I would rather not do this, as it may give me the same issue and be a waste of money. Apart from buying another lens (probably the sigma 60mm, as it was close to the 2x crop vivitar 35mm. Sadly, I don't think those exist and definitely not with auto focus communication which is essential.Īnyhow, I spent my day screwing around with the lens/extension tube combinations and am a little dissapointed that none of the things I have tried give me usable results. I had the success with the 25mm with ONE 10mm extension tube, but I feel like if i could somehow get my hands on a 5-8mm extension tube (somewhere in that range), I could be able to focus and frame the whole picture using my 20mm panasonic. Then tried the 20mm and found out at the focus point with any combination of extension rings cuts off the corners of the image. In addition to this, there was severe cromatic abberation on the photo as well which may be from the light underneath? I dunno but for some reason I doubt it. This worked (finally), but the edges were very, very soft regardless of the aperture used ( I know that extension rings cause the DOF to be very shallow, so I shot accordingly). I put a bunch of step up rings on the front of my 25mm panasonic, and rested the end of the tube on a slide, with my phone underneath to ensure everything was perfectly flat. I will eventually get a proper light table once I figure out my focus issue. I know that this isn't ideal as you can see the pixel grid through, but I used it for testing. I then said to hell with the es-1 and decided to use my phone as a light table. The 35mm vivitar lens allowed me to focus with the es-1 attached, but it is quite a terrible lens, and really not able to give me usable results. I had the same issue with focusing there. I then tried various tube combinations with some old lenses, like an old 50mm Zuiko, which of course is 100mm on MFT. So unfortunately the es-1 did not work with either of these lenses. Out of the 2 lenses, I found the 20mm works better with macro and seems to be sharper across the frame. My 2 native lenses are the 20mm 1.7 and the 25mm 1.4. I have seen one post here on the forum with the 60mm macro and, extra spacing was required between the lens and the es-1 adapter. I first bought a nikon es-1, which unfortunately doesn't work with my setup as the focus point with whatever combination of rings is closer than the minimum size of the es-1 tube. I feel ya friend.First of all, I have various macro tubes and have tried various combinations without result. So give it a try and tell me what you think! Or think about it, contemplate it, and then come back to me in a few years …. Lots of calming, quiet play is heading our way. I am so happy with the results, and even more happy that my little Ben is drawn to it. These work great for building pictures and doing some colour blending. I also found some file folders that were made of that thin, see-through coloured plastic and cut out various shapes. We have been using small glass jewels from the dollarstore for lots of loose parts play lately. I actually used the Gorilla Tape (which is my new go-to for anything tough to secure).Īfter, I taped a strand of Christmas lights all around the middle of the Rubbermaid container like a spider web, and secured it with that Gorilla Tape.įinally, I painted the underside of the lid with a thin coat of white acrylic paint. Next, I lined the interior of the container with tin foil – the bottom and the sides, and secured with clear packing tape. This was in fact the only purchase I made – hence the $15 cost. I ended up buying a clear Rubbermaid container with a clear lid. Super easy, super inexpensive, and it couldn’t work better. In the end, I am thrilled with how our Light Table turned out. Tinkerlab’s tutorial was really good, but I did a little modifying. I read quite a few tutorials over the years:Īnd Next Comes L has SO many cool activities to do on the light table, and a great tutorial – but I wanted super simple YEARS of contemplating - tons of time dreaming about the activities we could do - and it all took a grand total of 10 minutes. So I made one -and it is! All the time! And it took me …. The knowledge that it would actually be used. THAT was just the push I needed to finally make one. So my light table dreams were pushed aside a little more.īut this year, Benjamin has one in his preschool room and is drawn to it like a moth! Last year Sammy had a light table in his kindergarten room, but wasn’t really drawn to it. I am not sure why I wasn’t making it, really – they look so cool – and I found some super easy tutorials online too.īut for years we remained a light table-less family. I had been thinking about making a DIY light table for years.
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