Hello everybody,
sunset moth with mitu 20x (4K on click):

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Hello everyone,
Another photo of the scales of the sunset moth, illuminated with LED:

m6m2, dcr150, oly50x/0.80, led
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Hello Steve,
very nice, (mitu 20x is really great).
Such photo subjects are perfect for 3D :-)
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Hello Mike,
very nice (especially the eyes) !
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Hello everyone,
This time brown scales of the sunset moth (LED, exposure time 4S !)

m6m2, dcr150, oly50x/0.80, 5*LED, 4 sec
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Welcome to the forum !

Hello Doug,
First of all, congratulations on buying a new lens.
I can well imagine that it's fun to work with.
I don't have this lens and would like to see what photos can be taken with it.
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Hello everyone,
Dirt particles, stereo pair (crossed eyes):

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Hello everyone,
Some scales with their holding and dirt particles, perhaps one pollen:

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Hi,
OK, if everything is OK with the lighting, then I would check the rail.
1) Are the steps really as small as you want them to be?
2) Is the rail sufficiently well centred?
There is a long red artefact worm in the top right of photo 5x.
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Hello everyone,
Animated rocking stereo (pict-nr: 9, shift: -+4%)

m6m2, dcr150, oly50x/0.80, 4*yn660, 1/10s, fully electronic shutter
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Hello everyone,
Now a view from the side (3d depth map):

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Hello everyone,
On the stereo photo (crossed eyes) you can see better that the scales are close to each other:

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Hello everyone,
For comparison a photo of scales lying flat on top of each other:

m6m2, dcr150, oly50x/0.80, 4*yn660, 1/10s, fully electronic shutter
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DOF depends on the NA (numerical aperture)
e.g.
NA=0.14 => DOF=0,028061mm
NA=0.28 => DOF=0,007015mm
NA=0.42 => DOF=0,003118mm
NA=0.55 => DOF=0,001818mm
NA=0.75 => DOF=0,000978mm

You should take at least one photo inside the DOF (I take 3 :-)

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