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Macro Lens for taking Pictures of Ants

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#1 Offline AntsTx - Posted August 25 2024 - 2:43 PM

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Does anyone have a good macro lens and know where they got it from? I have an iPhone 14.


Currently Keeping:

Camponotus texanus x2                                             Pheidole obtusospinosa - 2 workers

Camponotus vicinus - 15-20 workers                         Solenopsis xyloni x7 - Batch of eggs

Camponotus pennsylvanicus - 95-100 workers         Pheidole lamia - 4 workers                                                                                                                                 

Dorymyrmex bureni - 3 workers

Formica spp. - 5 workers

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis x2

Neoponera villosa x15

Crematogaster lineolata x5 - 75-100 workers 


#2 Offline Stubyvast - Posted August 25 2024 - 3:28 PM

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I use this one. I'm unsure if this will work with iPhone 14, but I think it does!


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Currently raising: 

Myrmica rubra (1 queen +  ~5 workers)

Lasius niger (single queen + ~90+ workers)

Lasius neoniger (3 single queen + brood)

Formica spp. (Queen [likely parasitic, needs brood])

Formica pacifica (Queen)

Also keeping a friend's tetramorium immigrans for the foreseeable future. Thanks CoffeBlock!


#3 Offline eea - Posted August 25 2024 - 4:05 PM

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There's a version with lights by the same company.


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#4 Offline cooIboyJ - Posted August 25 2024 - 6:16 PM

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Would any of these work for an iPhone SE?

“You’ll survive” -wise man.
Currently keeping:
Brachymyrmex patagonicus

Solenopsis invicta

Crematogaster sp.


#5 Offline eea - Posted August 25 2024 - 8:11 PM

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It should fit on almost any phones.



#6 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted August 26 2024 - 10:53 AM

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Yeah my macrolens fits on my old SE, my 14 pro, and iPad Mini.


"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

 

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis


#7 Offline Stubyvast - Posted August 26 2024 - 5:53 PM

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There's a version with lights by the same company.

Oh sweet that could come in handy! Great for taking pics at night. Does it wash out the colour too much?


Currently raising: 

Myrmica rubra (1 queen +  ~5 workers)

Lasius niger (single queen + ~90+ workers)

Lasius neoniger (3 single queen + brood)

Formica spp. (Queen [likely parasitic, needs brood])

Formica pacifica (Queen)

Also keeping a friend's tetramorium immigrans for the foreseeable future. Thanks CoffeBlock!


#8 Offline eea - Posted August 26 2024 - 6:23 PM

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There's a version with lights by the same company.

Oh sweet that could come in handy! Great for taking pics at night. Does it wash out the colour too much?

 

Nope, the pictures come out great!

IMG 4393


#9 Offline Mushu - Posted August 27 2024 - 6:13 AM

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My personal experience with the Apexel on the Iphone 12 is abit dismal due to when I try to use 2.5x, I have to constantly adjust or it will lose focus and it may be due to my phone cover. I can get it work 70% of the time. 

 

I'll test it out without a phone cover, but that would be very inconvenient if I need to take off my cover to use it. The pictures/videos do come out well.


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