Tried out a reversing ring with my 18-55 tonight. I found it way harder to use than the 100 macro, which I am far from mastering as it is. Because the working distance was so small, I handheld only. I also found that it was difficult to focus with the very dark viewfinder (I wasn\'t shooting in great light). For some reason, my liveview would not work either. My flash was also harder to get right, I think because ETTL data wasn\'t being transmitted properly. I finally just set it to manual and -1.5 exposure compensation. As you can see below, DOF is crazy thin. Still, this promises to be lots of fun even if it\'s more work than macro shooting with a dedicated lens. I will definitely keep the reversing ring in my bag for when i want a quick and light macro.
Anyway, here\'s an idea (no bugs handy) of how it performed. All shots from 18-40mm:
1. The \"E\" from my Dell laptop - about 1 cm across. Scarry fringing.
2. Circuit board:
3. Teeth from pliers. You can see the grain in the steel and a fleck of paint barely visible normally. The slight angle shows how narrow the focus plane is:
4. Goose down at 18 mm. About an inch of working distance. DOF is crazy thin, this feather is about 1.5 cm long.
5. Context for the down:
Don\'t know if anyone will find this helpful or not, but as they say, \"the fun\'s in the doing.\"
Oct 08, 2009 at 08:08 PM
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