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03 January, 2016

the macro effect: the female face. part1.

In The return of the macro effect. part 3. I showed some macro pictures of flowers which I shot with the Hama Macro Lens +10.
At this time I've used the macro lens in combination with the Zuiko Auto-S 1.8/50mm of the Olympus OM-10 at the EOS Rebel XSi. I've also shot some pictures with the OM-10, which will come in some days.

In The return of the macro effect. part 2. I used the Soligor C/D 4.5-5.6/70-210mm Macro MC lens with a macro reverse adapter at the Digital EOS. This combination isn't very good as a macro lens, but as a portrait lens, therefore I've used it now:

03 November, 2015

28mm vs. 28mm

Well, this fight will be between the Kiron MC 2/28mm with OM mount and the Tokina 2.8/28mm with FD mount. The Kiron is adapted on the EOS with a normal OM-EOS adapter and the Tokina with a macro reverse adapter. Therefore it is not a test to find the best lens. It's just to show how you can use a lens in different manner.

shot with Kiron MC 2/28 OM

shot with Tokina 2.8/28mm FD reverse

06 October, 2015

The return of the macro effect. part 2.

After I bought the Macro Reverse Adapter Ring for the filter thread of 49mm to use the Revuenon (Mamiya) and the Tokina lenses as macro lenses, I've found at the Oxfam store in Cologne Südstadt two cheap Soligor zooms with Minolta SR (MD) mount.
They're creepy trash plastic zooms of the worst kind, but the Soligor C/D 4.5-5.6/70-210mm Macro MC lens has a 49mm filter thread, therefore I bought the two zooms with a Danubia PL filter (55mm) and a Danubia Circular Polarizer (49mm) for 15 Euro.
Unfortunately it only works at 70mm and Macro position. Only there it can afford a sharp picture in combination with the reverse adapter. Attached to the Canon, the combo looks a little bit like the Yashica Dental Eye.

It isn't really a macro lens with the reverse adapter, but a close-up lens, perfect for portrait shots. Here some pictures:

05 October, 2015

The return of the macro effect. part 1.

After some years without macro pictures new ones are coming strong. In the past I shot them with DIY macro lenses mounted on analog SLRs, but now it's digital and with reverse adapter.

In June I bought at the Durlacher Kruschtlmarkt, a fleamarket in Karlsruhe, a complete Revue set with a SLR, two lenses, a flash, a bag and the manuals.

Primarily I bought the set to adapt the lenses to my EOS DSLR. I didn't recognize the bayonet and hoped that it is a more common one. But the result of my internet search showed that the Revue X4-M is a labeled Mamiya ZE-X. The Mamiya ZE mount is rather incommun and there is only one adapter from Fotodiox which is very expensive.
Of course, it is worth buying this adapter, because the Mamiya lenses have a very good reputation. My set includes the Auto Revuenon MCF 1.4/50mm, which is a labeled, but genuine Mamiya Sekor-EF 1.4/50mm lens and a Auto Revuenon MCE 4.5/80-205mm which is only a labeled Osawa lens.

In September I bought at the same flea market a Tokina 2.8/28mm lens with Canon FD mount for 3 Euro. I have a Canon T50, but it is still in Brazil. So in the next time I won't use it. And the adapter for FD lenses to EOS cameras is also, like the Mamiya adapter, very pricey.

But then I noticed that the Revuenon (Mamiya) and the Tokina have the same filter thread of 49mm and there I had the idea to buy a Macro Reverse Adapter Ring from Tridax for 6,50 Euro to use both as macro lenses. That means, if you install a lens upside down (in other words, instead of the bayonet you turn the lens and install it with the filter thread to the camera), it becomes a macro lens. In this so-called reverse position, the image scale increases compared to the normal position and reproduce the subject greatly enlarged. The magnification factor varies from focal length to focal length.
Of course, automatic diaphragm, auto-focusing, or any other functions will not operate correctly while using this adapter. But some years ago I made my own DIY lenses, therefore these macro lenses will be high tech for me. ;)