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#1 Offline CallMeCraven - Posted May 1 2017 - 5:32 PM

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Hey all,

 

I am currently in the market for a cheaper macro lens that I can fit onto my Droid Turbo. I know there have been a few mentions of these types of lenses here on the forum, but my search for the threads was fruitless. I would appreciate any recommendations/links to smart phone macro lenses. This is the one I have been eyeing.

 

https://www.amazon.c...hone macro lens

 

Let me know any of your suggestions and feel free to redirect me to previous threads or any recommendations.

 

Thanks!


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4x Camponotus (hyatti?)

 

 

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Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left.

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#2 Offline Kevin - Posted May 1 2017 - 5:44 PM

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http://www.ebay.com/...x0AAOSw32lYnKLo

 

Said and done. Works well, good price. Have one myself, and am not disappointing by the quality for the price at all. Don't be fooled by the the more expensive ones, in the end it's all the same, just a curved glass clipped onto a phone, but, you must remember, this is a phone macro lens - this is no DSLR.


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#3 Offline Spamdy - Posted May 2 2017 - 8:25 AM

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What about antkit's

All my colonies are dead. 

 

 Except:

  

  Pogonomyrmex barbatus

  Pheidole obscurithorax

  Pheidole morens


#4 Offline Bracchymyrmex - Posted May 2 2017 - 8:36 AM

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Heard great things about this one:

 

https://www.aliexpre...e2-45fabe4de8c5



#5 Offline Hayashi - Posted May 2 2017 - 10:20 AM

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I use and recommend the BelOMO 10x hand loupe. $33 on Amazon.

https://www.amazon.c...XTuL&ref=plSrch

I just hold it up to my iPhone's camera when I take a picture.
V10aXIX.jpg
Pogonomyrmex Californicus (I think.)

The benefit is that you'll have an awesome, high quality hand loupe that is recommended by many entomologists and geologists.

Edited by Hayashi, May 2 2017 - 10:57 AM.

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#6 Offline Bracchymyrmex - Posted May 2 2017 - 12:13 PM

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That looks a bit too rasterized for my liking, a macro lense is also cheaper.


Edited by Bracchymyrmex, May 2 2017 - 12:14 PM.


#7 Offline Hayashi - Posted May 2 2017 - 1:01 PM

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Keep in mind, the photo was taken through a plastic test tube.

#8 Offline CallMeCraven - Posted May 2 2017 - 3:03 PM

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I use and recommend the BelOMO 10x hand loupe. $33 on Amazon.

https://www.amazon.c...XTuL&ref=plSrch

I just hold it up to my iPhone's camera when I take a picture.
Pogonomyrmex Californicus (I think.)

The benefit is that you'll have an awesome, high quality hand loupe that is recommended by many entomologists and geologists.

I actually have one that I use to ID plants at work. I have never thought of using it with my camera. I will give it a shot, thanks!


Edited by CallMeCraven, May 2 2017 - 3:03 PM.

Current Colony:

 

4x Camponotus (hyatti?)

 

 

____________________________________________________

 

Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left.

-Aldo Leopold


#9 Offline CallMeCraven - Posted May 2 2017 - 3:07 PM

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What about antkit's

like antkits UK? I haven't even considered looking at them because I assumed shipping would be more than anything I can just buy off of amazon.


Current Colony:

 

4x Camponotus (hyatti?)

 

 

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Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left.

-Aldo Leopold


#10 Offline CallMeCraven - Posted May 2 2017 - 4:36 PM

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I use and recommend the BelOMO 10x hand loupe. $33 on Amazon.

https://www.amazon.c...XTuL&ref=plSrch

I just hold it up to my iPhone's camera when I take a picture.
Pogonomyrmex Californicus (I think.)

The benefit is that you'll have an awesome, high quality hand loupe that is recommended by many entomologists and geologists.

I actually have one that I use to ID plants at work. I have never thought of using it with my camera. I will give it a shot, thanks!

 

I brought my lens home and gave it a shot on some wild workers from my yard, as well as a dead queen covered in mold (sad but I was saving her for an occasion to test pics). The workers in a test tube where far to crazy, running around like they had just been abducted (:D), and trying to hold my phone, the hand lens, and position the test tube was challenging. I gave up on them and moved onto my dead queen. She was far easier to take a picture of, but my fat hands kept shifting the hand lens, making clear pictures not always possible. I really appreciate the suggestion, but it looks like a clip on lens is going to work much better for me.

 

Here are some photos of the dead queen for those interested with my smartphone, 20x bausch and lomb hand lens, and quickly improvised lighting.

 

xFa5Wzt.jpg

l6QxKBV.jpg

FztFKXU.jpg

RGrddPq.jpg


Current Colony:

 

4x Camponotus (hyatti?)

 

 

____________________________________________________

 

Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left.

-Aldo Leopold


#11 Offline Hayashi - Posted May 2 2017 - 7:33 PM

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Oh well, I guess it was worth a try. Sometimes I use a rubber band to hold the hand loupe on my phone. Here are a couple more photos I've taken with the same set up.

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The cheaper clip on phone lenses are made of plastic and can cause distortion and chromatic aberration around the edges. This is where the triple glass lens on the BelOMO really shines.
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#12 Offline AntswerMe - Posted May 5 2017 - 2:56 AM

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I use and recommend the BelOMO 10x hand loupe. $33 on Amazon.

https://www.amazon.c...XTuL&ref=plSrch

I just hold it up to my iPhone's camera when I take a picture.
Pogonomyrmex Californicus (I think.)

The benefit is that you'll have an awesome, high quality hand loupe that is recommended by many entomologists and geologists.

I actually have one that I use to ID plants at work. I have never thought of using it with my camera. I will give it a shot, thanks!
I brought my lens home and gave it a shot on some wild workers from my yard, as well as a dead queen covered in mold (sad but I was saving her for an occasion to test pics). The workers in a test tube where far to crazy, running around like they had just been abducted (:D), and trying to hold my phone, the hand lens, and position the test tube was challenging. I gave up on them and moved onto my dead queen. She was far easier to take a picture of, but my fat hands kept shifting the hand lens, making clear pictures not always possible. I really appreciate the suggestion, but it looks like a clip on lens is going to work much better for me.

Here are some photos of the dead queen for those interested with my smartphone, 20x bausch and lomb hand lens, and quickly improvised lighting.

xFa5Wzt.jpg
l6QxKBV.jpg
FztFKXU.jpg
RGrddPq.jpg
Rest in peace, poor queen.





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