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Adorama 4-way Focusing Rails: A Review

March 9, 2010 By 4 Comments
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I picked up the Adorama’s 4-way Focusing Rails recently to try out with my wife’s Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5X Macro lens. Adorama lists 2 versions of their 4-way Focusing Rails…one for ~$180 and a budget one for ~$80.  I’m not sure what the difference is between the two but based on recommendations, I picked [...]

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Make your own Macro lens with old binoculars

June 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Lifehacker has a great write-up on how to make your own Macro lens for your DSLR from old binoculars using achromatic diopters from the binoculars. Also provided on the Lifehacker page is a video showing you exactly how to make the macro lens…jump over to MetaCafe to view. Related articles by Zemanta Back-to-back lens rings [...]

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