How to Shoot Ultra-Sharp Macro Photography for Cheap : Reverse Vintage Lens
Vložit
- čas přidán 11. 07. 2024
- ► Micael Widell : tinyurl.com/sjwp8cq
► Weird lens museum : www.mathieustern.com/new-page-39
In this new Series : Lenses without Borders, i will ask creators from all around the world to speak about how they use vintage lenses and cameras in their work.
for this first episode, we go to Sweden !
► M U S I C ♫
EPIDEMIC SOUND
share.epidemicsound.com/rFnt2
► Connect with Mathieu: / mathieustern
*****************
If you like what I’m doing and would like to help me upload more frequently, you can support me on PATREON : / mathieustern
*****************
My Gear :
Sony A7III : amzn.to/2MbYatG
Macro Lens : amzn.to/2HgmYSi
256GO SD card : amzn.to/2Ddb8Ve
ZOOM H4N PRO :amzn.to/2MdYCYl
Mini Tripod : amzn.to/2FBgU4p
Tripod for video / Photo : amzn.to/2CrhuOS
Best Batteries charger : amzn.to/2Fz9G0Z
My Fav LUTs for color grading videos: tinyurl.com/yag5lu96
Long Prism : amzn.to/2ClspK6
Lens cleaning tools :
Lens Wrench : amzn.to/2ROBKE8
Microfiber Cleaning Cloths, 6 PACK : amzn.to/2CrgCtA
Lens pen : amzn.to/2Ddxt4I
Gloves : amzn.to/2FCFUsc
►I N S T A G R A M : / mathieustern
►T W I T E R: / mathieustern
►F A C E B O O K : goo.gl/gKSJwC - Věda a technologie
1:47 bokEH! hahah, In love with the accent
omg Micael Widell :D I love his vids, so relaxing and interesting
I would love to see a video of you talking about your favorite vintage lenses and prices etc that would be really dope as I assume you have many
Hello from Tampa Florida! Mathieu and Micael, very nice collaboration, I enjoyed the video. Be well and stay encouraged!!!
Very simple man, God bless you. Nice review on macro photography.
Thanks. I did the same lately with Helios 44M. Reverse ring for 1:2 and extension tube x3 for 1:1
In danish the wrench is callled a "svensknøgle" i.e. a swedish key...
In The Netherlands most mechanics will call it 'Bahco', a teacher at school told us that it should be called 'verstelbare moersleutel' (literally 'adjustable nut wrench'). Anyway, it's very easy to destroy nuts with this horrible piece of tool so only use it when you really have no other option to loosen or tighten a bolt or nut!
In Bulgarian as well it is called a Swedish Key.
In Gent Belgium we call it "engelse sleutel" so Englisch key. So It sucks all over.
French is "clé à molette" (literally "scroll wheel key").
I am already subscribed to him :3 Enjoy his stuff
Interesting! i never knew such a technic can be applied to macro photography~
That shirt over the light made my day. Let's see Kai Wong top that!
Outstanding! Cheers.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Awesome video! Loved seeing all the swedish snacks too!
Glad you enjoyed!
vidéo super intéressante , merci beaucoup
Ohhh, cmon! It’s 5am in Moscow and now after this video I need to get up and go to kitchen and look some candies... or cookies.. but I haven’t any!
Thanks, it was entertaining to know about Swedish sweetness : D
I love the Kalles caviar in a tube. Found some at IKEA in the US. :-)
Came here to learn about a cool lens but now I'm obsessed with Swedish candy and sweets! XD
Once upon a time (the 1980's) I took photos for a local Orchid club. The fellow before me used an Exakta VX1000, a 40mm f/2.8 Macro Kilar and lit the Orchid blossoms (2-6+ inches across) with a Honeywell Strobonar flash on Kodachrome 25. This was an evening location shoot, usually backstage at a badly lit grade school Cafetorium. The available light was dim fluorescent, and one had to use a stool or table as the shooting stage, with the background that you brought with you. I began with a Nikon F2 or Nikkormat FTN/Nikon FM plus a 55mm f/3.5 (later f/2.8) Micro-Nikkor. Kodachrome 25 was lit with an AC-adapted Braun RL-515; ten identical slides was the the requirement, which is an invitation to a burned out flash tube, if your interval was too short. Fortunately, the AIC/Hershey #497 adapter took around 10-15 seconds to recharge.
I eventually bought a Capro RL-80 (Sunpak GX8R) ring flash for single/double blossoms and used the Braun RL-515 for "top to bottom/flowering Orchid in the pot" shots. After a while, I replaced the Braun with a Quantum Battery-powered Vivitar 283 for "whole plant" shots. If I got too close or couldn't get close enough to the flower spike, a 90mm f/2.5 Tamron SP (#52A) did the "reach out and touch" jobs.
An Orchid Species club began meeting midway through the 1990's, and they asked if I could "do the usual" with even tinier (2-4mm across) blossoms. I tried various approaches to the problem before hitting on a handheld apparatus. The ring flash was still used, but I had to reverse-mount a short zoom and fire it off with a double cable release. The lens was an ordinary Tamron 28-70,, f/3.5-4.5 zoom lens that I "sized and focused" on the tiny blossoms with the zoom ring! This is/was a real eye strainer, plus I usually couldn't use a tripod due to the odd angles species blossoms grow/bloom.
How did I figure out exposure? With pen and notebook, at first, noting "magnification numbers" on the 55mm Micro, or zoom lens "focal length" on the short zoom lens. Could I have done a better job? Definitely, since photography guides in Orchid fancier publications showed umbrellas, diffusers, and "longer than normal macro lenses" in use. A 90-105mm close focusing/macro lens would give you enough working distance to "place lights like a professional." A 200mm Macro would give you quite a bit of flexibility in flash head placement. But, I didn't have the $500+ for such an occasionally used lens, so I just "plodded along." Would I do it again? I'm well past "threescore and ten," so I can't see tiny flowers, let alone focus/photograph them at night.
You have a great memory lol
@@Scyth3934 It's like the Simon & Garfunkel song, "Bookends": "Preserve your memories, they're all that's left you..."
very interesting video！
Nice Video. But how did you do the Shot of the eye
Hello. Can I use my Zeiss 55mm for reverse?
is it better a 28mm or 50mm for reverse macro method?
Can someone tells me why reversing a lens with 60mm and more is not recommended? He says in the clip that any lens between 20 and 60 is good. I have 2 prime lenses, one 20mm and other 85mm and want to reverse them and use for macro. Is reversing an 85mm a bad idea?
Micael, your approach would never make it in the US. We would not be able to practice restraint and would completely eat up all our "subjects." Thanks for the video. It is fun.
Nice ☕️👍
i think most of the swedish things you counted up was general scandinavian, we also have nammipoki (plokk gudis?), and i thought we were the only ones
Une superbe vidéo comme toujours ! Ps : est ce qu’il serait possible qu’un jour vous puissiez essayer le beastgrip pro pour utiliser différents objectifs sur un smartphone ?
J ai la version chinoise que je doit tester bientôt
🔥🔥🔥
Maybee i have to use my Rokkor 50mm 1.7 too. But the light is always the problem.
What is the 70s lense called?
Is the haloing the result of changing the lens distance from the subject? Have you tried keeping the camera in the same spot and only adjusting the lens's focus for each shot?
I think the haloing is because when something is slightly out of focus, it becomes blurry, and therefore a bit bigger and fuzzy - if you add several layers of that it creates the halo effect. It becomes worse if something is glaring, because then the blur is brighter.
I have been using the Nikon BR-3 reversing ring on my Nikkors since 1979, especially my Nikkor AIS 50mm f/1.8 flat field lens. It's the best and least expensive macro setup there is. The only caveat is that you must be very careful with your lens' delicate rear element exposed to the environment.
*under breath* peasant.
There are LOTS of cheaper options. Many as good as any reversed Nikkor.
Very sweet of both of you that I love equally... OK, one of you like a tad more, but that one himself knows who he is & no need to mention the name!🤣
So, where is that beautiful Eye???
@Mathieu Stern i just realised there is another channel @Micael Widell with you in it..why two different channel with two different person names...when its about the same subject. I would very much like a response from you thank you.
It's called a collaboration, i am Not Micael ... i am Mathieu Stern, you have my face on the top of my channel and also maybe watch my other videos
very nice video. you have subscribe from me
keep going like this
Would bei a 20mmm lense not even better, if you want it bigger?
Nice stockholm intro
hello
I have sony a7iv and 90mm macro lens. What kind of macro system should I have so that I can take pictures of rings and jewelry, as well as photographs of irises. What do you recommend.
In North America we call it a crescent wrench or adjustable wrench.
I was expecting Mattias Burling when it said swedish photo youtuber and that lens.
🔬👍
I thought will be macro of eye... This is ads....
Je connais bien ce petit Minolta 55mm 1.7, son doux bokeh, ses couleurs tendres (je regrette un peu d'avoir vendu le mien), mais là vous lui en demandez beaucoup !
I know this little Minolta 55mm 1.7, its soft bokeh, its soft colors (I regret a little having sold mine), but there you ask a lot!
No swedish fish????
I still don't get how you find the right mount-adapter 🙁
Hi, I am the guy in the video :) Check what filter thread you have on the lens you want to reverse, for example 52mm. Then check what mount you have on your camera (not on the reversed lens - the mount there does not matter as it will be on backwards), for example canon. Then go to ebay and search for something like "reverse adapter 52mm canon" and you should find it.
@@MicaelWidell thank you so much ☺️ but I think I was not very clear, sorry! 🙈 I don't meant the reverse thing ☺️ I just want to adapt some vintage lenses to my Sony A 9 and can't figure that out 😵
Also sorry for my bad english 🙈
@@verenhimoinen then you should figure out what the lens mount of your vintage lenses is called, for example m42, and then go to ebay again and search for "sony fe m42 adapter" (substitute m42 with the name of the vintage lens mount)
@@MicaelWidell thank you! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼☺️
Uh oh. Typo in the title. It's actually spelled "Focus Stacking" with a "ck."
It is great to see collaboration between real photographers ! .. so we (starters) can figure it out easier who is real and who's no more than a SHILL
The most swedish thing in this video was your English accent! "Wärry svidish" Heja Sverige!
its stacking not "staking"
Hi here you can see who invented that spanner "en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjustable_spanner".
Aaahwz no polly? Nice and useful video btw :D
Those foods that you showed us are very "Sweet-ish"!
Where are the Swedish fish?
2nd.
3rd
Magnification is NOT the reason you reverse the lens.
ALL (NON CRC) lenses have ONE ideal focal point. Reversing the lens is the closest you can come to maintaining that ideal distance and magnification ratio when shooting macro subjects. It’s a matter of correction, not magnification.
1st