Hi, I`ve just treated myself to a Digital SLR camera, Love it to bits, but does anyone know how i turn the lcd scrren on when i take a picture? I can view the picures taken, the menu comes up on the lcd, but no picture on the screen when i take a picture :ohmy:

 

Thanks Daz.

Edited March 31, 201015 yr by daZvert

Heres a few more I did whilst experimenting, i got some cheap manual extension tubes of ebay, you can stick them on any lens to reduce the focussing distance, but you have to focus manually,

 

 

Heres one with it set to a high shutter speed to freeze the action

 

Nice photos mate :thumbup:

Wow FANTASTIC! lets see some more!! whats these extension tubes?

what you doing with your old camera then daz? pics from it look ace?

heres a good explanation, its just a cheap way into doing macro or close up stuff, without having to buy a specific macro lens, most normal lenses won't be able to focus closer than a few feet for example, with these stuck on you lens you can get it down to about 5cm or even closer depending on what lens you have, bear in mind you will need an old manual focus lens with an adapter, i got a Helios 135 f2.8 for £15 and the extension tubes were £5 off ebay.

 

what you doing with your old camera then daz? pics from it look ace?

 

Its well battered Baz, The motor on the zoom keeps sticking and i have to keep turning it on and off!, they go on flea bay for about £50, i wouldnt of changed it if it didnt stick :winkiss:

 

Its one of these!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SONY-P200-7-2-MEGA-PIXEL-CAMERA-CYBER-SHOT-1GB-MEMORY_W0QQitemZ150429016072QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CamerasPhoto_DigitalCameras_DigitalCameras_JN?hash=item230644a008

heres a good explanation, its just a cheap way into doing macro or close up stuff, without having to buy a specific macro lens, most normal lenses won't be able to focus closer than a few feet for example, with these stuck on you lens you can get it down to about 5cm or even closer depending on what lens you have, bear in mind you will need an old manual focus lens with an adapter, i got a Helios 135 f2.8 for £15 and the extension tubes were £5 off ebay.

 

 

Nice one, I`ve learnt so much already!

 

I absolutley love taking close up macro shots, so if you dont mind can you tell me what i need to buy for my canon to get these shots, have you an e-bay linky for me that will fit on my camera, as i am unsure of fitments ect, cheap and cheerful, dont worry if you have no time, i can trawl :duffer:

is this any good ? :wink:

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CANON-Macro-Extension-Tubes-4-EOS-450D-500D-1000D-50D_W0QQitemZ350336769567QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Photography_CameraLenses_Lens_caps_hoods_adaptors_ET?hash=item5191b2de1f

Edited April 6, 201015 yr by daZvert

They look identical to mine, but I got them from hong kong about £5 inc delivery but took 2 weeks to come.

 

Next you will need a manual focus lens with aperture control on the lens as these don't have any electrical contacts like the £90 kenko tubes, search for m42 lens (this is the type of mount for older manual cameras) and also you need an adapter ring, so search for m42 to eos adapter about £4.

 

heres a similar lens to mine lens something like this is ok.

 

Obvioulsy if its something you will be doing alot of it makes sense to buy a dedicated macro lens which will give you auto focus.

 

Heres another I did with manual focus lens and tubes a little miniature JD bottle and a some poker go hand in hand. With macro photography you have a very small depth of field, down to 5mm sometimes, so its nice if you want a blurry background, but can be difficult to focus manually, thens theres focus stacking where you take lots of shots with different focus points and stack them using software so the whole image is in focus.

 

you need a decent tripod mr. vert :thumbup:

 

then do some long exposure night shots and light painting ;)

 

obviously the location probably isn't your idea of fun lol but you get the idea :thumbup:

 

Edited April 6, 201015 yr by Baz

Cheers Beermonster! for all your help and advise, I will get those bits and see what i can come up with, and also get some revising done :thumbup:

 

kind regards

 

Daz.

you need a decent tripod mr. vert :thumbup:

 

then do some long exposure night shots and light painting ;)

 

obviously the location probably isn't your idea of fun lol but you get the idea :thumbup:

 

 

What you been doing in my house?? :D

 

nice shot that Baz! I love rooting in places like that!!!

 

heres another of my lovely dragon fly :thumbup:

 

Must admit them dragonfly pics are about as good as they get :detective::cool3:

 

oooh you like old places? that pic was in 'a' hospital ;) , old section that closed 25 years ago! must bore you with one other pic then, crawled down some service tunnels in the cellar, and through some tight gaps into an even older section thats well secured, came up through a trapdoor to this - a rare iron lung ;)

 

 

word of advice mate. it fooks with your mind when you get in one lol. :scared:

ewwwwwww !! that sent shivers through my spine, looks scary!!! Id fookin run off if i saw that for real!!

You wouldn't climb in it then? Knowing that you'd probably never even see another? ;)

Awesome, old medical stuff does have a really eerie atmosphere to it.