I agree with Harold that the whole perspective of the picture changes once you see the match. Very nice.

Rakes

Wow, it looks like a jelly baby! Really cool!

Harold Gough wrote:
Why concern yourself with tiny fluctuations in price when it does this?

I suppose its all a matter of market forces in action.
I'd better buy a lens now while they are still affordable and avaliable.

I believe the JML initially went for $10 a pop. Now it goes for over $200!



Rakes

I see that the seller has put his price up by 2 pounds.

Rakes

Stunning!!

I like your first shot the best. May I ask, how do you manage to catch the hoverfly it in flight?

Oh! I thought you'd have lost the corners with a 50mm lens :shock: :lol: . . This is all made possible by removing the cover on the objective.. http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=115443#115443 So if it works at 1:1, and presumably a little less, it's remarkably versatile. Just to...

Here is a picture of a moths wing using a 50mm lens as tube lens. I just wanted to see if there would be any vignetting in this set up. No sharpening applied. http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/2547_web1_1.jpg 1:1 Crop http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/2547_web_11_1.jpg Rakes

Some informal pics I have taken with a newly acquired lens, the Nikon CFI BE Plan Achromat 4X with the "hood" removed mounted on a Super Takumar 105 and Pentax K5, hand held using natural light. New to this discipline of photography so all comments/advice/criticism are most welcome. http://www.photo...

I now have a JML on the way thanks to forum member Acon , yippee! It'll be fascinating to compare! Crazy few months ahead if the house thing goes ahead, argh! Excellent capture and work. Looks a very promising lens at a good price. Pleased to hear that you are getting a JML 23mm from Acon :) . A co...

I see that this seller has got his new stock in and has re-listed.
Item number: 271067071048

It is not the same as the Varimagni Finder, because the PM-6 viewfinder has only one magnification. Alan Wood Thanks for clarifying this. I went back over what I read and just could not find were I got this information! :oops: The distance from the front of the body to the film plane is about 17mm,...

The result is very good to me. I couldn't test the smaller magnification because with 7X my bellow is squeezed to it's shortest distance. Hi Acon, Lovely capture and nice adapter. Looks solid. Can you also reverse the JML lens in the adapter? I know the pitch is different, but have you tried mounti...

Cameras like this offer the extra function of a reflex housing and viewer for focusing which is not actually necessary. But they may be worth using if they don't cause the imaging rays to have to go through extra and excess to needs glass. The less glass after the objective, (usually ) the better. ...

Hello, I am pretty new to this fantastic forum. I've been browsing for quite some time and must thank all the contributors for sharing their knowledge and advise so generously. I have slowly started putting equipment together to enable me to try my hand at stacking and I have been offered an very we...