Macro and The Weefine Ring light

[bvanant]

In a never ending quest to get a bit more magnification for tiny things and a bit more working distance, I bought the 1.4 teleconverter and an extension ring for my Oly 30 mm macro lens. Surprisingly it autofocuses fine and fits perfectly in the 60 mm port. (with maybe a half mm to spare). We took it out on Sunday to our local Palos Verdes dive spots where we found a bunch of cool critters. Unusual for us was to find a bunch of Janolus, we haven't seen them for the last 2 years but this year there are bunches. The other thing I did on this dive was to use the Kraken 3000 ringlight in flash mode as my only light source. Worked Pretty Well.
Enjoy

Bill

 

[Chris Ross]

Nice photos, lighting looks good. Which 1.4x, the Olympus? I thought the protruding front element would be an issue for fitting?? Are you fitting an extension tube between the 1,4x and the lens, if so which one?

 

[bvanant]

Indeed, I am using an extension tube, the 12 mm Kenko. Needed a bit of tweaking but works ok, focus is fine.
Bill

 

[Ardy]

Hi bill great photo's, what sort of tweaking did you have to do? I sold my 1.4x as it had little use for me, if I had known this would have held onto it.
This Oly 30mm is one of the most underated lenses that Oly has produced. I am amazed that many new macro guys buy the 60mm first, I would suggest to first time Macro photographers get the 30mm you may never need the 60mm.

 

[bvanant]

The adapter ring was a little too thick to mate with the old 1.4. A bit of filing worked fine. The only issue with the 30 (I have used it extensively ) is that using external diopters with it is tough.
Bill