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Macro Photography with a $20 Microscope Lens

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  • Damn, have to try this.

    • I've tried it out! It is certainly interesting and I do recommend it, BUT it is somewhat of a specialized tool. The depth of field is super small so generally one needs to use a focus rail to take lots of shots and then stack them together to produce a nice output. And at this magnification the frame is extremely sensitive to motion... I have laminate floors, and taking a small step near the tripod causes enough shake to shift the image!

      • It has pretty poor dof, but getting this close to tiny creatures and other things is very cool. Have you posted pictures somewhere?

        • I got my focus rail recently and haven't found a very nice subject for the microscope adapter, but I once I get some I will post them :-)

          Here is a weevil I recently photographed using a more normal macro lens though: