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- Sat Aug 16, 2008 12:26 pm
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: Macro focus rail
- Replies: 33
- Views: 10426
Thank you very much for all the great help with making a decision. I have decided to go with Novoflex cause I like the design and they are well built. I will be taking alot images of flowers out in the field and would like a diffusion tent that would also act like a shield from the wind. Could any ...
- Sat Aug 16, 2008 9:37 am
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: Nikon CF N Plan Achromat 10/0.30
- Replies: 1
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Nikon CF N Plan Achromat 10/0.30
If anyone is interested, this objective is now up on eBay at:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... :IT&ih=021
I just bought a similar one (not yet received) from the same seller for $102.50.
David
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... :IT&ih=021
I just bought a similar one (not yet received) from the same seller for $102.50.
David
- Sat Aug 16, 2008 9:30 am
- Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Butterfly stack
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4072
- Sat Aug 16, 2008 7:50 am
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: Scope objective thread sizes
- Replies: 26
- Views: 18166
Joseph - Thanks for raising the excellent point about the potential effects of optical asymmetry upon exposure when using objectives outside of their nominal magnifications. A few clarifications: Canon lenses are typically 1/3 to 2/3 stops slower than Nikon lenses stamped with the same speed. At f/4...
- Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:01 pm
- Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Vine Sphinx Moth at 20X
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4203
David, Apart from any pre-stack PP or post stack PP ( but feel free to mention them :D ), what were the settings used in HF in regard to Smoothing and Radius? Craig P.S. I noticed you have 'backed-up' your Nikon M Plan ELWD 20/0.4. Hello Craig - I just used the HF defaults (off the top of my head 8...
- Fri Aug 15, 2008 8:56 pm
- Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Laputa: Castle in the Sky
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3049
- Fri Aug 15, 2008 6:23 pm
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: Scope objective thread sizes
- Replies: 26
- Views: 18166
Allow me to translate the lens label... 0.13 - NA 0.13 = f3.8 (there are formulas for this stuff) and on the other side: 0 - no cover slide. If this number isn't 0, you can't use it on a bellows I would like to add two caveats to Joseph’s extremely comprehensive and comprehensible explanation of th...
- Fri Aug 15, 2008 5:08 pm
- Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Queen androconial patch
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3294
It´s a very beautiful micro-landscape you´ve composed there, David. Was it diffused lighting only or has the light to hit in a shallow angle to display the texture so well and give this nice depth? And I´d be interested to hear what lens/objective you´ve used. --Betty Thank you Betty. I used a 63mm...
- Fri Aug 15, 2008 6:34 am
- Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Vine Sphinx Moth at 20X
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4203
Hi David, It appears we have both been shooting with a Nikon M Plan ELWD 20/0.4 today, so I can appreciate the challenges. My attempts have not proven to be as fine as this one though. I have been trialling an objective that arrived a couple of days ago. You have me intrigued. Would like to see an ...
- Fri Aug 15, 2008 5:52 am
- Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Vine Sphinx Moth at 20X
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4203
Vine Sphinx Moth at 20X
Vine Sphinx Moth (Eumorpha vitis)
Nikon M Plan ELWD 20/0.4
- Thu Aug 14, 2008 1:21 pm
- Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: Queen androconial patch
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3294
Queen androconial patch
This is a patch of androconial scales on a a Queen butterfly ( Danaus gilippus ). I get a lot of these butterflies in my backyard because the males are attracted to the Eupatorium I have planted there. I like this image because it resembles a stylized eye. http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userp...
- Thu Aug 14, 2008 1:15 pm
- Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: house fly portrait
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8612
- Mon Aug 11, 2008 6:30 am
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: Macro focus rail
- Replies: 33
- Views: 10426
Being a non-user, I would also like to ask, what is the advantage of using macro focusing rail? It really helps with precise framing and focus of close-up shots of relatively static subjects, like flowers and perching damselflies. For critical applications, a desired magnification ratio can be main...
- Mon Aug 11, 2008 4:13 am
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: Macro focus rail
- Replies: 33
- Views: 10426
Hello Aristotle - I use the Novoflex Castel-L focus rail, in conjunction with with an Arca-Swiss ball head, with a 23 Linhof Technika, a Nikon D200, and (rarely now) a Nikon F4. I've had it for about ten years, and I'm very pleased with it. It operates smoothly, and is compact and light considering ...
- Sun Aug 10, 2008 12:12 pm
- Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
- Topic: portrait of potter wasp
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5472