35-80mm - I did it!

[ATHRoss]

Well I went and bought one of these from the auction site for the princely sum of £7.50 + P&P.

First thing was to remove the sticker;

then unscrew the front element;

and remove it;

continued;

 

[ATHRoss]

Managed to take some shots but very very difficult;

100% crop of the image below;

took this hand held;

and this;

 

[ATHRoss]

A couple more (last ones - honest);

Found this very difficult to do - needs some real practice but feel it is very promising for £8.

Had to use my remote shutter reease with these images and prop the camera on some books etc. to get the angle right.

Just posted this for info following the thread simialr a few weeks ago.

regards

ATHRoss

 

[Geffen]

Sorry but why take the lense apart?

 

[Joe T]

Lovely DOF mate. Pretty good for £8.

 

[dod]

Sorry but why take the lense apart?

That lens makes a very effective macro lens if you take off the front element instead of splashing out £300 for a real macro lens. It's a bit of hassle but the results can be outstanding

 

[ATHRoss]

I took it apart after reading some stuff in this thread;

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17534802

For £8 it was worth it and if need be, I'll just screw it back together again with no worries (with a good blow out first though).

Just an experiment.

ATHRoss

 

[Ghost in the Shell]

congrats mate - i still need a screwdriver to do mine :/

 

[wez130]

i found that reversing the lens is much better than removing the front element, i will provide evidence of this tomorrow as i have now tried both techniques, my favourite reversed 35-80mm photo is .......

 

[ATHRoss]

Wez,

I would be very interested too see the set up of the reversed lens technique.

thanks

ATHRoss

 

[wez130]

Basically, get your lens, and instead of mounting it normally onto your camera, hold it onto the body so that the front lens is looking inside the camera body.

I'll try and sort a photo out, but here's another example of how good the reversed lens is.....
here is a resized image i took last year of a very tame dragonfly

now, here is a 100% crop of the full size image......

 

[ATHRoss]

Tried the reverse lens technique - thanks Wez;

Found this much easier to use, just turn the lens around and hold it against the camera body.....

Pros;
Easy to do
Lens is kept complete


Cons;
Allows the camra internals to be exposed to elements etc.


Anyway, heres a couple taken handheld very quickly;

100% Crop;

Please remeber this is handheld and very quickly done......

These required the flash to be used and as can be seen, ocassionally the flash is shielded by the lens but overall, I am very impressed by this technique.

regards

ATHRoss

 

[Col_M]

for £8 you can't go wrong, those shots are absolutely fantastic