4/45 Apo-Componon Makro-Iris @ 2.77x

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4/45 Apo-Componon Makro-Iris @ 2.77x

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This lens reported as a very poor performer at 4x:
https://www.closeuphotography.com/4x-lens-test-part-3

At 2.77x it performs well.

Local back-garden ant Camponotus novaeboracensis
D810, bellows, reversed lens at f/5.6, diffused flashes, Zerene PMax
#1 full frame. 1st image (not used in the stack)
#2 crop, sharpened
#3 tighter crop head + mesosoma
Attachments
25vii20-ant1.jpg
25vii20-ant2.jpg
25vii20-ant3.jpg
NU.
student of entomology
Quote – Holmes on ‘Entomology’
” I suppose you are an entomologist ? “
” Not quite so ambitious as that, sir. I should like to put my eyes on the individual entitled to that name.
No man can be truly called an entomologist,
sir; the subject is too vast for any single human intelligence to grasp.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
The Poet at the Breakfast Table.

Nikon camera, lenses and objectives
Olympus microscope and objectives

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