Thank you for the update Robert! This definitely reduces my occasional temptations for early a.m. Buy It Now purchases

Best regards,
David

Thanks David, I'm hopeful that it may be the perfect FF tube lens. Another potential option for a FF tube lens may be a Pentax 67 300mm f/4 EDIF. It doesn't have the spectral sensitivity range of the Zeiss lens, weighs considerably more, and has a greater front filter thread (82mm vs 60mm), but it ...

Are there more countries besides the ones you listed which have a 25% tariff? Or is itthe place of manufacture that matters? But for most products that is not obvious. For lenses (and other photographic equipment), the place of manufacture is restricted to Germany. See https://captureintegration.co...

Thanks for another excellent test Robert.

Congratulations on your recovery, and wishing you a great year to come!

Best regards,
David

Thanks Lou.

If there is a correlation between the number of shutter actuations in the Sony full-frame mirrorless cameras and the failure of their sensor-IBIS mounts (not directly addressed in the article), it would have implications for routinely using these cameras to do large stacks.

An interesting (and slightly disturbing) article from Roger Cicala:

https://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2020/0 ... o-cameras/

Breathtaking images - thank you for sharing!

Hello Robert,

Thank you for yet another well designed and clearly presented test!

Best regards, and happy birthday ,
David

I also ordered one, and I'll test it against a known ITL200 when it arrives. I'll post my results here, if no one else has already done so.

David

The seller now has an additional group of these lenses for sale:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/283898700866?ul_noapp=true

Beautiful image and impressive setup - thank you for sharing!

Best regards,
David

lothman wrote:This you will receive:

Thank you Lothar for investing your time, energy, and thoughtfulness into this project!

Best regards,
David

I just tried ordering again, and saw an incorrect/incomplete address warning when returning to the website from PayPal due to the state field being empty (although I had entered it when registering). I re-entered it, and things went smoothly. I had hoped to buy several of the targets so that I could...

I got down in their website to the point where I had to enter my shipping address, and the drop-down menu for "Country" included the US. But I couldn't get the Paypal option to work. (They also wanted my date of birth!!!) Would you like to start a business reselling these to Forum members? I'd glad...

The Printing Nikkor 105 A is a very impressive lens. However, you may be interested in nathanm's 1x test on his PhaseOne sensor (67mm diagonal) in which he showed that a Schneider MacroVaron had better performance at the image edges. https://www.photomacrography.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=33627&highl...