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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Friends, tell me, please, autofocus macro rings for sony alpha 290 and a regular lens-fifty dollars?
thanks in advance
Good day! I have a nikon d90 with a 50 / 1.8 lens, I want to buy autofocus macro rings. Please tell me, is there any sense from this combination, maybe it is better to use them with kit18-105?
not very much.
It is easier to buy which of the old manual industrial rangefinder, such as Industar-26M, + an adapter and a set of Soviet macro rings - will be much cheaper and more suitable.
Or a reverse ring.
Maybe it is better not a rangefinder Industar, but a mirror ?! The rangefinder cannot use the focus ring. By harshness Industars are directly created for makruhi. The sense of autofocus is not enough in macro photography because he likes to miss because the insect managed to escape from the depth of field zone.
First, it is possible.
Second, what's the point? the rangefinder is already a makrik in itself, for some species it is even possible without rings.
Sergey, can you advise the lens from your own experience?
Industar-61 LZ MS 50mm F2.8 - it is for a DSLR.
There is a similar one for the rangefinder, they should not be confused. For the price they are very different. If the object does not fit into the frame, then in the SLR version you can move back and twist the focus ring, but with the rangefinder version of the same lens this option will not work.
If the size of your subject will not exceed 15 mm, then you can save and take the rangefinder option.
Thank you very much for your advice! =) Apparently this is what I will do ... There is also Helios 44, though I read that it is not very suitable for macro, it's a pity of course.
Helios-44 is a soft focus lens + it has more MDF than Industar. Gelik is better for a portrait.
Hello! And I have an i-61 for the rangefinder, Nikon5200. What can I do with this lens?))) There are Soviet adapters and macro rings.
And more questions - if you use Helios 44-2 with macro rings, can you get good macro photography?
Can I wind the macro rings on the whale 18-55, naturally using adapters, and get a macro shot?
Thanks in advance)))
well, you can take out the glasses and you get a cool entourage candlestick. Or a construction set for a baby - so many shiny details, or you can shoot them macro, for example, with or without rings.
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Soviet macro rings have nothing to wind at 18-55.
Thank you)
This is pure masochism, Soviet rings at 18-55, it’s necessary to control the diaphragm somehow, stuff a piece of paper or a match into the slot and not know how much it is closed (open). And the ring can be used only the narrowest and only 55 mm. Not to mention that the detail on 18-55 is of very amateur quality. You can achieve acceptable quality only using a powerful flash, and preferably two or a candy bar with a softbox so that there is a lot of light, on the verge of exposure.
Helios-44-2 is a soft focus lens. You can use it with macro rings, but I don't see the point. all the same there will be no “ringing” sharpness.
I-61 rangefinder - excellent sharpness will be, but the focusing ring will not work for you. If in terms of sharpness / picture it suits you and are not afraid of the full manual mode, then it may be worth considering the purchase of Industar-61L / 3 (for a DSLR).
18-55 + Soviet extension rings - not compatible. If you nevertheless put them on with the help of adapters, then you will have to shoot always with a completely closed aperture. Or completely open if you hold down the iris control lever with a match. But this is all from the evil one.
I try the I-61 range finder, generally no sharpness (((
It is necessary to focus by moving the camera closer and closer to the subject. It will be hard to focus, but if you get into focus, the sharpness will be gorgeous.
And if Helios-44-2 without micro rings, then as a portrait portrait of norms?)))) Thanks for the answers!
A good portraiture for a beginner. That's just re-read it is desirable.
The technique is different for lenses released before 1983 and after 1983.
http://www.fotuz.ru/69-pereyustirovka-gelios-44-2-proizvodstva-posle-1983-goda-na-nikon.html
My Helios-44-2 was released after 1983.
I did this: I replaced the adjustment ring with a wire ring made from a regular paper clip. The wire diameter is about 0,8 mm. As a result, I got the opportunity to focus at a distance of 5-6 m. For portrait photography, this was enough for me.
I’ll show my husband, let him redo))) Thank you!
I try my i-61, which is not at all))) only like a macro or something ...))) I began to think about my own fifty dollars))
Here's how% comes out))
Close the diaphragm to at least 8, or even 11.
And a flash essno.
Chamber DPEG: http://album.foto.ru/photo/4124638/
Lightly processed NEF: http://album.foto.ru/photo/4124639/
When processing (Nikon Capture NX2), the sharpness was not touched: only exposure, white balance, shadow protection, backlight protection and a bit of saturation.
In principle, you get into focus. What aperture was shot? To increase the depth of field it is necessary that it be at least 8, and preferably 11. Clamp to 16 does not make sense since the diffraction limit of the diaphragm begins to affect and an increase in the depth of field does not occur.
The photos shown are made on the D5100 with a rangefinder I-61 without the use of rings and flash.
Wow!) Thank you! and you have an 61 rangefinder?) I don’t remember what a diaphragm was (
Well, I'll try again)))
Yes, the I-61 rangefinder is the same as yours.
no further focus
Helios44-2 + three Soviet macro rings + adapter.
Taken with a Nikon5200.
The first photo-hole 16, the light is a table lamp, the depth of field ring on Helios is completely open.
The most interesting thing is that with any diaphragm with an open ring, the depth of field is very small and does not change.
The second photo, hole 16, a light-built-in flash with a power of 1/8 and with a completely closed ring of depth of field.
When this ring is closed on a completely closed hole, the image is very darkened and therefore additional light is required.
Second photo
My device
This photo was taken with the same set of optics,
but only with Canon 60D.
So only Helios can draw bokeh.
Great photo!
and papillary lines on the “bokeh” are fingerprints on the lens?))
Sample photos on Vega-11U + Nikon D300
18-55 draws quite normally. and macro I tried moss and photographed its flowers without macro rings. and even flashes and everything turns out well
Photo #2
Photo #3
Photo #4
Tell me - there is a Helios-44 I want to screw it to Nikon D5300 with macro rings, but I don’t understand which kit to take, what to what to attach to? Ie a variant of a lens-adapter-rings for Nikon (without a chip) or a lens - rings for helios -adapter?
there may be rings for M42 (similar to those in the first photo, you can find them for a penny at all, I have three sets), then the system is like this: 'Lens-rings-adapter-carcass'.
You can take macro rings for your system (Nikon, or Canon), then they will fit other lenses of your system (but with the nuances of the aperture on Nikon), in this case the system looks like this: 'Lens-adapter-rings-carcass'
Macro rings from Nikon - is there such a beast in nature?, Which set would you recommend? The fact is that I did not find it on their website. Thanks in advance. There are various companies that make rings for Nikon bayonet. What better no one can tell. I saw Meike (that is, they are interested within 5k rubles, but with autofocus).
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Meike-Extension-Tube-Auto-Focus-Macro-N-AF1-B-for-Nikon-D750-D7100-D5200-D80-D90-/221998297918?hash=item33b021333e:g:htQAAOSw~bFWLhss
These ones work fine, less than 3000 tr if in terms of, I don’t know the exact course.
And how will they behave on FF?
Is it possible to put modern macro rings on i-61 l / d? Through adapters naturally. Or do you need Soviet?
on Ali 24 $ https://clck.ru/AKwSW
I found these rings. Suspiciously low price only confuses. Arkady, can I get your opinion?
http://pontok.com.ua/makro-kolca-metal-%21%21-s-avtofokusom-canon-macro–krasnij-.html
I took a set of macro rings on the Canon 600d to play. It was interesting with 3 rings and 18-55 whale, at 55mm it was still possible not to rest against the subject with glass, but already at about 33-35mm it sees dust on the front lens, with a decrease in focal length, judging by the change in the dust pattern, and dust on internal lenses.
Just about, it is the dust on the front lens, and on the inside. At first, confusion, what the hell is there. I tried to wipe it ... Then I realized that there was dust inside.
Hello. On the D90, when shooting on macro rings, the flash does not work, both built-in and external.
In what could be the reason?
Shoots without a flash, open the flash or hook an external one - it starts blinking and does not release the shutter ...
The built-in works in the “M” mode. But the SB-600 has not yet been launched.
When connected, flash information flashes on the secondary screen and does not release the shutter.
Is it possible to work with an external flash through macro rings?
Try to put the flash in manual mode
Arkady, tell me, will the adapter from fuji to the Soviet lens not work like a macro ring? he's so wide)
Macro rings are available, including autofocus on Nikon. The latter, or rather, do not buy any autofocus on the DSLRs - phase autofocus is definitely not friendly with them, everything has hand-to-hand combat. Maybe contrasting ones will work on autofocus.
Thanks. I like macro photography, but with rings it’s even more interesting to try than immediately switching to a macro lens