Can you use a reverse-mount adapter with a zoom lens?

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I know reverse-mount adapters attach to a lens by its filter thread. Are they only meant for prime lenses, or can a zoom lens also be mounted in reverse? If a zoom can be used, are there any limitations I should be aware of?

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From a mechanical viewpoint, you can reverse a zoom just as well as a prime -- you're using the lens' filter ring, so the type of lens makes little difference.

From an optical viewpoint, at least when I've tried it the results didn't impress me much. In fairness, however, reversing lenses tends to be a bit hit or miss, so I might have just had rather bad luck.

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Yes. A reverse-mount adapter can be used with a zoom lens as well as a prime, because it attaches to the lens’s filter thread. The main requirement is that the adapter matches the lens’s filter diameter.

There are also different kinds of reverse rings: some mount the reversed lens directly to the camera body, and others let you attach a reversed lens to the front of another normally mounted lens.

That said, just because a zoom can be reversed doesn’t mean it will give great results. Optically, reversed zooms may be less impressive or more unpredictable than reversed primes, so results can be hit or miss. Mechanically it works; optically it may not always be ideal.

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