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Step 6The results of the Ghetto Macro Lens
This is the tip of the Phillips tip screw driver you saw in step 6. The camera aperture is set to 4.5 and the exposure to 30/100 with an ISO of 1600.
The next pictures are of the tip of a rose and of flies on a mushroom.
I hope you enjoyed this.
Peace,
Boris Kafka
The next pictures are of the tip of a rose and of flies on a mushroom.
I hope you enjoyed this.
Peace,
Boris Kafka
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BUT... Is it original???
I hope it is NOT a case of pirating someone elses work... (I'm not trying to be rude, just speaking frankly...)
Look at this one, published in december 2005:
http://photocritic.org/macro-photography-on-a-budget/
which says:
This post, "Extreme Macro Photography on a budget", is part of these categories: All articles, Featured Articles, was posted by Haje Jan Kamps and saw the light of day on the 10th of December 2005. I hope you liked it.
which is a lot more detailed than this short Instructable, BTW!
ANYWAY... We Instructable´s-people love to expand our knowledge and share it with as many people as possible... so in the end, it doesn´t matter so much, but giving credit to the right people is important, anyway
I'LL GIVE YOU MY COMMENTS:
1) You could make SEVERAL tubes of slightly different lenght, so that you can get several magnifications. A pair of tubes that can be telescoped could make a VARIABLE length extension tube, the difference between the external diameter of the inside tube and the internal diameter of the external tube could be sealed by dark colored felt or velvet type cloth. Still, an easily built set of different lenght tubes is less cumbersome.
2) Use inexpensive PVC tube, which is easily joined with PVC dissolvent or cement. Rigidity and cleanliness when using PVC pipe is a great advantage at a really low cost, no cardboard or softdrink can material approaches PVC's easy of construction and results.
3) Using a black color velvet lining inside the tubes is the best way to avoid internal reflections. Black blackboard paint (pardon me!) is second best.
3) When Magnification (which means how big the image projected on the film or sensor is, compared to the object size) is large, most normal lenses work much better REVERSED, that is, the REAR of the lens faces the subject, and the front of the lens faces the camera.
Best wishes to all.
amclaussen-Mexico City.
In any case the other of this one set their intentions clear from the beginning this is about $10 of supplies and gets the job done using a creative and simple method.
Cheers