What's happened macro rings - These are ordinary hollow tubes that change the working length of your lens. That is, it is just a tube that is placed between the lens and the camera.
Macro rings
How do they work - Imagine that you are focusing on a fixed lens, one of the old ones, where the entire lens block (all lenses) travels during focusing, you turn the focuser, all the lenses slowly exit (the trunk of the lens lengthens), exit and exit as much as the lens design allows you to. But the focuser spins to a certain value and to extend (push back) we add rings even more. Of course, in modern lenses, focusing sometimes happens in a different way, because the explanations are given just for example.
Rings on macro rings
For whom it will be useful to use macro rings?
Firstly, I meet a lot of people who want to do macro photography, but from my own experience I know that this is not an easy thing that requires a lot of patience, the ability to handle photographic equipment and a lot, a lot of effort. Therefore, in order not to spend your money on the purchase of an expensive macro lens without full confidence in the need and desire to shoot macro, there is cheap macro ring alternative. Macro rings will give you a taste of all the delights and complexities of macro photography and allow you to make the right decisions about whether you need to engage in macro photography or just a fleeting desire.
Rings in the middle of the macro ring
When using macro rings, it is important for practice to know that
- The length of the macro ring affects the focusing distance; the longer the macro ring (or a group of them), the greater the increase in such a bunch. Macro rings usually consist of 3-6 pieces, depending on the desired approximation they are added to each other, thus making the increase we need.
- You can focus just like a regular lensbut it’s much easier and faster to move the unit back and forth.
- Actual aperture value decreases. By the way, even when focusing from infinity to the minimum distance that the lens can focus, the aperture value also changes, but not significantly. Although before there were lenses, when focusing on which the slider showed the real aperture value.
- As with regular macro, to increase the depth of field should close the diaphragm, and thoroughly until F16-F36 to get the whole macro object sharp. Wherein excerpt will increase greatly, or it will be necessary to increase ISO, therefore, when shooting macro - flash the chief assistant to the photographer. Ideally, for a macro, it would be nice for the photographer to have portable miniature nuclear explosions to illuminate the object, but these are already jokes from a number of fiction.
Photo using macro rings. Flower
Modern macro rings may be with microprocessor contacts, that is, transferring control from the camera to the lens, and the usual ones - without any contacts, therefore, when using macro rings, you will often have to do everything manually. If you are using rings without contacts, a lens that has aperture control is the best choice. New lenses with internal iris control will not allow convenient operation with macro tubes without contacts.
Photo using macro rings. Flower and insect
For the examples in this article, I used old metal macro rings that do not support automatic focusing and data transfer from the lens to the camera and vice versa. My rings are made up of 8 elements and have an impressive weight. Photos in the article made with their help, as well as with the lens Industar-61 LZ MS 50mm F2.8.
View of the camera with macro rings
Advantages of using macro rings:
- Relative cheapness of ringsYou can find very cheap options.
- No need to buy a special macro lenswhich is very expensive. For example, the cheapest macro lens for Nikon is the Nikon 60mm f / 2.8D AF Micro-Nikkor, which now stands at around $ 500. The brand new Nikon 40mm f / 2.8 AF-S Micro-Nikkor will most likely not be cheap either.
- Easy to install, just add the rings between the camera and the lens and start shooting.
- You can squeeze a good Macro from almost any lens.
- Normal picture quality, which can compete with the picture from modern specialized lenses.
- The ability to shoot super macro in a ratio greater than 1 to 1. If you apply the rings to a macro lens, you can get something like a microscope.
Photo using macro rings. Plants
Disadvantages (depending on the types of macro rings):
- For some cameras aftofocus may be missing when using rings.
- Cheap rings do not have contacts for transferring data from the camera to the lens and vice versa. In this case, the possibility of econometrics may be lost.
- Conventional macro rings do not have automatic iris control. The aperture must be set manually on the lens.
- Lens resolution decreases. That is, the number of lines per millimeter that the matrix can still distinguish is decreasing.
- The final picture is getting worse due to amplifications of various kinds of distortions, various parasitic flare-ups, noises and other shortcomings may appear.
- The actual aperture value decreases.
Photo using macro rings. Leaf
Alternatives to macro rings bellows are used, a reverse adapter, macro lenses, sometimes even a huge number of megapixels for cutting (cropping, crop) pictures. And of course, these are macro lenses, or lenses with good magnification. Another tricky and cheap way to make a good macro is to find in this article.
Small berry through a macro ring
Interesting momentthat ordinary soap dishes can shoot macro - this is probably one of not many advantages of conventional digital cameras over SLR cameras with interchangeable lenses. An ordinary soap dish can often focus just a couple of millimeters to the subject and get a sharp picture with a normal depth of field. Due to the small physical size of the matrix, the depth of field will increase. Read more in the article about crop factor.
Photo using macro rings. Chestnut
If you shoot with a macro-ring on a zoom lens, then its zoom (zoom) will serve as a kind of focusing function. I used this trick when creating a video for macro through a lens changer for Granite-11.
Depth of field in macro photography plays a huge role, you must always remember that it is very small, even closing the aperture to 8.0 there is no certainty that the whole object will fall into the zone of sharpness. In the example below, the insect's antennae fell out of the sharply depicted space and turned out to be blurry. Also pay attention to chromatic aberrationthat are amplified by macro.
Photo using macro rings. Insect
Here are examples of using macro rings with auto focus support. Pictures taken with an inexpensive lens Canon Lens EF 40mm 1: 2.8 STM and a simple camera Canon 350D using the very cheap Meike Macro Extension Tube for Canon. At the same time, the lens was automatically focused when shooting macro, and the camera worked in any mode available to it:
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Macro rings - an indispensable alternative for peoplewho want to test themselves in macro photography. They give excellent picture quality, excellent approximation, and are not at all expensive, compared to specialized macro lenses.
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Good day..
I have Vega U11 in my arms. And I would like to somehow cope with the task with your help. I have Nikon d 80, d 90 and d 700. After reading all your tips, I understand that you need to attach the KP-42 \ N shank to Vega's back. And M 39 \ M 42 where? to Vega, and then Vega to the carcass?
I will be grateful for the answer ..
Now which of the adapters is suitable? http://www.gfotostore.ru/catalog/view/51.html or http://www.gfotostore.ru/catalog/view/121.html
There are two options, M39-M42 + M42-Nikon, or you can glue KP-42 \ N. If with KP-42 \ N, then nothing else is needed. The second link is just 39-M42.
thanks for the answer. that is, according to option 1, you need to take 2 adapters?
Yes, two, I have not yet met the M39-Nikon version.
Hello. There are lenses on the M39: I-26m, I-50, I-61 L / D, Jupiter-11, Helios-44. Please tell me which one is better to use under the macro and through which adapters (macro rings)? Nikon 5100 camera.
Perfect for macro I-61 L / D through adapter M39 + M42 + M42-Nikon.
Thank you for your help. Is it better to take the macro rings on the M39 or M42 for I-61L / D?
The rings themselves are better on the M42, then it will be easier to use with other optics under the M42.
Helios-44 (always with a reverse !!!) + any extension rings or macromech (see also my other comments on this review).
Arkady I have a dilemma in choosing macro rings for Nikon 50mm f / 1.8G AF-S Nikkor if you take the tube then the aperture control will disappear or not
If we take the usual cheap macro rings, then there will be no control of the diaphragm, and it will be constantly equal to 16.
Arkady I have a Nikond3100 and kit 18-55mm. I want a macro ring and everything works. And autofocus and aperture controller. What do you advise to take?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/360518907586?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
look this one? will it fit?
Thanks. Informative article.
Here is my review of macro rings.
http://fotokto.ru/id29895/blog?view=5405
The review is VERY amateur, so do not kick much.
Good day! I bought a macro ring, dressed, and when you look in the viewfinder, darkness :) what to do?
Please tell me what's the matter ??
What kind of lens do you have this problem with?
50 mm 1,4 Nikon. Fotik Nikon d800
Fotik generally does not allow the aperture to be set. Writes a symbol in the form of a triangle where the diaphragm
Good day to all. I am new to DSLR photography, but I want to learn. Now I’m trying at home a macro ring with a NIKKOR 50 mm 1: 2 lens (the old one is all manual) and I can’t bring in sharpness only if I bring the lens closer to the solid object (none the insect will not let it get so close to itself). I have a Nikon 5100. What is the mistake? or maybe nothing will work out with such a lens?
Everything will turn out with any lens with a focal length of at least 135 mm + a macrolens of + 2D (the larger the diopter, the better).
Good evening) I bought a macro ring, a Helios 44m lens, I wear rings + an M42 adapter + lens, darkness, what is the problem? how to set up the camera or rings / lens just don't fit?
Also tried with fifty fifty. Nikon, also darkness, the Nikon D1.8 camera. What to look for a problem?
Good day. People help. I bought a macro ring, well, for the sake of interest, I connected the adapters to each other (an adapter for a carcass with an adapter-bayonet), now I can not disconnect. I understand that the situation is stupid, but it must be resolved. tell someone.
Sorry for the air shock. Understood.
Honestly, when I wrote the question, I really hoped to get at least some answer. :(
Hello, Arkady. I want to assemble a budget system for macro, in the arsenal I have:
1) Helios 44-2, M42 macro rings, (it is planned to purchase an M42-Nikon adapter with a dandelion without a lens)
2) Jupiter8 from rangefinder optics, M39 macro rings, (I’ll buy a planned adapter M39-M42, adapter M42-Nikon (I don’t know if it’s suitable for non-mirror optics?))
3) Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f / 1.8G (planned to purchase 52MM MACRO REVERSE ADAPTER RING FOR NIKON)
4) the mouth is still whale 18-55, but what can it do with it also for reverse?
Help, maybe there are more interesting options? :))) on the new macro, Nikon is limited in finances (((
And the depth of field will increase when using macro rings and a converter. Specifically, TC2 + 70-200f2,8. I shoot birds at close range. How to increase the flu ???
DOF increases by twisting the diaphragm
Chi is not a win є diffraction when macroscopic, you can close the diaphragm as much as 16 Chi 36?
Please tell me. There is Nikon D90 + 50 1.8D + macro rings. In such a bundle, the Nissin Di 622 mark 2 external flash does not work. I put it both in manual mode on the camera and on
nothing helps the flash. The built-in works fine, without rings and nyssin it works as it should, but with rings it doesn't work. Tell me can anyone faced such a problem. Thanks in advance! Non-autofocus rings.
Good afternoon! Please tell me, such a situation, I put a reversing ring on the lens, but at the same time F- flashes on the camera, as I understand the experiment failed. Lens Nikkor 18-105, PHOTO Nikon D 90
It should be so. Switch to mode M.
Good afternoon!
Are lenses suitable for medium format (Mir-26) with rings corresponding to the bayonet mount?
Hello, does it make sense to buy a macro ring for a whale 18-55? 52mm is it right?
Macro lens and macro ring are one and the same? what's the difference?
Good day. With kenon eos 1100d, my hobby is to shoot flowers. I wanted to buy a new lens and camera, I read your article, I realized that you can save a lot.
Tell me, what do I need to buy in order to shoot small items, but so that they are full screen for my photo camera. From macro rings and what else.
Thank you.