converter for 60mm micro

[marcos]

Would a 2x converter magnify twice attached to the 60mm micro nikkor lens? Or just give me more working distance? I'm trying to zoom in or magnify a little more than what the 60mm allows.
Recommendations?

[birddog114]

Would a 2x converter magnify twice attached to the 60mm micro nikkor lens? Or just give me more working distance? I'm trying to zoom in or magnify a little more than what the 60mm allows.
Recommendations?

I don't think any TC works on this lens.

[Glen]

Marcos you need an extension tube, empty tube which changes the focal distance. Available from B&H or Ebay s/h. They come in different sizes, sometimes a set of 3 for $20-30 s/h.

[Onyx]

^^ what Glen said. The 60 is capable of true 1:1 reproduction ratio, if you wish to go bigger, extension tubes takes you there - but at the cost of depth of field... extremely limited depth of field.

[marcos]

Thank you Onyx, Glen and Birddog. Somewhere I read about reversing the lens and came across an article on the web (can't remember the link) where that guy mounted a 70-300mm lens on the camera and a 60mm micro reversed (lens to lens) and I decided to try, wholly smokes! it works, working distance is about 1" and magnification is about 7x. I don't have a macro coupler so I put the camera on the table and the 60mm reversed on the 300mm with a small piece of masking tape so it won't roll while shooting. I have 2 nice shots of a dime almost touching the lens quite nice (at least for me, just a beginner) and I am trying to find out how to post it here for feedbacks.
As to the tubes, maybe, but also considering a bellow so I can choose the working distance as needed.
Hang for my first pictures in a day or two