TheLostVertex Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Fl Posts: 519 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Best Lens for reversed? Running an unsharp mask is a cheap enough solution ;D Lots of people like to use enlarging lens. Things like the el nikkor 50, or some olympus ones. Really, its just best to browse around for opinions from people that have had a chance to use them on places like photomacrography.net since there is no way to know without trying it in a reversed format. __________________ Steven R. Flickr 500px

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