A reasonably sharp object

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Hive account@magnata was asking me about the costs of macro photography so I decided to do a quick howto for those who are interested in doing some macro, but don't necessarily want to spend a macro doing it.

So here we go...

First you'll need a mobile phone that can take pictures (yes, I guess you already have one). Then you may want to invest in something like a macro lens, or a small magnifier loupe:

You might want to buy something like this...

...or maybe this...

...or just something like this.

^{These three photos are the property of whoever shot them, not me. Click on the pictures and you'll get to the referenced pages selling some products!}

Anyway, you may even have an old magnifying glass forgotten in some drawer, locker or cabinet. That'll do nicely.

What I use I may have already mentioned, it's an old Agfa-Gewaert 8x magnifying loupe, pictured here, with a chili:

Chili in the loupe.

I only taped it on the back of my smartphone, but it works. :)

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masking tape, works every time

So that's about it. Maybe macro photography isn't so expensive after all.

Video demo:

Oh, btw, shooting macro on a DSLR is almost equally affordable, just search for "reverse macro ring".

It's possible to shoot photos even by free-holding a lens backwards, just not too easy. I tried doing one or two of those when I was studying photography in school. I would have showed those photos, but I couldn't find them. (I suppose they are on my fried up external back-up disk.)

Well, I think I've spent a good part of the night (I should have been sleeping) by creating this post, so I guess I'll just say good night, and let you guys read it. :)

See you again with another post!

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