Viltrox is a Chinese company that’s really impressed me over the last couple of years. They make some of my favorite lenses, ranging from extremely compact and lightweight ‘Air’ series primes to ...

The essence of macro photography comes down to the capabilities of the optical system. The most important feature here is the ability to get the largest possible projection of the object onto the ...

Laowa, possibly the world-leader in producing weird and wacky lenses, seems to have yet another optical oddity to add to its portfolio. The company already produces several macro 'probe' lenses with ...

Save your money for more lenses; convert a cardboard tube and some simple parts into a lens extension tube to take macro photographs on the cheap. You'll need a DSLR body cover, a lens socket cover, ...

When you hear the term “extension tube”, you probably think of something fairly long, right? But when [Loudifier] needed an extension tube to do extreme close-ups with a wide-angle lens on a Canon ...

Reversing the lens orientation is common practice in macro photography. To get even more magnification you can increase the distance between the film and lens by using an extension tube or bellows.

Close up photography can be expensive if you buy a true macro lens. But there are less expensive ways of going in close. You can add a whole host of accessories to get you right in to the action These ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. We've covered a lot of clever techniques in our DIY Photography Hacks series, and this latest is ...