Ah, now we're talking! This is exactly the sort of reply I was hoping for; I didn't even know these existed. I like the video shown in the second ebay item. However I'm a bit concerned with the small 12mm travel (on the second model); but the price and size is certainly great! Obviously, it just mea...

I'm interesting in getting a macro focusing rail/rack/slide/back-and-forth-device for some field work. I've did what I feel is a pretty intensive search here on the forums, however I have some fairly specific questions. So far it does seem that the Novoflex L rack wins as most people's favorite, how...

I've been suspecting heat problems for a few days now; especially since the amount of blue screens exploded yesterday when I created a custom power profile that didn't allow my laptop to enter sleep mode. I could barely even boot into Windows XP for a while without crashing out. The laptop was given...

Out of curiosity, what do people have as a preference for the direction of lighting... from the left, or from the right? Looking at various setups, I notice that several people have their hand-held setups with the lighting permanently mounting on a specific side. I myself prefer lighting from the le...

Glad to meet you rjlittlefield, Then I've seen most of the documentation then; the video on the retouching is what convinced me to try out ZS! "Swirly" results are a very good description of something I've noticed. I'll try rearranging my stack's order, and try it again. I wish I could help you with...

DaveW, I just realized you had more than one question in your post. I quickly learned that I have trouble getting ANY shot at greater than 2x magnification (28mm reversed) if I have to stand and cannot brace myself against anything. I reserve 4x and 4.5x to cases where I can brace both my elbows aga...

Thank you very much everyone for the diffusion answers! I'll be looking at those threads closely and seeing if I can't make my own diffuser. The lumiquest I mostly bought because I had no time to do it myself before leaving on vacation. rjlittlefield: thanks for the tip on how to measure the diamete...

I'm currently in the 30 day evaluation period for zerene stacker, and there's a few questions I have not been able to answer through either it's getting started guide (is that the only documentation for it?) or online here in these forums. 1. Is the order of input files important? I am doing hand-he...

Quite a few weeks ago, I came across a website showing some rather impressive images of bugs. I've always been a fan of close up photography, but have always stayed on the easy side of 1:1. So, in I jumped, buying here and there the equipment necessary to get me past 1:1. I've been using both a Nikk...