Tried something again today, or started to try something new, but decided to try again before I tried, if that makes any sense… probably not, huh.
A couple of weeks ago, I tried to mount the 30mm Sigma and 10-24mm Nikkor in reverse on the 75-150, but had no luck with either. Well, in a flash of brilliance, I decided to try to mount them on the 36-72 instead.
I mounted the 36-72 on the camera, and held up the 10-24: no go, even holding the aperture wide open. I think the pupil or iris (I don’t know the terms: please correct me) is too small. Even wide open (at f/3.5), the opening is tiny.
So I held the 30mm up and ding! it looked like it would work!
So I gaff-taped the 30 to some extension tube parts, taped its aperture wide open, and fetched the 75-150, which had the reversing ring attached to it.
‘Oh, why not try again?’ I thought, and I mounted the 30 on the end. Lo and behold, it worked!
So off came the 36-72, and on went the Super Macro Cousins: Sigma 30mm f/1.4, reversed and taped to the Nikon 75-150mm f/3.5 E Series, and the both of them mounted to the D7000. ISO400, 1/2 sec., both wide open.
And instead of being the subject of the experiment, the 36-72 became the object on which the experiment focused, if a nanometers-worth of depth of field can be counted as ‘focused.’
If you’re wondering, I make the reproduction ratio of this combo something close to 5:1.
This shot was cropped very slightly to center the Punisher in the frame. I’m very much looking forward to the arrival of some focus rails later this week.
Good times.
