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<blockquote data-quote="Dangerspouse" data-source="post: 752188" data-attributes="member: 46690"><p>Hi Blackstar. Sorry about the delay replying.</p><p></p><p>1. Lol. "Very lousy situation" is relative. I find it a rather enjoyable challenge <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>2. Are you kidding? There are TONS of tiny objects littering your house that are a blast to see under magnification! Did you see the pic I posted in your other thread - the one of the watch movement? I love that one, and all I had to do was flip over my watch to see it! Start looking at everyday things with an eye towards imagining what tiny details it contains, and soon you'll be overwhelmed with options!</p><p></p><p>3. I don't know if they make ring lights for reversed mount lenses. My own guess is "no", but I didn't look online. What I did do though is take my current ring light and attached it to my reverse mounted 18-55mm kit lens with a simple rubber band. (I didn't use my macro 40mm lens because I know you don't have one.)</p><p></p><p>Here's are two sample shots of a penny I just took with that setup. These are handheld, 1/40th second, ISO 1600, f/5.6, Nikon D5500. All room lights were off, these are just with the lens mounted ring light. Shots were in .jpeg, and I just chose "Auto" in Lightroom as processing:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]351771[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]351772[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>With a little increase in exposure, they look like this: </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]351773[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]351774[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Not a very clean penny obviously, but at least you can tell what a reverse mount with a ring light can do to something that small (how often do you see the seated Lincoln figure on the back of a penny?) I wouldn't necessarily use it for serious macro work, but I think it's certainly usable for just playing around. Especially if I was looking for a very inexpensive option.</p><p></p><p>Hope this helped!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dangerspouse, post: 752188, member: 46690"] Hi Blackstar. Sorry about the delay replying. 1. Lol. "Very lousy situation" is relative. I find it a rather enjoyable challenge :) 2. Are you kidding? There are TONS of tiny objects littering your house that are a blast to see under magnification! Did you see the pic I posted in your other thread - the one of the watch movement? I love that one, and all I had to do was flip over my watch to see it! Start looking at everyday things with an eye towards imagining what tiny details it contains, and soon you'll be overwhelmed with options! 3. I don't know if they make ring lights for reversed mount lenses. My own guess is "no", but I didn't look online. What I did do though is take my current ring light and attached it to my reverse mounted 18-55mm kit lens with a simple rubber band. (I didn't use my macro 40mm lens because I know you don't have one.) Here's are two sample shots of a penny I just took with that setup. These are handheld, 1/40th second, ISO 1600, f/5.6, Nikon D5500. All room lights were off, these are just with the lens mounted ring light. Shots were in .jpeg, and I just chose "Auto" in Lightroom as processing: [ATTACH=CONFIG]351771._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]351772._xfImport[/ATTACH] With a little increase in exposure, they look like this: [ATTACH=CONFIG]351773._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]351774._xfImport[/ATTACH] Not a very clean penny obviously, but at least you can tell what a reverse mount with a ring light can do to something that small (how often do you see the seated Lincoln figure on the back of a penny?) I wouldn't necessarily use it for serious macro work, but I think it's certainly usable for just playing around. Especially if I was looking for a very inexpensive option. Hope this helped! [/QUOTE]
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