Would You Do this to a Lens? - alt.photography

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From: "Charles E Hardwidge" <bo...@invalid.invalid>
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Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:46:13 GMT
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<Ra...@webtv.net> wrote in message
news:4192-4A51638B-1683@storefull-3251.bay.webtv.net...
> I saved this long ago, (deleting now) and was just re-reading it.
>
> I wouldn't do this to any lens! Have any of you done similar? (its
> pretty old)
>
> http://www.photocritic.org/2005/macro-photography-on-a-budget/

I've read about people reversing a (50mm ?) lens and holding it in front of
the camera and lens to get close-up. I've also seen a page about a tilt
shift mod made out of a pair of adapters, corrugated rubber pipe, and set of
long thin bolts that's similar in principle to a Lens Baby.

I've got nothing against home made stuff like this. People from an earlier
generation used to do that sort of thing quite often. It was also the way I
was brought up and I used to do stuff like that when I was a kid. They're
not as fashionable as they used to be but children's books, comics, and
annuals used to be full of things like this. Without it a lot of the
finished (and expensive) goods we take for granted today wouldn't exist.

I'll admit my Canon A590 isn't the greatest camera. I've spent a lot of time
taking a closer look at it and playing with CHDK raw, and its too small
sensor, soft lens, and JPEG processing could be bettered. But, I've learned
a lot about camera systems in the process and apart from that it's still a
great camera to learn the basics of photography.

-- 
Charles E Hardwidge