Comments on: Reverse Mounting Your Prime Lenses for Affordable Macro Photography

By: Hari

Hari — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:41:21 +0000

Still nobody found a bayonet-to-standard adapter? Woudl anything from this page work? http://www.camerafilters.com/pages/conversion.aspx

By: Edge

Edge — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:08:24 +0000

Great article, thank you! I have been playing around with this setup with the following equipment:
Nikon D7000
Nikon 50mm f/1.4 D
$11.99 reversing ring (from BHPhoto- did I overpay? )
$20 tabletop stable tripod (*very* useful to get exceptional focus)
SB-900 flash used off-camera with Commander mode

Everything works perfectly, and I love the shots. So what is the down side? Most macro photography is done manual focus/tripod anyway, so no difference there. I adjust the camera position at f/1.4, then quickly dial to f/16, and take a nice, crisp picture, with reasonable depth of field.

The only downsides I see is:
- Bokeh is strange – you see a clear 7-sided bokeh, not the nice round circles we all like
- “real” macro lenses go to much smaller f/ stops (f/40 on some). So, I assume my depth of field would be better?

Anything else?

By: Dave Tong

Dave Tong — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:13:55 +0000

Here’s another tutorial related to the subject. You can also combine reverse mount and extension tubes as well.

http://reviews.davidleetong.com/tutorials/macro/affordable-macro-extension-tubes-and-reverse-mounting-2/

By: ISOterica

ISOterica — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:45:13 +0000

Looking for one of those too Gareth. :s If anyone answered you please let me know!

By: Gareth

Gareth — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 22:22:51 +0000

Don’t suppose anyone has had any luck finding a “bayonet-to-standard filter thread adapter” suitable for a canon ef lens yet? I’ve searched high and low with no luck yet.

By: lahari

lahari — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 21:21:12 +0000

Hi,
I recently purchased the reverse macro ring. I use a Sony a230. When I installed the reverse macro adapter(Fotodix 55mm macro ring adapter), the main body keeps on poping a message that the lens is not attached and the shutter is locked! What could be the reason for this?

By: Renato

Renato — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 10:58:16 +0000

Will the reverse ring work with a 18-55mm len on a nikonD5000 ? Thanks

By: petr

petr — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 06:11:42 +0000

i have a macro lens for up to 1:1 photography, but i found out my 14-42mm lens can reach about 3:1, which is amazing.. and yet unreachable by any other lens.
nice article

By: Mike C

Mike C — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:14:18 +0000

Thanks for posting this! good information!!

By: danskids

danskids — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 22:59:55 +0000

i’ve just ordered a reversing adapter and can’t wait to try it out! thanks for the info