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Step 5Using the beast
Note: No autofocus, No automatic apature, no ttl metering.
This is in the relm of guess and check.
The lens is a 50mm nikkor. I recomend this lens for any nikon dSLR. Best quality for the lowest price. Anyways, for focusing it has to be set to f1.8 (or f2.8) then stoped down to get the DOF you need. Using a 'g' series lens which is without an apature ring means you will be stoped down to the highest apature all the time making focusing a really big problem. go buy the 50mm. I havnt got this to work with my 24mm nikkor nor have i tried with the kit lens (18-55) or my telephoto (55-250). I dont care to try. My information of bellows is that a normal lens (50mm ish) or wide angle will be the best bet.
SO i mount the lens on my camera, point it at somthing then move the bellows in and out. untill it looks in focus. I set a shutterspeed in ""Manual mode (m)"" on my camera because any auto mode will not work at all, as the camera belives there is no lens mounted. I shoot a pic.
I adjust focus according to the lcd screen on the back of my d50 and take another stab at exposure. When i have a properly exposed well focused macro image, i will then trade shutter speed for apature until i get the depth of field i want.
This is a 100% crop. Notice the fine detail. The edges are a little softer, but this is macro photography and that is expected.
This is in the relm of guess and check.
The lens is a 50mm nikkor. I recomend this lens for any nikon dSLR. Best quality for the lowest price. Anyways, for focusing it has to be set to f1.8 (or f2.8) then stoped down to get the DOF you need. Using a 'g' series lens which is without an apature ring means you will be stoped down to the highest apature all the time making focusing a really big problem. go buy the 50mm. I havnt got this to work with my 24mm nikkor nor have i tried with the kit lens (18-55) or my telephoto (55-250). I dont care to try. My information of bellows is that a normal lens (50mm ish) or wide angle will be the best bet.
SO i mount the lens on my camera, point it at somthing then move the bellows in and out. untill it looks in focus. I set a shutterspeed in ""Manual mode (m)"" on my camera because any auto mode will not work at all, as the camera belives there is no lens mounted. I shoot a pic.
I adjust focus according to the lcd screen on the back of my d50 and take another stab at exposure. When i have a properly exposed well focused macro image, i will then trade shutter speed for apature until i get the depth of field i want.
This is a 100% crop. Notice the fine detail. The edges are a little softer, but this is macro photography and that is expected.
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Jan 7, 2009. 1:19 AMDanC922
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If your lens doesn't have manual aperture adjustment, you can set your desired aperture on the camera, and then press the depth of field preview button, and while holding it down, remove the lens. Your aperture will stay at what you set it as when you remove the lens.
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Jan 7, 2009. 3:24 PMlgcalex (author)
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a little clunky, but so are the bellows. Thanks for the tip!
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