Lensbaby Scout Fisheye for macro subjects on E-M5

[David Morison]

Grim weather focuses the mind on what to photograph indoors so I thought I would investigate further the macro capabilities of the 4/3rds fit Lensbaby Scout Fisheye optic on one or two familiar objects with the E-M5/MMF3. Being a 12mm lens with a closest focusing distance of 0.5cm and an inherent excellent DoF the only problem was going to be lighting but as the lens is physically quite short is was possible that the FL50R (I don't have a 600R) with diffuser and bounce attachment would do the job. Well it certainly seemed to work reasonably well so here is the stalk of what appears on casual inspection as a fairly fresh Granny Smith apple, which turned out to have a healthy fungal growth:





And for comparison a 2 week old Clementine stalk:



Now on the search for some bugs.

All MF at f16

David

[Barr1e]

Re: Lensbaby Scout Fisheye for macro subjects on E-M5

I must take the magnifying glass out when buying apples next.

Both very good images with the creative help of your Lensbay.

Regards. Barr1e

[Tom Holle]

Re: Lensbaby Scout Fisheye for macro subjects on E-M5

Eye opening and interesting.

[David Morison]

Re: Lensbaby Scout Fisheye for macro subjects on E-M5

More shots with this setup

Very old pencil sharpener detail:




Printer cartridge head:




Optical mouse "eye":




Ball pen tip:



I still need to work on lighting etc. but it does seem promising.

David