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DIY SuperMacro lens for under $10
- Thread starter clowntown
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Very Cool. How do you determine the length of tubing?
The length of the tubing allows you to have a little bit of control on the magnification and focus, depending on the type of camera you have.
Mine is just long enough to securely hold onto the camera's telescoping lens, and hold the loupe's lens in its entirety + about a 1/2" of room to move the lens back and forth, if necessary. There's a notch in the middle of the coupling that prevents the lens from sliding back any further than that point.
This is my Canon SD750:
Can you see where it fits onto?
Mine is just long enough to securely hold onto the camera's telescoping lens, and hold the loupe's lens in its entirety + about a 1/2" of room to move the lens back and forth, if necessary. There's a notch in the middle of the coupling that prevents the lens from sliding back any further than that point.
This is my Canon SD750:
Can you see where it fits onto?
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Well done sir! I have an el cheapo pos camera that JUST gets by and this will def be a project in my future! Thanks!
Namaste, mess
Namaste, mess
BesideHimself
Member
Oooh.
Oooh.
I'm going to be trying this out tomorrow - I also have the SD750.
Your initial pictures came out much better than I had anticipated upon reading, and with a tripod I would expect the clarity to be even better.
Thanks for the tip!
Oooh.
I'm going to be trying this out tomorrow - I also have the SD750.
Your initial pictures came out much better than I had anticipated upon reading, and with a tripod I would expect the clarity to be even better.
Thanks for the tip!
Very cool idea clowntown!
If you spend a bit more on a triplet (3 lenses) jeweler's loupe, your pictures will look sharp edge to edge, like this
Instead of this
You will see aplanatic aberrations like this with cheap jeweler's loupes. This distortion is corrected (along with color distortion) by using more than one lense.
If you spend a bit more on a triplet (3 lenses) jeweler's loupe, your pictures will look sharp edge to edge, like this
Instead of this
You will see aplanatic aberrations like this with cheap jeweler's loupes. This distortion is corrected (along with color distortion) by using more than one lense.
blynx said:Very cool idea clowntown!
If you spend a bit more on a triplet (3 lenses) jeweler's loupe, your pictures will look sharp edge to edge, like this
Instead of this
You will see aplanatic aberrations like this with cheap jeweler's loupes. This distortion is corrected (along with color distortion) by using more than one lense.
Very nice addendum to clowntown's post blynx... Very nice.
Canon PowerShot
Canon PowerShot
Thanks for that info, blynx!
Pretty decent auto-ISO detection.
But I really like the PowerShot's compared to a couple of other digital cameras I've had in the past, including recent Sony CyberShot's (no custom white balance!) and Nikon Coolpix P&S cameras.
Great macros with magnifying lens. Gotta check out the "Digital Macro" feature soon...
Canon PowerShot
Thanks for that info, blynx!
High ISO speed is good.devilgoob said:Powershot rules. I take pictures of fans and it gets all the blades with no blur....as if the fan stood still for the shot.
Pretty decent auto-ISO detection.But I really like the PowerShot's compared to a couple of other digital cameras I've had in the past, including recent Sony CyberShot's (no custom white balance!) and Nikon Coolpix P&S cameras.
Great macros with magnifying lens. Gotta check out the "Digital Macro" feature soon...
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A great idea, thanks Clowntown 
Loupes - singlet, triplet, and fakes
Loupes - singlet, triplet, and fakes
Thanks all for the support.
So I did a little looking around for "triplet" loupes, and it turns out that there are two types:
I have the fake triplet, consisting of a single lens as you see below.
http://www.njminerals.org/loupes.html
Pfft, whatever. Looks good 'nuf to me:
Oh yeah...
Loupes - singlet, triplet, and fakes
Thanks all for the support.
So I did a little looking around for "triplet" loupes, and it turns out that there are two types:
- True triple-lens
- Fake triplets, using a single lens -- but can produce better results than regular single lens
I have the fake triplet, consisting of a single lens as you see below.
http://www.njminerals.org/loupes.html
http://www.njminerals.org/loupes.html said:
Not all so-called "triplet" loupes are true 3-lens magnifiers. The type at right is often advertised as a "triplet", yet disassembly reveals it to have only one, simple lens. The price is often the clue- this one was in the $3 to $5 range.
Some single-lens "fake triplets" actually give very good image quality, but this appears to be luck. The quality is unpredictable but usually not that great. I keep these around for field-collecting, unless the image quality is really bad.
Pfft, whatever. Looks good 'nuf to me:
Oh yeah...
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Don Cotyle
clowntown your getting props and rep!!! Excellent idea, I know what I'll be doing this weekend!!!
Danger Mouse
Member
Excellent idea/execution Clowntown. I regularly follow your threads.
Best,
DM
Best,
DM
