Glad to see it works well for you. In some circumstances shooting handheld with heavier macro lenses I prefer using the rear screen over the viewfinder, as that allows for a more tucked, less strenuous hold. Perhaps that may work for this combination as well.

Thanks for your comments, everyone. Some useful and interesting info. just a couple of points to followup, if that's OK... I'm aware of the marketing-led mark-ups. Few moan louder than I do about it - and the cost of our kit in the UK in general. But - it ain't expensive if you can't get it cheaper...

I don't have any experience with this specific close up lens (not filter). One thing I really don't like about it is its marketing, they make dubious claims like "Close-Up Macro NiSi lens: unique on the market. Close-up lenses on the market hardly use optical glass, let alone precision glass which i...

In the previous thread a 64.2 mm sensor width was mentioned, that is an important consideration when recommending lenses, as most of us will be using smaller sensor sizes. Good point, my camera has 12480 pixels * 5 microns = 64.2 mm. But the primary goal is to project 8 mm area, so only 40 mm at se...

In the previous thread a 64.2 mm sensor width was mentioned, that is an important consideration when recommending lenses, as most of us will be using smaller sensor sizes. There are off-the-shelf solutions that will satisfy at least some of your criteria, line scan lenses such as the Nikon Rayfact 3...

Macro_Cosmos wrote:One left, last one!
Surely we can get one more person on the list?

Shipping -- I'll be buying the envelopes soon.

OK, I'll have one as well if you haven't promised it to someone else.

One workaround may be getting another makro iris lens and using the front part, V mount to filter thread as a connector, assuming its internal space is wide enough to accomodate the Etendue's lens group. I see a us$100 componon-s 80/4 or better yet a the same lens with connectors, unifoc and random ...

Has anyone used focal reducers for their macrophotography? In theory, lenses with a large image circle relative to the sensor size used could be used with a focal reducer. This would decrease the magnification and ideally increase the resolution. My idea was that this could be useful when using spec...

RobertOToole wrote:There are two versions OTO and OTH N.

I have one of each and spec sheets for both.

Both are excellent.

Do you mean OTH and OTH N? I know of the OTH (90mm) and the newer OTH F/V (92.7mm, 93.7mm) versions, with F standing for fixed aperture and V for variable.

RobertOToole wrote:BTW, I have a big test I'm working on this weekend BTW that should be interesting to everyone, 1-3x. Looking forward to it. I'll post some info soon!

Sounds fascinating - if there is any proofreading that needs doing let me know.

I would recommend contacting Rafael from RafCamera. He makes a lot of adapters, I see he has made some for Olympus dovetails, one he describes as a 42mm dovetail for a BH2, the other a 46mm dovetail for a BX40. He should be able to make what you are after. There may be some delay with shipping from ...

Dickb, are you colour blind (to some degree)? What do you see here? Screen based Ishihara tests aren't that reliable, but I can discern a 7 for the first digit and and both a 1 and 4 for the second. At first glance I may say 71. Most people perceive red as more of a distinctive bright hue than I do.

if there is a place where you can actually go and see various monitors in action that would be more more useful to you than our opinions I presume. Because of corona, other than super markets and a few other places, everything here is closed and sold by shipping only for the foreseeable future. Ind...

It really sounds like the difference in colours between them might not matter that much to me since I'm colourblind. I guess this is what I'm trying to determine. There is a whole spectrum of what people call colourblindness. Unless your version is on the more extreme end my guess is differences in...

Another I recommend is the Soligor Multiflex bellows. It's compatible with the Pentax bellows and my Mamiya bellows, which tells me that Pentax and Mamiya simply takes their bellows and paint a logo on. /Edit/ Close but not exactly. My guess is that the same factory made all the bellows but in two ...