Extreme Close Up Diopter Needed

nedcam

nedcam

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I have a borrowed 300 this weekend to determine if I want to purchase and a deciding factor is how tight I can get on jewelry. I have an e-commerce client and I need to literally fill the frame with a ring, sometimes the diamond, spinning on a turntable.

I have Series 9 Tiffen +1 and +2 that I would have to tape to the front of the lens which is a Mickey Mouse way to do it because I can't get them absolutely parallel to the front lens element. I have experimented with the Macro function and the diopter combined. I have two questions:

1) Are there specific HD level close up diopters that are made for this kind of work? And if so does anyone know where I can buy an 82mm screw in?

2) Should I turn the CAC off since I am adding glass to the front of the lens that the camera is not aware of? It's hard for me to test this since I will be having lots of jewelry in different colors turning.

Renting a longer lens for this job is not in the budget and there aren't that many 1/3" zooms to rent.

If anyone out there has done critical extreme close up work for a really picky client and their agency people please let me know what can be done. By the way, I am very underwhelmed by the supplied lens and wish Panasonic would let me buy the body only so I could buy a more professional lens. It does not do the camera justice and would merely be a paperweight if I buy the camera. The minimum focusing distance is too far.

Thanks,

Ned
 
Thanks, great work but...if you look at the knife in the first shot, the last inch of the blade, I need to fill the frame with that small an area, about the size of a dime.
 
guidedbygbv said:
Another member on here shot it. Stand up and be accounted for. Awesome video.
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I shot it, thanks for the kind words. We've had a great time with the HPX. We're constantly blown away by the quality of the footage it produces, especially in controlled lighting.
 
ORIGINAL POSTER HERE: Did the job and learned...you CAN NOT USE close up diopter filters, that are great in the SD world, on an HD camera. Makes it look SD. Also, star filter had real bad CA.

Ned
 
Are there specific HD level close up diopters that are made for this kind of work? And if so does anyone know where I can buy an 82mm screw in?
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Sorry it is a bit late, but there is HD specific achromatic diopters from Century optics:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produ..._00__2_6_Achromatic_Diopter_for.html#features

Since it is 86 mm, you'd need a step-down ring adapter like this one: (86-82mm)
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produ...286_00_FA_8286_00_82mm_86mm_Step_Up_Ring.html

Having said that MTF adapter(Garry's suggest) is the way to go I believe. I did extreme close-up of jewellery clips with a DVX by combining +1, +2, +3 diopters and result was fantastic, but as you said HD close-up is a different story.
EDIT:Another adapter that allows you to use still macro lenses is Adaptimax. (I havent used either)
 
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