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Monday, September 21, 2020

Micro Photography, Analog Reverse Ring Macro Setup

Olympus OM-2S, Super Takumar 55mm 1:1.8, Reverse Ring
Olympus OM-2S, Super Takumar 55mm 1:1.8, Reverse Ring
Olympus OM-2S, Super Takumar 55mm 1:1.8, Reverse Ring
Olympus OM-2S, Super Takumar 55mm 1:1.8, Reverse Ring
Olympus OM-2S, Super Takumar 55mm 1:1.8, Reverse Ring
Reverse ring analog macro setup with a Super-Takumar 55mm 1:1.8 mounted on an Olympus OM-2S.
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A belated post. My first try at doing reverse ring macro photography on film, after having done the same with the Super-Takumar 55mm 1:1.8 reverse mounted on the Olympus Pen E-P5 earlier on. For the session I had the lens reverse mounted on the Olympus OM-2S instead.

This setup was simpler as all you need is the reverse ring adapter, which now attaches straight to the lens mount of the OM body, and the lens reverse screwed to it. Color characteristics of the images were quite similar with both setups, with magnification half to that of the digital capture.

Olympus OM-2S, Super Takumar 55mm 1:1.8, Reverse Ring
Olympus OM-2S, Super Takumar 55mm 1:1.8, Reverse Ring

As can be seen from the images, the handling of the film negative strip during development and the subsequent scanning session shows a fair amount of shoddy work, which, of course, could have been better.



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