@pfeilgasse46 I used a Takumar 50mm f/1.4 (screwmount) lens. You can pick these up on eBay or classifieds for about $50 to $100, although you could probably find a similar 50mm f/2 or f/1.8 for a bit cheaper (and equally good for this purpose). Best of luck.
@syedahmedrazaabidi Yes, you can use a range of different focal lengths for this purpose, but I just mentioned 50mm because that focal length works particularly well. As for manually holding the lens in front of the camera, that is always an option, but extended use is liable to invite more dust into the sensor housing. Cheers!
You dont actually need a dedicated aperture ring. My Canon XS has a button which lets me lock the aperture to whatever I set it and I can just take the lens off.
@orangeguy81 I wasn't aware of that feature, although that is not ideal if you want to change the aperture when you are composing your shot. When the aperture is stopped down using that method you will lose a lot of light for composition purposes; on a lens with a manually adjustable aperture, you can compose at the widest aperture and stop down when you're ready to take the shot.
What is the name of lense you are using in this video. I have Nikon D40x. What would be the cheapest i should purchase which let me do this trick...?
Thanks...
pfeilgasse46 7 months ago
@pfeilgasse46 I used a Takumar 50mm f/1.4 (screwmount) lens. You can pick these up on eBay or classifieds for about $50 to $100, although you could probably find a similar 50mm f/2 or f/1.8 for a bit cheaper (and equally good for this purpose). Best of luck.
ulufilms 7 months ago
Ive only ever used canon EOS lenses,
however you can still take photos using this method with them despite the lack of aperture ring.
it might be harder but still possible and rather effective.
have a look at my devaint art account
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MicroShift73 11 months ago
@syedahmedrazaabidi Yes, you can use a range of different focal lengths for this purpose, but I just mentioned 50mm because that focal length works particularly well. As for manually holding the lens in front of the camera, that is always an option, but extended use is liable to invite more dust into the sensor housing. Cheers!
ulufilms 1 year ago
Tamron 90mm macro $450 super lense and not $700. Also great for portraits.
Nikon 60mm $450 great lense and good for portraits. NOt $700.
Tamron also makes the 90 for Canon. The Tamron 90mm is constantly growing in popularity because it is affordable and super sharp.
martenfisher1 1 year ago
@martenfisher1 Thank you for calling attention to those cheaper options. Annotation added to video to reflect the cheaper lenses.
ulufilms 1 year ago
You dont actually need a dedicated aperture ring. My Canon XS has a button which lets me lock the aperture to whatever I set it and I can just take the lens off.
orangeguy81 1 year ago
@orangeguy81 I wasn't aware of that feature, although that is not ideal if you want to change the aperture when you are composing your shot. When the aperture is stopped down using that method you will lose a lot of light for composition purposes; on a lens with a manually adjustable aperture, you can compose at the widest aperture and stop down when you're ready to take the shot.
ulufilms 1 year ago