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PaulC
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 Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2010 2:36 pm Post subject: Protecting a reversed lens |
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PaulC wrote:
One frequent comment about using reversed lenses for macros is that it leaves the back element (which is reversed to face outwards) badly exposed to potential damage.
The ridiculously obvious solution is to chop the top off a rear lens cap and use it as a lens hood. A 42mm lens cap projects about 1cm in front of the lens element, making quite a decent "hood" and still leaving several centimeters between the end of the hood and the subject being shot.
I'm sure this has been done before (though I can't recall seeing it mentioned) but I thought I would just put it here for the record, since this site is becoming an increasingly important reference source on all things MF.
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Screamin Scott
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Screamin Scott wrote:
If you are shooting Nikon, you can use a BR-3 adapter which will allow you to mount a filter for protection.A BR-2 attaches to the lens to reverse it & then the BR-3 attaches to the mount end of the reversed lens & the filter (or hood) screws into the BR-3...
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Shiladitya
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| Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2010 5:03 pm Post subject: |
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Shiladitya wrote:
| Screamin Scott wrote: |
| If you are shooting Nikon, you can use a BR-3 adapter which will allow you to mount a filter for protection.A BR-2 attaches to the lens to reverse it & then the BR-3 attaches to the mount end of the reversed lens & the filter (or hood) screws into the BR-3... |
I do the same...
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