Those shots are great. I am also waiting on the adapter from china. I orderes the 58mm to use with my 18-55 kit lens, as it is the widest I have. Went digging through the old stuff I have in a closet and found an old minolta 55mm 1.7 off an SRT 101. Im going to try this one also. Im guessing Im gonna need a 52 to 58mm step up ring to use the minolta on the 58mm adapter?
So with an old manual lens you just set the aperture and focus by moving the camera distance from subject? Does the focus ring become usless or can you adjust it to change your lens to subject distance?
I am Kind of confused here. From what I know you only use the aperture on the main lens and keep the 2nd lens wide open. Are you guys stopping down the 2nd lens?
lazersgm wrote:
I am Kind of confused here. From what I know you only use the aperture on the main lens and keep the 2nd lens wide open. Are you guys stopping down the 2nd lens?
I'm only using one lens 'reversed' just like Tom details in the very beginning of this tread. You set the aperture manually, set the camera to AV mode (which auto sets the shutter speed) and then focus by moving closer or further from my subject. I believe you are thinking of the 2 lens setup.
I got my reversing ring the other day and have been practicing on insects.
So far I miss being able to focus wide open and having the lens stop down when shutter is actuated. Its realy hard to see anything in the viewfinder beyond f8 on a sunny day. If its morning or evening I have to open it up to at least f4. Focusing is a beeeoch if your not steady while hand holding. I take a bunch of shots in hopes that I get a good sharp one. I have tried taking some shots of stationary subjects on a trypod and it woorks great for things like coins or flowers.
Quality of the ring I recieved was great, it fits very well to the body.
Im using a 300D and 20D with the 58mm adapter then a 52-58mm step up ring and an old minolta 55mm f1.7.
Edited by Headcase650 on Jul 27, 2005 at 02:22 AM GMT
In Av mode it will give you "00" you must set aperture manualy on the lens of choice, the cameras meter will give the shutter speed for the amount of light passing through the lens.
