Stupid camera tricks
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I was messing with my camera, taking the lens off and holding it slightly in front of the body detached trying to do some closeup stuff, and this got me thinking. It should be relatively easy to make your own macro extension tubes from shit you just have laying around. I did some googling and came up with this:
http://photocritic.org/macro-photography-on-a-budget/
I havent gotten around to doing the full on pringles-can thing(as i couldn't find anything suitable tube-wise here) but i did do sort of a proof-of-concept with just the rear cap and body cap, drilled a nice big hole through both of them and stuck them together with some electrical tape.
With this i was able to get some fun shots, the crazy DOF here is cool, but i wish i had an older manual lense so i could stop it down properly and try to get a bit sharper. This is of course wide open, on my canon 28mm f2.8. Subject is a recently dead, dusty old AGP card.
Feel free to post any wacky camera stuff you guys do!
http://photocritic.org/macro-photography-on-a-budget/
I havent gotten around to doing the full on pringles-can thing(as i couldn't find anything suitable tube-wise here) but i did do sort of a proof-of-concept with just the rear cap and body cap, drilled a nice big hole through both of them and stuck them together with some electrical tape.
With this i was able to get some fun shots, the crazy DOF here is cool, but i wish i had an older manual lense so i could stop it down properly and try to get a bit sharper. This is of course wide open, on my canon 28mm f2.8. Subject is a recently dead, dusty old AGP card.
Feel free to post any wacky camera stuff you guys do!
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Sooo going to try this with that pringles can I just tossed... if I can just find an old lens.
I wonder if this is doable with a Nikon cam?
Hey EQ I've got a great old all manual 35mm Pentax Spotmatic F with several lenses and extension tubes and even a viewfinder periscope attachment(for macro work). I'd be willing to part with it for a few bucks plus shipping if you, or anybody, want to take it off my hands.
http://cow.mooh.org/2009/07/plungercam-2-cheaper-and-more.html
I'll admit i have't tried it (no slr yet). but its cheap and cool.
If you don't wanna click the linky it's a homemade Tilt/Shift lens, pretty neato.
bbob: i'm about 99% sure its the same concept, not so much a canon thing but a basic lens mechanics thing
Entity: yeah i read about doing that but was a little worried about ruining the lens or something, it would suck pretty horribly if it got stuck like that forever =/
Scoob: yeah cool! Get ahold of me on the internets and we'll figure something out
Something that demonstrates the narrow focus...
Why didn't I think of this before.
dc/bella1.jpg | dc/bella3.jpg
*spam*
Those are some pretty cool shots man.
/drops homework, starts testing
http://www.lenshoods.net/
(Printable PDF lens hoods)
Seems like you'd want a substantial material to work with though.
Here is a template for a bounce card. I haven't tried it yet but it seems to work for others.
http://www.ladig.org/events/2010-02/WackyHackBounceCard.pdf
I kept the giant Arizona icetea can just for this. Probably better with a pringles box, but I don't ahve any at the moment.
The only thing that stops me from making an extension now is that I can't figure out how to atach the extension to the camera.
Also there's contact with the lens as well, so how does that work? Does the camera still function properly?
I can't get mine to function without a lens attached. When I go to snap a photo, it say's "NO LENS" on my LCD. I'm going to get one of those lens reversing caps and hopefully it tricks my camera into thinking something is attached. The cover (like they show in the tutorial) isn't enough
Less hacking here, more "scrounge some shit for next to nothing"
Tamrom SP 35-80mm 2.8-3.8 Macro, borrowed from jaffery ruskels(one of the toolbag programmers)
Set of Pentax bayonet macro extenders, borrowed from father-in-law
Pentax bayonet mount -> Canon EF adaptor, about $15 shipped from ebay
A bit more stable than the plastic hack, plus the close focus/near 360* focus ring on the Tamron make it a lot easier to use. It is heavy as hell however with everything attached.
penny test
Nice job though, photo looks great. I never would have thought to strap so much shit to 1 camera :P
Some very cool 'guides' on there.
borrowed copy stand
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MACROOOOOOO STATION GO
You kids better step it up, playtimes over.
I just did my own little omnomnom
1 = lens cover
2 = simple plastic lens cover without any twist on types
3 = body cover
Will build myself another and epoxy it all together, one that is a bit longer
anyway two quick snaps!
started at a low F so i could see what i was doing and turned it up a bit.
how about this, something you just wrap around your lens.
should be nothing more then a few LEDs, Resistors, and a little battery \o/
maybe some cover to soften out the light a bit?
also if you drill some mini holes in a pannel so you can just place the feet of the led in it, instead of the head, you have the freedom of bending them around till they break off
and if its not just for focusing but also to light your picture, you can place them any way you want to really, add a variable resistor or even build a ring with switches to turn off sides. time for some testing!
Thought someone might find it useful. My camera isn't big enough to really make it worth putting together right now.
(Stupid IMG tags not working! Links below.)
Quarters
Red5 iPod
Old Business Card
Circuit Board
Powershot s400
the barrel is... about the size of a quarter, so yeah, the loupe fits over it. I just hold it in place.