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- Wed Mar 06, 2024 11:22 am
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: What features and comforts would your hypothetical dream camera system have, based on your needs?
- Replies: 11
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Re: What features and comforts would your hypothetical dream camera system have, based on your needs?
I'd like to have the following camera: 40x40mm sensor. This allows use of the many high quality lenses with 62mm image circles out to the corners. I want the sensor to be square since all my published images are square. I do stack and stitch now to end up with essentially a 36mmx36mm sensor, but it ...
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 9:30 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum and Community Announcements
- Topic: Cell Phone maximum magnification
- Replies: 1
- Views: 390
Re: Cell Phone maximum magnification
Hello, There are different add on lenses for cell phones to make macro world vision possible. I wonder - instead of buying a pre-built attachment, my I use quality lens to get even better result? What is the max magnification I can achieve? What other factors do I need to consider? Thank you in adv...
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 7:24 pm
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: Lens with fungus and effect on image quality
- Replies: 18
- Views: 592
Re: Lens with fungus and effect on image quality
After f/16 I see the dirt on the sensor... but no hint of any of the strange shapes on the glass... You will never see the shapes on the glass, because the lens surfaces will never be in focus enough to see them. This is why you can have scratches, chips, etc on a lens and they will never show up a...
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 3:51 pm
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: Lens with fungus and effect on image quality
- Replies: 18
- Views: 592
Re: Lens with fungus and effect on image quality
I have been thinking about using a burning laser (like the kind used to engrave stuff) to burn off the fungus from internal elements. I've tried it a little bit but it is tricky since reflective surfaces on the lenses can send the laser into your eyes, burning off your retina instead of the fungus....
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 3:16 pm
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: Lens with fungus and effect on image quality
- Replies: 18
- Views: 592
Re: Lens with fungus and effect on image quality
I've compared a few lenses with mild fungus to their pristine counterparts, and saw no effect. Never tested anything with as much as the one shown above though. Also have purchased a few lenses that had mild surface fungus, and found it usually cleans off quite easily just with moisture from breathi...
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 8:05 am
- Forum: Macro and Micro Technique and Technical Discussions
- Topic: Mitutoyo 10x e 5x e Sony A7rV
- Replies: 11
- Views: 449
Re: Mitutoyo 10x e 5x e Sony A7rV
It doesn't take huge misalignment of the front standard to mess things up. 1 degree will produce a 3.5mm shift on 200mm extension. You could try tweaking the bellows a bit to see if you can improve/degrade the decentering. Even on fairly stiff bellows it's possible to move 1 degree without doing dam...
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 7:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum and Community Announcements
- Topic: SF Bay Area Electronics Swap
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3117
Re: SF Bay Area Electronics Swap
I'm getting anxious about the next Electronics Swap, scheduled for March 10. It's going to be at West Valley College, same as all of last year. It's an excellent location, and hopefully will stay there for a long time to come. 6AM start time, but most folks are not set up until 7AM or so. That won't...
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 8:41 am
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: Sharpest aperture for a given macro lens
- Replies: 35
- Views: 1434
Re: Sharpest aperture for a given macro lens
Interesting information about what you describe. It may be confusing that I did a “quick & dirty” test, and used some coins as objects to be photographed. (Maybe subconscious inspired by examples here on the forum? 8) ) Indeed, by that it comes down, “how” the coins are illuminated by the light shi...
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 7:56 pm
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: Sharpest aperture for a given macro lens
- Replies: 35
- Views: 1434
Re: Sharpest aperture for a given macro lens
I've played around with stitching coin images using a few methods. The differences mainly come down to lighting. Lighting on full coins is critical for things like luster and color, but on detail shots the most important thing is contrast on local surface features to best show the details. I started...
- Wed Feb 14, 2024 8:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum and Community Announcements
- Topic: Highest Serial Number 105PN?
- Replies: 70
- Views: 20937
Re: Highest Serial Number 105PN?
Here's another beautiful 105PNA from Japanese eBay seller. Great price for the condition IMO.
Serial number is 1310
https://www.ebay.com/itm/395198303329
Serial number is 1310
https://www.ebay.com/itm/395198303329
- Wed Feb 14, 2024 8:24 pm
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: What are these?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 465
Re: What are these?
That would fit a 28mm inner diameter photoport on older microscopes. I think Leica S or M microscopes had those? So yeah, most likely relay lenses for microscope photography. EDIT: https://www.naturamediterraneo.com/Public/data9/Guido%20Gherlenda/phototubes.pdf_201422202543_phototubes.pdf "American...
- Wed Feb 14, 2024 5:34 pm
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: What are these?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 465
Re: What are these?
I can imagine projection eyepieces looking like these. The front cylinder would fit standard eyepiece tube, and the optics would intercept the light before it focuses at the standard place, and redirect it to focus farther back and bigger. But this is speculation. I have never seen anything that lo...
- Wed Feb 14, 2024 12:11 pm
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: What are these?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 465
What are these?
They look like tube lenses of some sort but they are not converging. Mount diameter is 52.5mm.
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 1:12 pm
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: New 2-5x 25mm macro from AstrHori, potentially sharper than the laowa?
- Replies: 9
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- Tue Feb 13, 2024 1:07 pm
- Forum: Equipment Discussions
- Topic: Sharpest aperture for a given macro lens
- Replies: 35
- Views: 1434
Re: Sharpest aperture for a given macro lens
The presumption that f5.6 is best at 1:1 may not be correct. Macro lenses are generally optimized for their highest magnification, so it may be that you get better performance at wider aperture than you would when doing portraits. There is also the question of what "best performance" means. Some loo...