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Supplementary lenses & adapters?

petrochemist
April 5, 2023
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    petrochemist
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    April 5, 2023, 11:23 a.m. April 5, 2023, 11:23 a.m.
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    As well as proper adapted lenses, I have quite a few adapters that mount on the front of normal lenses. Do you feel such devices are different enough to be counted as adapted lenses?
    These range from simple close up lenses, stacked lenses, wide angle adapters right up to a 360 degree adapter giving shots like this in a single shot:
    live.staticflickr.com/3739/9523113503_0ec4ab527f_b.jpgIn a world of my own by Mike Kanssen, on Flickr

    (Cropped & with extra sky cloned in at the corners)

    I don't feel close up lenses qualify unless used directly (without another lens) there are plenty of other places for such images. The others feel more appropriate to me :)

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    • By petrochemist on April 5, 2023, 11:24 a.m..
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    April 5, 2023, 8:45 p.m. April 5, 2023, 8:45 p.m.
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    It's looks really interesting and I'd absolutely count that as fitting under the wider 'adapted lens' umbrella.

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    May 27, 2023, 7:50 p.m. May 27, 2023, 7:50 p.m.
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    Here are a few more shots with the above adapter
    Another small world shot
    live.staticflickr.com/2807/9559493094_412b4faeec_b.jpgNEPW - P1080495 small by Mike Kanssen, on Flickr

    and a more unusual shot aiming sideways
    live.staticflickr.com/3788/9525890690_fa8b29715f_b.jpgReflected selfie by Mike Kanssen, on Flickr

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    simplejoy
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    May 27, 2023, 9:04 p.m. May 27, 2023, 9:04 p.m.
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    @petrochemist has written:

    Here are a few more shots with the above adapter
    Another small world shot
    live.staticflickr.com/2807/9559493094_412b4faeec_b.jpgNEPW - P1080495 small by Mike Kanssen, on Flickr

    I really like that - seems to work particularly well, if there is a lot going on in the scene and some things/people/buildings standing out. 👍

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    May 27, 2023, 9:45 p.m. May 27, 2023, 9:45 p.m.
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    @simplejoy has written:

    I really like that - seems to work particularly well, if there is a lot going on in the scene and some things/people/buildings standing out. 👍

    Thanks, it's my favorite of my attempts with this toy. All the people I've seen in the shot were members of our photo workshop & were standing much closer together than it looks. IQ at the edges seems to be somewhat disappointing so I've never tried it indoors.
    live.staticflickr.com/7420/9523108021_53cd7c0ab7_b.jpgWoodland planet by Mike Kanssen, on Flickr

    Maybe a careful clean of the mirror will improve it, and trying it on a different lens might help, IIRC few of the lenses I had handy would focus close enough without including too much vignetting - all the examples I have were taken using my MFT kit zoom at it's longest focal length.

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