Some time ago I purchased a Jupiter M8 50mm lens for reversing purposes ..
I tried it in front of a 50mm and I thought it some what of a fail .. But it was purchased to be reversed in front of a 100mm lens ..
So with the K100 F4 in my K20 I screwed on the jupiter and went and took some fails ...
Trying to shoot some bee's was much harder than I thought .. 2 to 1 is just so much harder than 1 to 1 ..
Obviously for smaller critters it could be just so sweet , but the little jumping spiders were hiding and the baby mantis are not out yet .
+ As I was trying to photograph the bees the wind came up ( spoiler ) .
2 to 1 just means everything is twice as critical as at 1:1
This spring summer I will try and give 2:1 a serious try !
( Oh yeah ! the Jupiter M8 50mm works just fine in front of a 100mm lens ) JUPITER-8m F2 50mm Russian Lens for Kiev / Contax