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[OM] Lens reversers make a back element protector - Quick !

Subject: [OM] Lens reversers make a back element protector - Quick !
From: Norma Foltz <nfoltz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 09:29:52 -0700
Henrik - and reversal ring enthusiasts -

I think the most important thing to do right away is to make a rear
element guard out of a
plastic back protector (you could also use a 7mm extension tube if you
have an extra).
The black plastic back cap for a Zuiko lens can be converted to a
reversed lens protector
by:
1) drilling a large hole in the center of the cap.

2) To this drilled out cap glue on a 49-55mm filter step up ring  using
Devcon 5 minute epoxy glue.

3) Find the spot where the stop down actuator meets the inside edge of
the cap and glue in a
    small metal piece like a carpet tack with Devcon 5 minute epoxy glue
so that when the cap
   is over the rear element of the lens the stop is actuated.

Now you have a back element protector to which a filter or a ring flash
or twin flash can be
attached.  It is very important to protect the rear element  of a lens
reversed onto a camera !

You could just use a 7 mm or other extension tube but gluing on the
filter step up ring really
helps if you use a Ring Flash which I almost always do.

Contact me off list for more hints -

Hank Hogan <hogant@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: Henrik Dahl <hdahl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [OM] Hank voluteers to write chapter on lens reversal & UV

>Dear Tom, Michael and group -
>
>I would volunteer to write a section on lens reversal macrophotography


Hank
I just bought a reverser (havn't tried it yet)
Any tricks and special ways to handle reverse macro?
What lenses does it actually work with?
What f/stops work?

Thanks
Henrik


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