Reversing old manual lens for macro: 1

An old Vivitar Minolta MD mount fit 19mm lens on old Minolta SLR. A 50mm lens or wider becomes a macro lens or closer, the wider the more magnification, when mounted in reverse on a camera. It will be mounted back to front on the Sony A-mount camer on the left. The simple converter from its lens filter ring to the Sony A-mount is the black ring in the middle.

The next photograph (click this link) shows the lens detached and prepared for reverse mounting by adding the adapter.

You noticed the ring light reflections in the lens? Front shadow fill is being provided by a cheap but good Chinese LED ring "flash". The top/back lighting is white sky in a window.

Original: DSC03073X

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Taken on: November 13, 2014

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Sets appears in: • macros

Groups appears in: • Edinburgh Photographers • Macros Group

Camera: Sony SLT-A77V, f/4.0, 1/25 sec, 50mm (=75mm), ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony SLT-A77V
Aperture:	f/4.0
Exposure Time:	0.04 sec (1/25)
Focal Length:	50mm (35mm equivalent: 75mm)
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Contrast:	Low
Saturation:	Low
Sharpness:	Soft
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	SLT-A77V v1.07
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