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- Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:08 am
- Forum: Macro and Micro Technique and Technical Discussions
- Topic: Trying to understand the optics of stacked lenses
- Replies: 16
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I'll just have to stick to referring to the lenses as "normally mounted" and "reverse mounted" and try to avoid the confusion. Actually having the pupils based upon the active aperture makes me happy. A lot of the references I have seen almost imply that the pupils are a fixed quantity and I was hav...
- Tue Sep 09, 2008 2:00 pm
- Forum: Macro and Micro Technique and Technical Discussions
- Topic: Trying to understand the optics of stacked lenses
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5832
Thanks for the reply. I am glad that I have the right basic idea. I have gleaned quite a bit of useful practical optics from this forum. I recently pulished a book on coin photography and decided to work on a second project - photomacrography for coins. I have found it to be a much more technical su...
- Tue Sep 09, 2008 11:14 am
- Forum: Macro and Micro Technique and Technical Discussions
- Topic: Trying to understand the optics of stacked lenses
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5832
Trying to understand the optics of stacked lenses
My first post here and it is a technical one. :D I mainly image coins and do a lot of close-up in the 1:1 to 10:1 range for fine details. The optics of stacked lenses is a bit of a mystery to me and I have been trying to wrap my head around the concepts involved. My best interpretation of the basic ...