So I wanted to do some macro shots, but without a macro lens what to do?
I taped an old lens frontside back on my 55-200, built a remote controller and cut a begonia in the garden;
Here is the set up!
First thing, you get vignetting, the lower your zoom settings, the stronger the effect and the the zone of focal is, well small, not to say microscopic! Forget your auto-focus, it want work, you have to set the focus by moving the camera in tiny steps to the back or to the front (see my set up). But otherwise, it works!
Here are some examples:
I taped an old lens frontside back on my 55-200, built a remote controller and cut a begonia in the garden;
First thing, you get vignetting, the lower your zoom settings, the stronger the effect and the the zone of focal is, well small, not to say microscopic! Forget your auto-focus, it want work, you have to set the focus by moving the camera in tiny steps to the back or to the front (see my set up). But otherwise, it works!
Here are some examples:
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