Taking nice close-ups w/o the $1000 camera. Mag glass method.

[melev]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7699786#post7699786 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by RobbyG
Ok but someone explain why on my camera it demagnify's the image?

You need to reverse the magnifying glass.

 

[RobbyG]

If by reverse you mean flipping it around, I tried that in the first 10 minutes.

 

[melev]

I was just kidding. It seemed if it was demagnifying, then you'd need to flip it.

 

[RhodeIslandReef]

Snausages01 -
Nice shots. How big is that clam? I really like the second pic the way it shines above the mouth.


RobbyG -
Maybe like you mentioned, your camera is compensating for the magnifying glass. I've only tried this with the Kodak easyshare camera that I have so I'm not sure which cameras it will work with.

Also, how close are you putting the camera to the magnifying glass? Sometimes it takes a little experimenting to get a good picture. I sometimes will have the camera 4-5 inches away from the magnifying glass and then use the zoom from the camera to get some of the shots.

 

[RobbyG]

Tried all different distances and it always seems to compensate.
I am pretty sure that the camera is doing some sort of compensation because if I hold the focus and then remove the Mag the picture ends up totaly blurry.