Unboxing the Raynox dcr-250

The song is called 'Nighthawk' by 'Jaytech'

Today (20/08/09) i received my Raynox which i ordered from amazon.co.uk a while back.

so i thought i'd film the unboxing and stick it together using Sony vegas, and add a few examples of what this macro lens can do, at the end xD

I was quite surprised at how close up i could get to the insects, and able to see details even the eye couldn't normally pick out.

I must admit that it was quite a windy day which didnt really help me out, and also when zoomed in using this lense, any slight movement of the camera or hands get magnified when fully zoomed in.

The camera i used to take the test videos with the raynox on the end of the lens is the 'fuji finepix s6500fd'

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[zackrz7]

The quality and sharpness looks amazing, may i know what lens do you use which you mounted the raynox on?

[DCity17]

@zackrz7

The lens I used is the lens that comes attached to the fuji s6500fd camera =]. The camera works pretty well with the raynox, as the lens that comes attached is a 28-300mm telephoto lens, which is perfect for use with it, as the more you zoom in, the more close up you get get to the subject, and also the fuji bridge cameras are able to take videos aswell, which is like an added bonus =]

[jeesh123]

out standing I must admit after seeing you look through it with the camera at the start I wasn't that impressed but, after seeing what the out come was I am amazed. Does the Raynox adapter come with any kind of lens cap for it? A question about your camera dose it have manual focus? and is the zoom on the barrel of the lens? thanks great video great choice of song too :)

[DCity17]

@jeesh123 Hi, the raynox comes with two lens covers, one for each side of the lens. My camera that i used to take the videos of the insects at the end of the video, is the 'Fuji finepix S6500fd. Its a kind of old modal now, but i could take videos with it aswell as take pictures. And the lens on it is a telephoto lens, able to zoom about 2-3 times as far as a regular kit lens that you'd normally get when you buy any dslr.

[jeesh123]

@DCity17 I am trying to find a bridge camera with manual focus. was this filmed in auto focus or manual? Is it hard to focus when using the raynox clip on lens? Is there any need to crop your images after taking a photo or video with the clip on?

[DCity17]

@jeesh123 The s6500fd and the other fuji bridge cameras like it, do have manual focus, but on mine i can't manualy focus when takin videos, but all you need to do to focus with the raynox on the lens, is move closer or further away from the subject! Must admit it is difficult to get used to focusing in this way using the raynox, as the depth of focus becomes smaller the more you zoom in, so when fully zoomed in the DoF is like a cm or so wide..

[sensitro9]

weird...when i mounted it on 300mm lense,the object is blurred and the cam failed to focus to the object from far away....fyi,my dslr d50

[sugashack74]

This lens attachment is craaazy. You did not even put it on in the beginning and it was zooming in! WOW!

[Fedorsha]

Invest in a tripod when filming unboxings and shooting with macro attachments.. Thank you for the video.. Although i just vomited from iPad sickness

[sathyarajshettigar]

how it works for portraits !

[LePudin]

is the lens manual? like.. can you change the focus with your hand? manually?

[zenoist2]

@NothingEv3R if your camera has a filter ring, a kind of thread you can get a step up adaptor.from ebay or wherever.

You need to research your camera and found out

A if it has such a thread

B the exact size.

[zenoist2]

Ive tried this lens out and its great!!!

Really good quality.#

Ive posted a few macro insect vids.

The dof depth of field on a 250mm lens is something like a fraction of a millimeter though. it really is that small.

[MardenAllan]

next time use a tripod! nice video nice song!!! GZ

[NothingEv3R]

I'd like to buy this lens for my Fujifilm S1600 but the objective is only 45mm so i won't be able to put the adaptator which is 52mm-67mm, do you know if there is a way to put it please?

[phantomdoodler]

Hi there, thanks for uploading this. I didnt know I could get a lens converter for it!