Rollei Glass Lens Ball - 90mm

How to use your photography lens ball?

• If you are using a DSLR, switch to manual focus and focus on the image inside the ball and take the photo. It works best to use a macroMACROProducing photographs that render extreme close-ups of extremely small subjects like insects, hence its popularity among nature photographers. It requires using a macro lens with a large reproduction (magnification) ratio of at least 1:1, which renders a subject larger than life size. Macro lenses are capable of focussing at extremely short distances (some as little as a few centimetres), allowing the photographer to get very close to the subject. lens or a wide-angle lensWIDE-ANGLE LENSHas a short focal length, hence a field covering a wide angle, ideal for architectural, interior and landscape photography where the photographer may be unable to move further away from the scene to photograph it. Wide-angle lenses come in both fixed-focal length and zoom lens varieties..
• Always clean the ball of fingerprints before shooting – a microfibre cloth is included in the scope of delivery
• Attach it carefully on smooth, sloping surfaces.
• In the case of freehand shooting, work with a maximum exposure time of 1/250 - 2/125.
• The ideal focal length is between 24 and 35mm.
• Longer exposure times are also possible with stands.
• For the typical low depth of field of the glass ball photography, work with a 2.8 shutter.
• Ideally for extensive areas with few high points (e.g.forest clearings, marketplaces, water with and without ships).
• For photography with the use of a stand, keep a safe distance so that neither the stand nor the photographer is reflected in the glass ball.
• Have fun and be creative!