THC4METOO Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 Some folks have the idea that you can only take close up pictures with a DSLR and dedicated macro lens. Well before splashing out on that DSLR why not try using your loupe? I've never managed to take a half decent indoor plant picture with my Pentax DSLR yet, nice, but not what I was expecting. It performs well in many other avenues but for some reason not for indoor plant pics, too much flash, or if turned off, too much camera shake. Anyways, I borrowed my missus Panasonic Lumix compact (sub £100 9 months ago) and held my loupe as close and as steady as I could to the lens. Different distances give different effects, but they all seem to have come out quite well. So for the people who looked at my lil grow diary and thought there was no pics on there (my fault, I did say so), here's a few closeups. I just wish you could see them before they were reduced - yummylicious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THC4METOO Posted December 21, 2008 Author Share Posted December 21, 2008 some mo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THC4METOO Posted December 21, 2008 Author Share Posted December 21, 2008 a coupla others Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hughie Green Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 Yummylicious indeed THC4METOO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THC4METOO Posted December 21, 2008 Author Share Posted December 21, 2008 Cheers fella, not seen a loupe shot here in ages so thought I'd lay a lil reminder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
widowman11 Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 Interesting, was in jessops today pricing a macro lense for my canon450d, Its the Canon EF 50m f/5.2 and it's £195.73 but it's amazing had a good play with it. Lets get saving again Also what do you use to get the really really close up shots of trichs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbudda Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 (edited) very nice m8, it certainly looks tasty, a friend just got a great usb camera an 200x scope, check out trichomes close up in my sig for the pics, and only £45, gotta get me one, i love the close ups atb. edited to make sense. Edited December 21, 2008 by newbudda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rastajedi Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 Some lovely lookin buds there Thc, good point you make to sometimes its simply just knowing how to use the camera properly, i only ever used a basic pocket camera, a canon powershot A400 can pick it up for around £40, just to show off a couple of examples .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rastajedi Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 Rj Haaa sweet memories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THC4METOO Posted December 21, 2008 Author Share Posted December 21, 2008 lovely shots cheers old bean Interesting, was in jessops today pricing a macro lense for my canon450d, Its the Canon EF 50m f/5.2 and it's £195.73 but it's amazing had a good play with it. Lets get saving again Also what do you use to get the really really close up shots of trichs If anyone can, canon can (charge that much, I mean) . Those really, really close ones may use a microscope, I've only got me loupe but who knows what santa will bring very nice m8, it certainly looks tasty,a friend just got a great usb camera an 200x scope, check out trichomes close up in my sig for the pics, and only £45, gotta get me one, i love the close ups atb. edited to make sense. cheers dude, gonna check the sig now. Oh yeah, ice cream smells as good as it looks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hipgnosis Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 Nice pics THC dude I've never used em myself but i've seen some jaw dropping pics by peeps usin cheap Diopter lenses stacked 2 or 3 deep on their kit lens.. I use a dedicated macro lens and Kenko extension tubes, there's a few pics in the link in me sig.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troopa Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 very nice m8, it certainly looks tasty,a friend just got a great usb camera an 200x scope, check out trichomes close up in my sig for the pics, and only £45, gotta get me one, i love the close ups atb. edited to make sense. WOW cool close ups, love the pics. all credit to ya. tell me more about the camera and scope........ how dya get the lense to be compatible with the scope or is it function of the camara , or is the scope with the camera . they sure are v clear and so close Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THC4METOO Posted December 21, 2008 Author Share Posted December 21, 2008 Some lovely lookin buds there Thc, good point you make to sometimes its simply just knowing how to use the camera properly, i only ever used a basic pocket camera, a canon powershot A400 can pick it up for around £40, just to show off a couple of examples .. lovely closeup action RJ , you prove the point even without a loupe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THC4METOO Posted December 21, 2008 Author Share Posted December 21, 2008 (edited) Nice pics THC dude I've never used em myself but i've seen some jaw dropping pics by peeps usin cheap Diopter lenses stacked 2 or 3 deep on their kit lens.. I use a dedicated macro lens and Kenko extension tubes, there's a few pics in the link in me sig.. beautiful pics mate, I'm looking at getting something similar for the pentax soon. very nice m8, it certainly looks tasty,a friend just got a great usb camera an 200x scope, check out trichomes close up in my sig for the pics, and only £45, gotta get me one, i love the close ups atb. edited to make sense. WOW cool close ups, love the pics. all credit to ya. tell me more about the camera and scope........ how dya get the lense to be compatible with the scope or is it function of the camara , or is the scope with the camera . they sure are v clear and so close The camera is a panasonic lumix DMX FX-30, 7mp, cost £100 9 months ago but it seems to have gone up since. Just a normal clean loupe held right upto the lens. You may need to dislocate a couple of fingers and use some sticky tape to achieve it really well but its certainly do-able . Just keep it still and don't use a flash, make sure there's enough light, I just use the spotlights in the ceiling. happy louping y'all e2a: full plants can be found here - http://www.uk420.com/boards/index.php?showtopic=153961 Edited December 21, 2008 by THC4METOO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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