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LanceKulot posted:Have you tried messing around with reverse mounting any lens? It's a quick and dirty way to get into it. At least until you find a nice macro lens which actually mounts properly on your camera. These are from a reversed Pentax-M 50mm, handheld with ambient light. The lens was about $20 on craigslist and the reversing ring was like $5 or $6 from ebay. I would've liked to stop the aperture down a bit more in the 2nd one but I really needed the light.  
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diarrhea for girls posted:I've tried using a tripod a couple of times and just can't get used to it. Most of the time my subject (insects/arachnid) will be jittery and move around quite a bit and I just can't risk bumping the branches with the tripod legs or what have you, scaring it off completely. That's what macro focusing rails are for
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Ok speaking of tripods: people posting bomb-rear end bug shots in this thread what are you using? Handheld or tripod? AF or manual? Live view or viewfinder? It does seem like it would be really loving hard to shoot a bug with a tripod.
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If you use a reversing adapter the focus ring doesn't really do anything so for scrubs like me moving the camera or subject to focus is the only option.
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Can somebody give me some knowledge about extension tubes vs reversing rings? Can you still use the manual focus with a tube?
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Whoa Now posted:Yeah you can, I would imagine that the tube provides more versatility. As with the three different adjustable lengths of the tube (the cheap one that I have at least), and being able to adjust focus, there's a lot of different options as to where your tiny sweet spot can be. Yeah that's right. I have a reversing ring cause it was only $4 but I see tubes on ebay for like $7, shipped. With the ring you have to move the camera to focus so being able to use MF would be a big improvement.
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LuisX posted:So what would be the best route for me? I have a Canon 50mm 1.4, and I will like to get either an extension tube or ring, whichever is convenient. From all the example pics I've seen I'd say, in order of priority 1) Raynox DCR-250 2) Extension tubes 3) Ring
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Rontalvos posted:I wanna try macro but I'm far too cheap to buy am actual macro lens. Are extension tubes a worthwhile way to try it out? Is there a reason I shouldn't buy the cheap $11 set on amazon.com? Tubes are super cheap just get a set and try it out http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.12456
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