Search found 78 matches
- Sat Nov 10, 2018 4:41 pm
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: Stacking Low Cost Enlarger Lenses For High-End Image Quality
- Replies: 36
- Views: 7550
As this is the newest thread among the "incredible results with stacked lenses" bombs that have shown up, I'll ask here: Has anyone tried using the ITL200 as the tube lens in these tests with a low cost enlarger lens at the front? I know its far from the cheapest tube lens, but seeing as its widely ...
- Tue Sep 11, 2018 6:29 pm
- Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Dung Beetle?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1192
Nice shot, but I disagree with id, favouring more. May Beetle - Diplotaxis sordida. Seems to be more in that line going off colouring and overall shape. George But Diplotaxis belongs to the Scarabaeidae, subfamily Melolonthinae? It does look similar to that genus, but this specimen is covered evenl...
- Tue Sep 11, 2018 3:36 pm
- Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Dung Beetle?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1192
- Fri Sep 07, 2018 10:59 am
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: Tube Lens Test With MITUTOYO 5X M Plan APO
- Replies: 66
- Views: 13590
As someone who's about to walk into the world of tube-lenses and infinite-style objectives this is a god sent! The inclusion of different names for the same lenses are really great as well, wading through the swamp of names when trying to purchase things like this can be really frustrating! Some que...
- Tue Sep 04, 2018 2:31 pm
- Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Cuckoo wasp (Stilbum cyanurum) at 40x and 60x
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1231
- Mon Aug 27, 2018 6:44 am
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: 3X test - Objectives vs Lenses - Final Results Online
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3495
- Wed Aug 22, 2018 2:45 pm
- Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Self Heal (Prunella vulgaris) - stereo added
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1035
- Tue Aug 07, 2018 12:58 am
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: Tube Lens Test With MITUTOYO 5X M Plan APO
- Replies: 66
- Views: 13590
Tremendous work as always! I'm surprised the "in-house" tube lens by Mitutoyo looks so poor, considering the quality of their lenses. Or is it just me that imagine things? The centre crop has low contrast and looks a lot less sharp than the others, but the off-centre and corner crops get progressive...
- Sun Aug 05, 2018 7:13 am
- Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Unusual articulated tip on wasp antenna (stereo)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2988
I was almost contemplating mentioning that males of Eumeninae (and Polistinae, but not Vespinae) have "pseudostingers" on their genitalia. They try to prick (excuse the pun, heh) you when being held, to make you think its about to sting. Dont know if they serve any additional purpose when it comes t...
- Sat Aug 04, 2018 5:14 pm
- Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Unusual articulated tip on wasp antenna (stereo)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2988
Nice pictures, just from seeing the antenna tip I knew it belonged to the Eumeninae, and a male. Its for some reason a very common modification in the males of several genera of the Eumninae. It's normally not seen on images of live animals, as its on the inside/underside of the antenna. Not sure an...
- Sat Jul 28, 2018 4:57 am
- Forum: Nature Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Coming back to life
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1847
- Wed Jul 11, 2018 1:28 pm
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: Three odd surplus store finds
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2726
- Wed Jul 11, 2018 1:05 pm
- Forum: Photography Through the Microscope
- Topic: A strange insect
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1229
- Thu Jul 05, 2018 11:38 am
- Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Tiger Beetle - Focus Bracketing
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1040
- Mon Jul 02, 2018 3:30 am
- Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Wasp
- Replies: 2
- Views: 916