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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TS10, post: 1726285, member: 47611&quot;]Hello all,</p><p><br /></p><p>I was posting a lot of pictures using my old Sony TRV30 video camera&#039;s still picture capture feature, which isn&#039;t much as the resolution&#039;s highest setting is just 1360 x 1020 (1.3 megapixel). Compared to the newer cameras nowadays, that&#039;s not good for closeups at all.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I decided to experiment using the lens off of my old 35mm Chinon camera. First, I removed all the rear hardware that attaches the lens to the camera&#039;s body/housing. It was easy, just a few phillips screws and it was done. Fortunately, the inner diameter of the lens is just slightly larger than the outer diameter of the TRV30&#039;s front lens, so the fit was nice. I peeled off a coupled of thin strips of duct tape, and secured (as best as duct tape can) it to the video camera.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am very pleased with the results. Once set correctly, the focus stays sharp from zoomed out, to totally zoomed in. I just set the video camera&#039;s auto focus feature to manual as it always changed focus just as the shutter snapped. I&#039;m posting the pictures of how I did it, and of a 1971 S penny with a mechanical doubling of the date and mint mark as an example. If you check on Ebay, this video camera goes for pretty cheap from time to time (40.00), and I&#039;m sure a lens can also be bought for about the same price, for a camera capable of taking decent closeups for under 100.00.[ATTACH]268750.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]268751.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]268752.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]268753.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]268754.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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