Timeline for Is there any protection ring available for reversed lenses?
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| Mar 8, 2013 at 2:13 | comment | added | drfrogsplat | With electronic apertures in newer lenses, you can have the lens on the camera normally, set the aperture, press the DOF-preview button, and while holding it remove the lens from the camera. The lens will keep holding the "previewed" aperture until you put it back on a camera the right way around. So that can let you adjust the aperture for reverse-lens shooting (might be Canon only though?). | |
| Mar 7, 2013 at 9:33 | history | edited | MikeW | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 17, 2012 at 12:37 | comment | added | xtarsy | yes manual apperture ring ; ) | |
| May 17, 2012 at 8:19 | comment | added | eephyne | Awww you mean aperture ring. Didnt think of it. Hum need to found an old lense now. | |
| May 17, 2012 at 8:00 | comment | added | eephyne | I know that, but does the protection ring allow you to have access to the manual aperture ? | |
| May 16, 2012 at 22:24 | comment | added | xtarsy | It protects your reversed lens. Changing the apperture when reversing a lens is only possible with a lens that has a manual apperture. I would use that kind of lens when doing reversed macro. ; ) | |
| May 16, 2012 at 20:43 | comment | added | eephyne | Nice !! I was afraid this was only for canon but there ils also a model for nikon, sweet .but can you still manipulate the aperture with that on it ? If not, its kind of useless :/ | |
| May 16, 2012 at 20:42 | vote | accept | eephyne | ||
| May 16, 2012 at 9:53 | history | edited | xtarsy | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 16, 2012 at 6:37 | history | answered | xtarsy | CC BY-SA 3.0 |