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How To Turn Your 50mm Lens Into A Macro Lens

How To Turn Your 50mm Lens Into A Macro Lens

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/how-to-turn-your-50mm-lens-into-a-macro-lens • Posted by Alex Beadon

You will need

Project Budget
Free

Time

0 h 01

Difficulty

Pretty Easy
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Description

Ever since this post I have been getting a lot of curious emails as to how to turn your 50mm into a macro lens, so I thought I'd do a bit of a "how to" post to show you how you can do it. It's such a fun way to reignite your passion for photography and is a great (and cheap) way to explore a new side of your photography. The results are always interesting - even if they're a little bit blurry :). Enjoy your new macro shots, my friends! Big hugs xoxo

Instructions

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    Grab your camera and 50mm lens!

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    Step One: Carefully place down your camera.

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    Step Two: Remove lens.

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    Step Three: Turn the lens back to front.

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    Step Four: Make sure you hold the lens in place while you shoot away!

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    Step five: Have fun admiring your beautiful photography!