{"id":44,"date":"2019-02-21T11:44:34","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T11:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lensnotes.com\/?p=44"},"modified":"2020-12-20T10:05:37","modified_gmt":"2020-12-20T10:05:37","slug":"macro-bellows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lensnotes.com\/photography\/macro-bellows\/","title":{"rendered":"Macro bellows"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Fotodiox Macro Bellows mounted on a Sony A7 with Sony FE 28\u201370 mm F3.5\u20135.6 OSS<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>What are macro bellows?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A macro bellows attachment is a device positioned between a lens and a camera body. Its purpose is to increase the flange focal distance and achieve higher magnification in macro photography. It constitutes a hollow pleated bellows tube capped with bayonet or screw interface connectors at each end mounted to a rig that allows it to collapse and extend. The setup looks and operates much like a view camera and relies on the same optical principles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>How do macro bellows work?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Macro bellows are used much like extension tubes<\/a> or teleconverters<\/a>, in that they go in between the lens and the camera. The bellows would typically have a male bayonet end that attaches to the camera and a female bayonet mount to which the lens attaches. Before you attempt this, you need to make sure that all the components you have (lens, bellows and camera) utilize the same mount. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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