Best Free Macro solution

What is the best free (or close) macro solution?
in terms of magnification and in term of quality
reversing the lens ? moving the lens forward ? other ?

Here is a method with a pringles can

http://www.photocritic​.org …-photography-on-a-budget/

Only thing free I can think of is cropping.

th256 wrote in post #3606948
What is the best free (or close) macro solution?
in terms of magnification and in term of quality
reversing the lens ? moving the lens forward ? other ?

First one would be reversing a small lens onto a larger focal length lens- assuming you have the lenses you can make a suitable connection tube or buy a male to male reversing ring.
Second would be a camera body reversing ring - fairly cheap (around £10 on ebay).
Brian V.

Yes what the others have said - i use the reversing method and you can buy cheap lenses that have the correct filter thread - you can buy any manufactures lenses to reverse - i prefer to use Olympus lenses as they seem to be the cheapest ...

Thanks guys for the info but still the main question is
which can achieve better magnification and which better quality?

th256 wrote in post #3612521
Thanks guys for the info but still the main question is
which can achieve better magnification and which better quality?

Depends on what lenses you actually have. Suspect the image quality would be good from any of the methods- probably best if you used a prime lens around 50mm with a set of ext tubes. The main problem with many of these is how easy is it to take a shot.
Both a reversed lens on another lens or a lens on auto ext tubes is easy.
A reversed lens on the camera body or the use of a lens on non- auto ext tubes requires you to stop down the lens first (assuming it's an AF lens without manual aperture control) by attaching it directly to the camera- selecting the aperture you want and then removing the lens whilst keeping the DOF preview button depressed. This will set the aperture but you then end up with a slightly dim viewfinder.

Brian V.

I just created a macro gallery to store my kit lens macro shots, it does quite well reversed with a $14 metal ring.

http://snapintime.smug​mug.com/gallery/321132​2#177187379

For example, I call this "Wash Your Fruit" (yeech).

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