Spring is coming. Let's see some signs of that!

[Levina de Ruijter]

I have no idea where to post this, so I started a thread for Spring. Because I saw these yesterday:

 

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EF 35-80mm with the front element removed for 1:1 macro. The middle element broke and the lens cannot zoom, I stuck some paper around the middle element to stabilize it.

The RF 24-105mm can focus very close.

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

EF 35-80mm with the front element removed for 1:1 macro. The middle element broke and the lens cannot zoom, I stuck some paper around the middle element to stabilize it.

So it’s stuck at 35mm? Image looks great.

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Taken in a previous year but same period of year.

 

[inphoto]

So it’s stuck at 35mm? Image looks great.

The plastic tabs used for sliding of the middle element are broken, I believe it's around 50mm, but I can pull it to the 80mm position, too much trouble though.

 

[inphoto]

With my brand new to me, used EF 28-90mm. I will try to remove the front element for extreme macro. Not bad at the Minimum Focus Distance.

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

With my brand new to me, used EF 28-90mm. I will try to remove the front element for extreme macro. Not bad at the Minimum Focus Distance.
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This looks lovely, inphoto.

I'm curious, do you remove just the glass from the front element, or the entire element? The latter seems easy, just a few screws, but removing the glass would be quite a bit more involved I would think and not so easy.

 

[inphoto]

The whole front element, 3 screws on the 35-80mm, I can put it back again with tape, so I can have both a normal and a macro lens.

The 28-90mm needs unscrewing the whole front element with scissors.

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

The whore front element, 3 screws on the 35-80mm, I can put back again with tape, so I can have both a normal and a macro lens.

The 28-90mm needs unscrewing the whole front element with scissors.

I just watched a short YouTube video on how it's done. Be careful not to cut yourself!

 

[Jack Dawe]