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by Miljenko
Wed Oct 19, 2022 12:27 pm
Forum: Equipment Discussions
Topic: Hello!
Replies: 3
Views: 709

Hello!

Greetings, fellow photomacrographers. After two and a half years of absence from this forum I believe I'm back. Life has being challenging during that time for me with health issues and changes but it seems I have won them all with getting retired as a bonus. Now I have 24/7 for my hobbies including...
by Miljenko
Tue Apr 21, 2020 3:52 am
Forum: Equipment Discussions
Topic: Photocopier Lenses For Macro?
Replies: 4
Views: 2570

Hi Ray, among more than 200 enlarger / photoscanner / machine vision / photoprinter lenses tested for MTF resolution and CA, I had couple of photocopier lenses on test with very different performances. But they did share few common characteristics: they all have pretty long focal lengths, mostly bet...
by Miljenko
Tue Apr 14, 2020 8:27 am
Forum: Equipment Exchange
Topic: Lomo 3.7X
Replies: 5
Views: 3862

Keep in mind Russians are currently not allowed to leave home so even if you find some on Ebay, the seller won't be able to ship. I managed to buy an objective from Russia just before the lockdown and it was sent but it's stuck somewhere along the way, no tracking service is able to discover it's wh...
by Miljenko
Tue Apr 14, 2020 8:19 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum and Community Announcements
Topic: On Lockdown
Replies: 252
Views: 59037

Lockdown started on April 19th in Croatia and as if that was not shocking enough, we had strong earthquake three days later, third strongest since 1880. Hundreds of historical buildings downtown are seriously damaged, many people left homeless. Yours truly lives in modern earthquake resistent buildi...
by Miljenko
Fri Mar 20, 2020 4:51 am
Forum: Equipment Discussions
Topic: Thorlabs ITL200 as tube lens&setup for Coolscan 8000ED l
Replies: 15
Views: 3877

Hi Niels, according to my MTF tests and others' tests and experience, about 90% of all lenses we tried benefit from using tube lens instead of plain extension tubes (or bellows). But majority of scanner lenses (Coolscan 8000 included) perform better when just extended. And their magnification sweet ...
by Miljenko
Thu Mar 19, 2020 7:43 am
Forum: Equipment Discussions
Topic: Black troika test drive
Replies: 2
Views: 1990

I'm glad I could help. Based on original datasheet I found on the web, I was foolish enough to believe that 420 lp/mm declared resolution is close to truth. We'll probably never know was it designer's wishful thinking or just sample to sample variation issue!

Best,

Miljenko
by Miljenko
Mon Mar 16, 2020 6:41 am
Forum: Equipment Discussions
Topic: 40X and ApsC Sony a6100: how calculate step size?
Replies: 4
Views: 1686

Antonio, I'm using Nikon MPlan 40x 0.50 ELWD and setting my DIY rail at 1.25 um for this objective since that is default full step for my rail. It seems just about right. However, Kurt from Switzerland used 0.5 um step with his wonderful Odysseus butterfly wing scales stack using the very same objec...
by Miljenko
Mon Mar 16, 2020 6:03 am
Forum: Equipment Discussions
Topic: Black troika test drive
Replies: 2
Views: 1990

Black troika test drive

After Lomo 3.7x 0.11 and Zeiss 6.3x 0.16 Semiplan objectives were discovered as fine performing objectives for photomacrography, I have measured their MTF resolution and CA, confirming above average performance. Even before that I was wondering are there other exceptional lenses and objectives manuf...
by Miljenko
Mon Mar 16, 2020 6:00 am
Forum: Equipment Discussions
Topic: Black troika test run
Replies: 0
Views: 1258

Black troika test run

After Lomo 3.7x 0.11 and Zeiss 6.3x 0.16 Semiplan objectives were discovered as fine performing objectives for photomicrography, I have measured their MTF resolution and CA, confirming above average performance. Even before that I was wondering are there other exceptional lenses and objectives manuf...
by Miljenko
Mon Mar 16, 2020 5:59 am
Forum: Equipment Discussions
Topic: Black troika test drive
Replies: 0
Views: 1205

Black troika test drive

After Lomo 3.7x 0.11 and Zeiss 6.3x 0.16 Semiplan objectives were discovered as fine performing objectives for photomicrography, I have measured their MTF resolution and CA, confirming above average performance. Even before that I was wondering are there other exceptional lenses and objectives manuf...
by Miljenko
Mon Mar 16, 2020 5:57 am
Forum: Equipment Discussions
Topic: Black troika test drive
Replies: 0
Views: 875

Black troika test drive

After Lomo 3.7x 0.11 and Zeiss 6.3x 0.16 Semiplan objectives were discovered as fine performing objectives for photomicrography, I have measured their MTF resolution and CA, confirming above average performance. Even before that I was wondering are there other exceptional lenses and objectives manuf...
by Miljenko
Mon Mar 16, 2020 5:56 am
Forum: Equipment Discussions
Topic: Black troika test drive
Replies: 0
Views: 843

Black troika test drive

After Lomo 3.7x 0.11 and Zeiss 6.3x 0.16 Semiplan objectives were discovered as fine performing objectives for photomicrography, I have measured their MTF resolution and CA, confirming above average performance. Even before that I was wondering are there other exceptional lenses and objectives manuf...
by Miljenko
Mon Mar 16, 2020 5:54 am
Forum: Equipment Discussions
Topic: Black troika test drive
Replies: 0
Views: 838

Black troika test drive

*According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, troika is a Russian vehicle drawn by three horses abreast. After Lomo 3.7x 0.11 and Zeiss 6.3x 0.16 Semiplan objectives were discovered as fine performing objectives for photomicrography, I have measured their MTF resolution and CA, confirming above average...
by Miljenko
Mon Mar 16, 2020 5:54 am
Forum: Equipment Discussions
Topic: Black troika test drive*
Replies: 0
Views: 856

Black troika test drive*

*According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, troika is a Russian vehicle drawn by three horses abreast. After Lomo 3.7x 0.11 and Zeiss 6.3x 0.16 Semiplan objectives were discovered as fine performing objectives for photomicrography, I have measured their MTF resolution and CA, confirming above average...
by Miljenko
Mon Mar 16, 2020 5:52 am
Forum: Equipment Discussions
Topic: Black troika test drive*
Replies: 0
Views: 794

Black troika test drive*

*According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, troika is a Russian vehicle drawn by three horses abreast. After Lomo 3.7x 0.11 and Zeiss 6.3x 0.16 Semiplan objectives were discovered as fine performing objectives for photomicrography, I have measured their MTF resolution and CA, confirming above average...