DIY Thrifty Macro Lens
As I was browsingcloseout deals chain store last week, I stumbled upon a set of magnifying glasses while looking for some bargain rate notebooks. When I saw them I remembered this tutorial I had read a few days before. While I wasn’t specifically looking to make this project, I took advantage of my find and spent all of two dollars on 2 sets of 2 magnifiers. Let me just say this now, I am very fond of macro photography. Before I purchased my first *real* camera, I had a point and shoot with a jinky little flower button which would allow you to take macro/close-up shots. Until now, this is the only experience I had with macro but I still loved to get up close to photograph flowers, bugs, etc. and when I found this tutorial I was really looking forward to trying this out sometime to see how it worked. My father gave me a Sigma APO MACRO 180mm 1:2.8 lens but unfortunately it does not work with my modern DSLR and cannot be re-chipped. So until I can fully use that lens when I eventually enroll in a film photography class, I am willing to try what I can to get some understanding of macro photography.
- with my son, while daughter was at P.E. class [↩]
