Yousef, really nice job with the lighting. I think your use of very soft, feathered light works great here.

A couple of other lenses might belong on this list: The Nikon M Plan 20/0.40 ELWD, which has a working distance of 11.1 mm. This is my 20x of choice on the bellows. The Nikon M Plan 20x SLWD. I haven't used this lens, but others here have done nice work with it. None of the links to the NA or WD are...

Welcome!

Great shots--definite evidence that your clever rig works well. Fun to see the insect pictures, and also the pictures of your rig.

--Chris

I'm happy to see this thread revived, as I now have more experience using polarizers with the Bratcam and should report in. I've made up two polarizing adapters (one for RMS threads, the other for Mitutoyo M26 threads), and with either, I find it a big convenience to be able to rotate the filter. Th...

Chris S - yes I admit I sorta had you in mind! ! Thought you might, Chris! And to the degree I can help provide info, I'm happy to do so. If you see potential improvements in the test protocol I outlined vs. the information you need, please PM me. Sounds like you have enough testing lined up for a ...

The cone is easily screwed off, resulting in a working distance similar to that of the standard CF N Plan 4/0.13 objectives. The image results, as seen in these actual pixel crops taken at approximately 4X, also appear indistinguishable to me. (Quoted from http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/view...

Larry, thumbs up! Nice. That said, playing around with your image in Photoshop, I find myself preferring a neutral gray, rather than green, tint. And much of the histogram is unused in your image--I'm curious as to why you chose this. When I apply a curve to more fully utilize the lightest and darke...

Drat, all gone! At $40, this would have been a fun lens to play with. A friend of mine wants me to photograph creatures that live in water, and I can imagine approaches to doing this with a water immersion lens. Also, 4x is a very useful range to work in.

Oh, well.

The equipment they're designed for looks to me something like a Profile Projector. That was my thought too, Chris. And certain things we care about might be easily sacrificed in a profile projector. I have the 2x and 5x Mitutoyo objectives (as well as the 10x, 20x, 50x, and--hopefully as of tomorro...

Phil, would you mind sharing what brand of device that was? I've done quite a bit of homework on various stand alone backup devices, and many do have bad reputations. The Hyperdrive series seems to be an exception--and indeed, I have an older model, and can't complain about it (but it doesn't permit...

The UDMA seems to have been replaced by a newer model about a year ago (bigger screen, etc) but the website is curiously short on details and pricing, occasional mentions in blogs etc all date to the press release a year ago and Adorama only has the old UDMA and O models not the new one. The newer ...

I've been considering a "Sanho Hyperdrive Colorspace UDMA" for field backup. The B&H Website has some reviews on these, but for some reason, I can't get embedded links to them to post properly, here.

--Chris

Al, I would definitely include the USB option, for a couple of reasons, both of which relate to "future-proofing" your investment. Over time, I'd expect to see upgrades in the StackShot's firmware (it's already really good, but Cognisys responds to customer suggestions and has a history of continued...

Thanks, Joaquim! Glad to share, and hope it's useful to somebody. As you observe, I it did seem to be rock solid--I'm using the past tense because I can't resist making it a little bit more so, and making it easier to orient the camera vertically. So right now the assembly is back in the hands of my...

Wonderfully done, Javier. I keep coming back to look at these.

--Chris