Showing off my new macro lens!!!

**Geniusdudekiran** · 12-25-2011, 06:12 PM

How much are they and what exactly do they do?

**Bettatail** · 12-25-2011, 08:12 PM

impressive! good idea and simple tools to make instant bellows and take macro pictures.

use black paper to make a cone on the DVD lens, reduce side glare.

**Geniusdudekiran** · 12-25-2011, 08:37 PM

Well I can't really do that because I have to hold it VERY close to the subject. Would moving the lens farther away from the lens of my camera allow me to shoot subjects farther away, or is it the other way around?

**Geniusdudekiran** · 12-26-2011, 02:11 PM

Anyone know the answer?

**mistergreen** · 12-26-2011, 04:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Geniusdudekiran

How much are they and what exactly do they do?

it's $10
http://www.amazon.com/Sakar-Close-Up...4918842&sr=8-1
They're like your magnifying thing but you get better quality.

They attach to your slr lens.

**Geniusdudekiran** · 12-26-2011, 04:32 PM

Cool. Too bad I don't have an slr lens

. Soon, hopefully.

tzen · 12-27-2011, 05:28 PM

Poor Genius comes up with a really cool DIY for a macro lens on a cell phone, made for free, and he gets feedback on f-stops and exposure time. LOL!
This is the DIY forum, people!

So, kudos, Genius, on the DIY! I think it is really cool, and a big upgrade on what a cell phone can do. SFW it if does not measure up to a SLR with a true macro lens.

What did you use for the cardboard tube?

**Geniusdudekiran** · 12-27-2011, 05:56 PM

Haha I'm not poor -- just... Ingenious

. I was supposed to be wrapping gifts when I made it... So used the cardboard from the wrapping paper.

**h4n** · 12-27-2011, 06:39 PM

That is so cool Kiran!

**Geniusdudekiran** · 12-27-2011, 06:50 PM

Thanks Han. Maybe I'll start selling them

**h4n** · 12-27-2011, 07:15 PM

I just tried this with a microscope lens I have in my lab, it's magnified my cell phone picture enough so I could take pictures of the diode with my cell phone!!!

**Geniusdudekiran** · 12-27-2011, 07:59 PM

Oooh, a lab

. Post pics!

**h4n** · 12-27-2011, 08:59 PM

I'm actually out of work already.

lauraleellbp · 12-27-2011, 09:04 PM

I just scrolled through the pics at first thinking... dude I sure hope you can get your money back...

Then I actually read your post, and now I'm impressed. Cool!

**Bettatail** · 12-27-2011, 09:17 PM

I do have much better setup, a DSLR camera and a 180mm macro lens, but once in a while my DSLR is not ready, I only need to the pull out my phone and a "macro lens" from my pocket, and take some macro pictures.

just found the answer on these cell phone attached lenses, and there are more available in full range: fish eye, wide angle, long range, macro... lenses!

try photojojo, the seller on evil bay.

12-25-2011, 06:12 PM	#16
Geniusdudekiran Prodigious Plant Pundit (View User Tanks) PTrader: (43/98%) Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Columbia, SC Posts: 5,350	How much are they and what exactly do they do? __________________ "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." -- Steve Jobs ADA Mini S "Treeless Mountain" Do!Aqua 20-C: Wabi Kusa

12-25-2011, 08:12 PM	#17
Bettatail Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (79/98%) Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: San Francisco Posts: 1,948	impressive! good idea and simple tools to make instant bellows and take macro pictures. use black paper to make a cone on the DVD lens, reduce side glare. __________________ The Metering(Needle) Valve Selection for CO2 Pressurized System Complete Leak check, Double Stage Regulator Pressurized system CO2 safety, Read! Canon Pimp Club #17

12-25-2011, 08:37 PM	#18
Geniusdudekiran Prodigious Plant Pundit (View User Tanks) PTrader: (43/98%) Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Columbia, SC Posts: 5,350	Well I can't really do that because I have to hold it VERY close to the subject. Would moving the lens farther away from the lens of my camera allow me to shoot subjects farther away, or is it the other way around? __________________ "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." -- Steve Jobs ADA Mini S "Treeless Mountain" Do!Aqua 20-C: Wabi Kusa

12-26-2011, 02:11 PM	#19
Geniusdudekiran Prodigious Plant Pundit (View User Tanks) PTrader: (43/98%) Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Columbia, SC Posts: 5,350	Anyone know the answer? __________________ "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." -- Steve Jobs ADA Mini S "Treeless Mountain" Do!Aqua 20-C: Wabi Kusa

12-26-2011, 04:32 PM	#21
Geniusdudekiran Prodigious Plant Pundit (View User Tanks) PTrader: (43/98%) Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Columbia, SC Posts: 5,350	Cool. Too bad I don't have an slr lens . Soon, hopefully. __________________ "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." -- Steve Jobs ADA Mini S "Treeless Mountain" Do!Aqua 20-C: Wabi Kusa

12-27-2011, 05:28 PM	#22
tzen Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 136	Poor Genius comes up with a really cool DIY for a macro lens on a cell phone, made for free, and he gets feedback on f-stops and exposure time. LOL! This is the DIY forum, people! So, kudos, Genius, on the DIY! I think it is really cool, and a big upgrade on what a cell phone can do. SFW it if does not measure up to a SLR with a true macro lens. What did you use for the cardboard tube? __________________ 75g vert planted paludarium

12-27-2011, 05:56 PM	#23
Geniusdudekiran Prodigious Plant Pundit (View User Tanks) PTrader: (43/98%) Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Columbia, SC Posts: 5,350	Haha I'm not poor -- just... Ingenious . I was supposed to be wrapping gifts when I made it... So used the cardboard from the wrapping paper. __________________ "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." -- Steve Jobs ADA Mini S "Treeless Mountain" Do!Aqua 20-C: Wabi Kusa

12-27-2011, 06:39 PM	#24
h4n Hobbuiness Man (View User Tanks) PTrader: (465/100%) Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Charlton, Mass Posts: 4,116	That is so cool Kiran! __________________ My Planted Tank ROOM~!!!

12-27-2011, 06:50 PM	#25
Geniusdudekiran Prodigious Plant Pundit (View User Tanks) PTrader: (43/98%) Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Columbia, SC Posts: 5,350	Thanks Han. Maybe I'll start selling them __________________ "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." -- Steve Jobs ADA Mini S "Treeless Mountain" Do!Aqua 20-C: Wabi Kusa

12-27-2011, 07:15 PM	#26
h4n Hobbuiness Man (View User Tanks) PTrader: (465/100%) Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Charlton, Mass Posts: 4,116	I just tried this with a microscope lens I have in my lab, it's magnified my cell phone picture enough so I could take pictures of the diode with my cell phone!!! __________________ My Planted Tank ROOM~!!!

12-27-2011, 07:59 PM	#27
Geniusdudekiran Prodigious Plant Pundit (View User Tanks) PTrader: (43/98%) Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Columbia, SC Posts: 5,350	Oooh, a lab . Post pics! __________________ "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." -- Steve Jobs ADA Mini S "Treeless Mountain" Do!Aqua 20-C: Wabi Kusa

12-27-2011, 08:59 PM	#28
h4n Hobbuiness Man (View User Tanks) PTrader: (465/100%) Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Charlton, Mass Posts: 4,116	I'm actually out of work already. __________________ My Planted Tank ROOM~!!!

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lauraleellbp Fresh Fish Freak (View User Tanks) PTrader: (69/100%) Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Tampa, Florida Posts: 22,486	I just scrolled through the pics at first thinking... dude I sure hope you can get your money back... Then I actually read your post, and now I'm impressed. Cool! __________________ Geckos galore: Geckos in Tails, and follow Geckos in Tails on Facebook 29 gal Planted Tetra Tank, 46 gal Betta simplex community, 90 gal Low Tech Community, Amazon Fishing; my Journal of 10 days in Bolivia along the Rio San Martin

12-27-2011, 09:17 PM	#30
Bettatail Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (79/98%) Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: San Francisco Posts: 1,948	I do have much better setup, a DSLR camera and a 180mm macro lens, but once in a while my DSLR is not ready, I only need to the pull out my phone and a "macro lens" from my pocket, and take some macro pictures. just found the answer on these cell phone attached lenses, and there are more available in full range: fish eye, wide angle, long range, macro... lenses! try photojojo, the seller on evil bay. __________________ The Metering(Needle) Valve Selection for CO2 Pressurized System Complete Leak check, Double Stage Regulator Pressurized system CO2 safety, Read! Canon Pimp Club #17

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