Macro Photography on a $100 Budget

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The Macro Lens	The Macro Rig	The Macro Rig
Penny at 70mm zoom	Penny at 100mm zoom	Penny at 135mm zoom
Penny at 200mm Zoom	$About 6 time magnification. Making a step on the floor within a couple of feet of the camera causes significant movement of the image. The manual focus on the Canon zoom lens has enough play that it seems downright sloppy when trying to focus. It can take 5 minutes of playing around to get an image in focus. Depth of field is a fraction of a mm. (Gee, do I focus on the raised "1 Cent" image or on the background of the penny... )$ Penny at 300mm Zoom	A Tiny Diamond
40 Grit Sandpaper	Spiral Finishing Nail	Box Elder Beetle
Box Elder Beetle

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