Great series of tests, very informative.
I note that in another thread, Rik also tested the Mitutoyo 10X NA 0.28 (working distance 33.5 mm) at 5x
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- Tue Jan 31, 2012 2:46 pm
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: Lenses for use at 4-5X on an APS-sized sensor
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- Tue Jan 31, 2012 2:11 pm
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: My Tabletop Rig
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Your side to side stage seems to add a lot of left:right adjustment which might not be that useful - hence the questions :) I assumed this was to produce true (rather than synthetic) stereo pairs? Take one stack, move over a bit, repeat the stack (which the StackShot controller makes very easy). Or...
- Sun Dec 18, 2011 7:51 am
- Forum: Administrator's Appreciation Gallery...Macro and Close-up Images
- Topic: Bullet Ant -Paraponera Clavata- SET
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- Mon Dec 12, 2011 10:56 am
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: Newbie questions (FF vs. crop, extension tubes) & snowfl
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If the cost is no great worry, I recommend getting a PB-6 (or possibly a PB-4, which I haven't used but understand to be highly regarded). There is someone close to home selling a PB-4 for 75$, and from what I gather this is an excellent deal. Does anyone have any experience mounting either a D200 ...
- Mon Dec 12, 2011 2:18 am
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: Newbie questions (FF vs. crop, extension tubes) & snowfl
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But there is more to it than that. The D200 is a somewhat old camera . . . with a CCD sensor. In parallel reasoning, the Nikon N Plan CF Apo 4x 160/0.20 is a somewhat old lens. . .and a finite optic. What of it? This lens is among the best optics, new or old, yet tested at 4-5x. Let's not drink the...
- Sun Dec 11, 2011 9:07 am
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: Newbie questions (FF vs. crop, extension tubes) & snowfl
- Replies: 19
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#1. Go with the D700. As I read the specs, the D700 has more total pixels than the D200 (12.1 megapixels vs 10.2), and the larger sensor will capture more light and give you better gradation. Yes, you read the specs correctly (12.1 MPx full frame vs. 10.2 MPx 1.5 crop). But there is more to it than...
- Sun Dec 11, 2011 8:58 am
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: Carl Zeiss Jenazoom Macro Lenses Image Reworked
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Noise Ninja has a noise brush, to allow this sort of selective blending of original and noise-reduced images.rjlittlefield wrote: One approach that I've used on occasion is to combine the original and noise-reduced versions using a hand-drawn mask so that I get to decide what's noise and what isn't.
- Sun Dec 11, 2011 8:55 am
- Forum: Macro and Micro Technique and Technical Discussions
- Topic: TIFF files too big
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Looks like these are uncompressed TIFF. Tiff also supports a couple of lossless compression methods - lzw and gzip - but of course both your TIFF writing software and your TIFF reading software need to support these. PNG is another alternative, which has lossless compression and supports 16 bits per...
- Sun Dec 11, 2011 8:48 am
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: Threes. A crowd.
- Replies: 16
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For me it is #2, then #3, with #1 and #4 joint third place being smeary and dull. I wondered if was seeing more in #2 just because its a dark area of the subject and is exposed a bit lighter than the others. But it seems crisper with better contrast and definition overall and the colours look cleane...
- Sat Dec 03, 2011 2:50 am
- Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: First run with Nikon CFI 10X
- Replies: 23
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These Nikkor 200mm primes can be found on ebay for under $50. How well do they work out? http://www.ebay.com/itm/260889079387?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649 That is a Nikkor-Q 200mm f/4 and is (despite the mention of AI in the title) a pre-AI lens whch has (as the auction text m...
- Thu Nov 24, 2011 7:00 pm
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: Replacing Nikon with Canon
- Replies: 35
- Views: 6338
- Thu Nov 24, 2011 12:56 pm
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: Replacing Nikon with Canon
- Replies: 35
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This is assuming that the D7000 can handle manual flash with rear-curtain sync mode--that's worth check, as Chris R pointed out. That said, I don't know that rear-curtain sync is a "must have"--I use it because I have it and it can't hurt. Not sure my results would be much different without it. Yes...
- Thu Nov 24, 2011 12:32 pm
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: StackShot help!
- Replies: 32
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While my rail and controllers are in their hands, I have asked Cognisys to consider incorporating a more 'robust' connection for the S-Video cable or an alternative interface. That particular component of the rail/controller combo is a weak link in the chain . I won't go into particular details; bu...
- Fri Nov 18, 2011 10:00 am
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: Flare Problem With Tamron SP 90mm f2.5
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2576
- Tue Nov 08, 2011 2:45 pm
- Forum: Photography Through the Microscope
- Topic: 2.19 gigapixel - Halyomorpha halys
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2947
Bummer, I can't see it. Why would Microsoft make anything new that can't run on 64bit? Conversation at a recent technical conference: Chris: I'm running Win764 bit now, very pleased with it. Looked at the IE10 preview... puzzled that IE9 32bit is the default on Win7 64bit, why is that? MS engineer:...