RobertOToole wrote:Any ideas or suggestions for a 5x test?

Possibly a Nikon CFI Plan Apo 4/0.20 or an Olympus UPlanApo 4/0.16 pushed to approximately 5x with tube lenses of the appropriate focal lengths (250mm and 225mm, respectively).

Hi David, Many thanks for the test! Can you change the power of the Vivitar 283? If yes, which value have you used? I’m asking for that because your diffuser of Leelux 400 absorbs a lot of light. BTW, what is a paper Waterhouse stop ? BR, ADi The Leelux 400 absorbs a lot, plus I used an inner cylin...

Adalbert wrote:Hi Lou,
Very nice moth scales!

I agree - excellent illustrations of the capabilities of the lens and the camera!

Hello everybody, Has anybody tested the tube-lenses 360mm / 300mm / 240mm ? Hello Adalbert, I had hoped to do show you a comparison between some large format lenses in those focal lengths, but unfortunately found I had misplaced a few important components for my Aristophot stand, which I have negle...

What about this one (OK, is expensive but APO) https://www.ebay.de/itm/Rodenstock-Apo-Ronar-9-360mm-14inch-Objektiv-lens-90170/332098746576?hash=item4d52a0b8d0:g:CnYAAOSw5cNYg1lT BR, ADi I previously found the Apo-Ronar 240mm f/9 to be very free of chromatic aberration, but my copy was one that may...

I'd like to reinforce what Jorgen said about focal length vs format size. If you are happy with a given objective on a tube lens of focal length 200mm on APS, you will get exactly that same image, with same corner quality, filling the FF sensor if you use change to a tube lens of 300mm. I am using ...

Really nice images!

I hope this question doesn't take the thread off topic, if it does I'll gladly start a new thread. It should be an easy one to answer by those more versed in tube lenses than I: is image circle affected by the tube lens or is it dictated by the objective? From my experience, it's affected by both. ...

That little lens continues to amaze. I've finished up shooting two big tests that I haven't published yet. 17 lenses at 2.1x and 8 lenses (5 lenses and 3 objectives) at 3x. Can you guess the top lens in each of those? It took a NA0.20 objective to beat the Minolta, it beat a Nikon Objective and was...

Hello Robert, Just another confirmation - I saw your earlier thread about the 6.7X magnification you got when setting up the ITL200 following Thorlabs' diagrams, and ran a test this afternoon using this tube lens in both orientations with a 10X Mitty. I got 9.9X using it in both directions. This may...

That's a beautiful object!

I just ordered a couple, but there were still six left ; )

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Cineo-Lighting ... 2381196389?

Nice and effective! How do you illuminate the mirror?, maybe with a ring of light from the rear of the subject (what's called a Lieberkühn reflector)? Thanks Pau. I used a pair of Novoflex Macrolight Plus lights, with Vivitar 183 flashes. See here Nice picture and thanks for the idea! I like the bl...

A quick and easy “dark field” adapter made from a solar cigarette lighter, readily available on eBay for just a few dollars (see for example here ). I removed the metal coil, and cut a plastic vial to reach the position at which the end of the cigarette would rest in the coil (the focus of the parab...

Amazing images!