[Leica] Slightly OT - macro photography with coupled lenses

[piers at hemy.org (Piers Hemy)]

Yes, have done that Mark, not very often with a zoom lens, admittedly - more
often with a telephoto prime. It certainly gives you a quick dose of
magnification if that is what you are looking for.  I recommend you to use
as fast a 50mm as you can get hold of, to minimise the risk (IME) of
possibly severe vignetting. I make no claims for the quality of the results
by comparison with a specialist macro lens - all depends on the detailed
application you have in mind.

I recommend you try to get hold of John Shaw's tome "Closeups in nature"
which is as good as they get (and covers this particular technique) - there
are several listed on www.abebooks.co.uk for around ?10, although all are
from USA.

What is the application?

Piers

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Mark
Pope
Sent: 19 January 2011 17:05
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Subject: [Leica] Slightly OT - macro photography with coupled lenses

I want to experiment with higher magnification macro photography.
If I couple a reversed 50mm f1.8 lens to my 70-200 L series zoom, I should,
in theory, be able to obtain a magnification ratio of up to 4X

Has anyone tried this technique particularly using a telephoto zoom as a
prime and a reversed 50mm as a supplementary lens?  I'd be interested to
find out how you got on.

Thanks

Mark

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