This one?:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS2AbZVdk2A

emilien, I hope you are still with us! Suppose I have a 105mm macro lens. The lens states 1:1 (max 1x magnification). - And suppose I have a camera with a 35mm sized sensor with 24 megapixels (6048 x 4024 pixels) - And suppose I have another 35mm format camera with a 45 megapixels sensor (8256 x 550...

I’m clearly wasting my time... emilien - May I make a suggestion? I hope I speak for everyone here, but I think we all agree your rendering of Girl With A Pearl Earring is stunning. What better opportunity to make your tech achievement relatable to everyone than to handle a barrage of questions fro...

Great that you've found the source of the problem. Curious, do you know what's moving? The subject itself? Or some part of the apparatus that holds it? Might be useful to shoot a test of a solid/hard object too. Happy sciencing!

Thanks everyone for all the advice! Jay and mightimatti - wow, fantastic set-ups! Jay, those Macro in Motion videos are beyond incredible!!! I watched your build video too and was very interested to note that you mentioned the Octopus board you're using is a 3D printer board. I'm going to spend some...

Perhaps using the bed of the printer is not a great idea (printer bed is on springs and likely will vibrate). Before getting a 3D printer I got a couple very sturdy Parker linear rails. The same one mentioned by physicsmajor here https://www.photomacrography.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=41955&hili...

[/quote] I''ll try to come up with the name/post. Robert - Yes please! As a die-hard tinkerer, I love seeing others' successful tinkerings I guess that depends on whether you want to keep the printer intact or scavenge it and use the parts to build something else... Chris - hoping to just use the x ...

It's getting chilly outside. I find myself looking for a winter project. Recently I've purchased an Ender 3 V3 SE. And I've also read with interest mawyatt's posts about making custom controllers. Looking at the parts used, I thought they sounded pretty similar to what's under the hood of my 3D prin...

Hi Bill I have to admit to having a fairly substantial collection of adapter rings and old camera parts. Here's what I've come up with. Pau mentioned that you can use a standard 50mm lens focused to infinity placed as close as possible to an eyepiece mounted in the photo tube. This is what I've done...

Your results look fantastic! I tried a similar setup for photographing flat soap film (not spherical bubble) which must be lit on-axis or you get no illumination. I ordered a sample beam splitter mirror/teleprompter glass from here: https://telepromptermirror.com/sample/ They charge just $9.99 (or $...

Getting somewhere... I've mounted the camera with a 50mm lens placed *very* close to the 8x Periplan eyepiece. The front element of this lens is deeply recessed so it's hard to tell exactly, but I'd say I was within a couple mm's between lens and eyepiece. Full-frame coverage! Wahoo!! Haven't taken ...

I've purchased some xylene, lens papers, and cotton swabs and have now had some time to attempt cleaning the lens surfaces that sit in the photo tube of my trinocular head. Perhaps I'm being too careful trying to not apply pressure. They are cleaner than when I started but still definitely have dust...

Would this put my eyepiece at the exact correct height for the afocal setup that Pau mentioned?: Leica Leitz Microscope GW Photo Eyepiece Tube, cat# 543633 https://www.ebay.com/itm/295471036952?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D777008%26algo%3DPERSONAL.TOPIC%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20220705100511%26meid%3D7...

Thanks for the corrections, Pau. That's much more encouraging! I've been reticent to put my fancy camera near all that dust. But I have the day off today and have discovered that Canadian Tire sells xylene so I'm off to pick some up. That and a T2 adapter that a friend is loaning me. Should be able ...

Hi Scarodactyl, Peter, and Pau Thanks so much for your input! I will avoid using isopropyl alcohol based on your advice. I have methyl hydrate - is this also a no-go? My local camera store uses it to clean camera sensors. Pau - thanks for the info about afocal set-ups. I do have a 50mm and I'm sure ...