EF 35-80mm for macro.

I just found this little lens attached to a film camera at goodwill today for $10, couldn't pass it up. Doesn't shoot bad by itself either for a chunk of plastic, but I will probably hack it into a macro anyway.

Found one of these in a box of old stuff at a garage sale and had it sitting around for ages until I found this thread. Made the modifications and it's been fun. handholding it in low light was a bit of a challenge, auto iso hit 12800 a couple of times.


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steelbluesleepr wrote in post #14197459
I used my 1st gen 35-80 for some water drop photography (my first attempt) and it worked really well. I modified it so that I still have the middle element of the front group intact allowing me to focus manually. Here are the results:
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I joined this forum specifically because I discovered this thread. I'm still fairly new to photography, and really only know some of the basics of traditional photography. I'm very interested in learning new styles, including macro photography. As for this thread, very cool photos, everyone! I especially loved a few of the flower and bee close-ups, and the water drops were amazing. I'd love to know more about how you show these drops, steelbluesleepr, if you don't mind sharing. And thanks to everyone who detailed how to perform the lens modifications, and all of the testing from mjflory.

It's funny how old the original post was for this thread. It just keeps on giving an giving. I can't wait to try out this mod on my own!

I suspect this lens modification still allows some of the automatic functions of the DSLR/lens combo to function. Anyone have any comments about using the lens on a reverse mount adapter as far as focus distance, etc. Obviously when using the reverse mount method everything is done in manual but you don't have to cannibalize the lens.

Just ran across this thread. Pretty neat, and really good results posted here. I got this lens with the original film Rebel back in the early 90s, I think I still even have the box that everything came in.