where there’s smoke there’s fire

Nikon D200, Micro AF Nikkor 60mm/2.8D, extension tube, 1/15, f/10, ISO 800

The last guest article for the weekend “Odd ways of macro photography” is written by Junaed Rahman (website | flickr):

The standard tool of macro photography is a Macro lens. That what the book says. But I learned to achieve high magnification when i didn’t had any standard tool. However they are unlikely to generate good result but its always fun to do something new.

Transform a 18-55 or 35-80 mm wide zoom lens into a macro lens

While trying various methods to achieve magnification once I suddenly discovered that if I remove the front element of zoom lens like 35-80 mm, it turns into a macro zoom lens. The magnification is higher just like a reversed lens but I have total electronic control on exposure. A great blessing. Caution – do it at your own risk.

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