How to get great Macro Shots with two Lenses

Combine the zoom lens with the prime lens. You have to take the prime lens and turn it upside down so that it's face to face with the zoom lens. I used some tape to fix the two lenses but it's better and safer to use a reverse ring and/or a step up ring.

The aperture on the 50mm (or whatever lens you're using) has to be wide open. My lens doesn't have an aperture dial so I had to wedge the slide open. I used a folded piece of paper to open the aperture.

Now you can mount the zoom lens to your camera.

• In order to allow more light onto your camera sensor set the aperture ring on your prime lens to its smallest f-stop number. (This would be f/1.8 for the lens I used).
• Set the focus on your prime lens to infinity.
• The zoom lens should be zoomed to its maximum. You'll get more magnification as you zoom farther and if you don't zoom enough you'll get a black circle or a heavy vignette around your pictures.
• Auto-focus might work but it'll give you more trouble than help. Switch your zoom lens to manual focus.

Now it's time to start shooting. You have to be very close to your subject. Focusing can be a bit tricky so keep on looking through the viewfinder and move left, right, closer or further away until you see what you want to see. A single millimeter can make the difference between a crisp shot and a completely blurred photograph. This might take a few times but after some exercice you'll get the hang of it.