Macro Flower
This series of macros was done by reversing the lens on the Chaika-3. The Chaika-2M and Chaika-3 were designed with a removable lens. It probably was not designed to be interchangeable. Instead, the idea was to be able to use the same lens on an enlarger to do your own printing. Because you can remove the lens, you can reverse it and use it as a macro lens. Focusing is very tricky because the camera is not an SLR. I stopped the lens down to the smallest aperture to get a deep a field as possible, then I bracketed my focus. Out of 50 or so pictures I took, maybe five were usable. Now I know that the right distance is about 1.5cm to 2cm.
Macro Flower
This series of macros was done by reversing the lens on the Chaika-3. The Chaika-2M and Chaika-3 were designed with a removable lens. It probably was not designed to be interchangeable. Instead, the idea was to be able to use the same lens on an enlarger to do your own printing. Because you can remove the lens, you can reverse it and use it as a macro lens. Focusing is very tricky because the camera is not an SLR. I stopped the lens down to the smallest aperture to get a deep a field as possible, then I bracketed my focus. Out of 50 or so pictures I took, maybe five were usable. Now I know that the right distance is about 1.5cm to 2cm.