Gerard Maas wrote: >The 75-300IS makes a good combination with the 50f/1.8. You can use any >kind (read brand) of lens to inverse on the tele, and it *MUST* be wide >open. The wider the maximun aperture, the better.
[...] >About how to inverse the lens on the other, I just glue two Cokin ring >adaptors together. Just buy the right one for each lens and use a very >strong glue to 'solder' them together. Much cheaper that those custom >inversion rings (with threads of different diameters at both sides) (& >also hard to find) That's a good idea, I'll try it. Is it not a problem that the 50mm f/1.8 uses a 52mm filter, but the 75-300IS uses a 58mm filter? Would this not make the combination more prone to vignetting (if the smaller 50mm lens obscures part of the larger lens' field of view)? >If you have more questions, please let me know. I've *wasted* quite some >film on this technique. ;-) ;-) I can help you to trash some as >well ;-) ;-) Thank you. I thought I had exhausted all the ways to waste film, but this project shows real promise :) >PS: Using flash with this technique is another post as long as this one. Actually, I'm thinking of using several tiny reflectors made of aluminium foil attached to card. I've been getting interesting results with these reflectors for regular macro photography. I sometimes set up a sort of miniature outdoor "studio" with two or three reflectors balanced on various plants and natural objects. It doesn't work so well with the faster-moving insects, though, because they hardly ever volunteer to hold the reflectors for me. Thanks to Ken and Malcolm for their suggestions, too. Gerry * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
