wow very nice explanation and example. Thank you very much rik!

Hi,

it seems that decon90 etc. changes the color of the insects, are there methods which avoid this?

I will try to put them in the fridge overnight like JH mentioned. We will see.

Hi guys, thank you for your advice! here is my next try: As Rik mentioned i made a combination of pmax and dmap and i was a little bit shocked about the tiny DOF of the lomo (45 µm) thats why i set the stepsize to 20 µm which resulted in 109 images. I shoot always in raw (no eletronic shutter becaus...

@chris & rik thank you very much! I made new images without sharpening etc. output direct from zerene stacker. image is stacked from 37 images with stepsize 60 µm. Sony a7rii with lomo 3,7x. i resized it to 1024px and i had to compress it to reach under 300kb: http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/u...

Hi,

do you need more information? Or is the only way to improve it to use retouching and or/ better optics?

Hi, i made this stack from a tiny fruitfly (<0,8 mm) out of 120 images, with stepsize of 5 or 10 µm (im not sure anymore :-() with my lomo 8,7x @fullframe sensor. Lighting: flash the image is 1920x1280 http://i.imgur.com/xR7J9V9.jpg I used zerene stacker with standard settings for PMax. Is it possib...

mjkzz wrote:It looks like you have some blurred parts in both images, maybe check your setups and step size for both if they are stacked.

Thanks for the advice. It was just a fast stack from a fruit fly which was not dead and moved during the steps. But the difference in resolution is clear, i think.

best,

OT2: This Setup looks very nice i love it @mjkzz!!

This is what I think, just personal opinion: it is OK for entry level stacker who does not want to deal with lenses, adapter rings and all; it is fast; and it is easy to extend (100mm extension will get you close to 10x); OK image quality; However, if you shoot single shots, the triangular aperture...

@mjkzz

What's your opinion about the lens after some time of using it?

best,

We are talking about video right?

Gh5: 4k/60p & 6k/24p

M42 male to 52 male>52 female to 49 male>Raynox reversed>43 female to 52 male>52 female to M42 male> M42 female to M42 female >M42 Iris>Nikon objective I got the M42 female-female from one T2 to M42 adapter like this one on ebay (150666501698) Regards Javier i cant find any 42 to 42 female to femal...

After I saw your thread on the MT-1 http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16718&highlight=mt1 I thought to myself " eveness is more important than central performance" ; the Raynox shown very crappy results but the good thing is that image was very even and there was no CAs so I tho...

It looks very nice! What kind of "arms" do you use for the LED64?

the repro 1,0 is very rare and i think i will never have the oportunity to buy one, but maybe you could make a comparison at higher magnification like 5:1? :-)