Scales at 41X

Macrero · Post by **Macrero** » Fri Jan 17, 2020 4:57 am

Another scales stack. X-T3 + Oly 50/0.80 + Apo-Gerogon 150 at 41.5X on sensor.

Bigger: https://images2.imgbox.com/23/b0/l34J0Doj_o.jpg

Best,

- Macrero

abpho · Post by **abpho** » Fri Jan 17, 2020 6:37 am

Beautiful image..

Macrero · Post by **Macrero** » Fri Jan 17, 2020 9:51 am

Thank you, abpho!

Rikisub · Post by **Rikisub** » Sat Jan 18, 2020 7:09 am

Great image, as all the ones you take and publish here.

Macrero · Post by **Macrero** » Sat Jan 18, 2020 2:48 pm

Thank you Riki,

high-mag work isn't my strong suit and my current setup is not perfect for high magnifications, I should improve it. However, I'm pretty happy with the result I'm getting, considering hardware limitations.

Best,

- Macrero

davidguitar · Post by **davidguitar** » Sun Jan 19, 2020 5:23 am

Really Nice shot! Is this made with the olympus LMplanFl 50x? what tubelens did u use?

Macrero · Post by **Macrero** » Sun Jan 19, 2020 8:36 am

davidguitar wrote:Really Nice shot! Is this made with the olympus LMplanFl 50x?

Thank you, David,,

no, the L is the Long WD version with NA 0.50. For this stack I used the "regular" 50X/0.80 objective.

davidguitar wrote: what tubelens did u use?

Macrero wrote:X-T3 + Oly 50/0.80 + Apo-Gerogon 150.

Best,

- Macrero

dolmadis · Post by **dolmadis** » Sun Jan 19, 2020 10:24 am

Hi

Great result, I agree.

Continuous Lighting? How did you configure this please?

BR

John

Macrero · Post by **Macrero** » Sun Jan 19, 2020 11:29 am

dolmadis wrote:Hi

Great result, I agree.

Continuous Lighting? How did you configure this please?

BR

John

Thank you, John,

yes, continuos: three 1100 Lms LEDs and a simple plastic diffuser.

I pretty much solved the external vibrations isues in a homemade way, separating the setup base from the table with vibration damping materials I had at hand.

The other issue I had at those magnifications was the movement of the wings. I solved that gluying the wings on an aluminum L bracket, screwed to the positioning stage.

Best,

- Macrero

dolmadis · Post by **dolmadis** » Sun Jan 19, 2020 11:35 am

Thank you for sharing your approach.

As your strap line says.............

Gives great support for others (including me) who wish to go further.

BR

John

abpho · Post by **abpho** » Sun Jan 19, 2020 12:18 pm

Macrero wrote:The other issue I had at those magnifications was the movement of the wings. I solved that gluying the wings on an aluminum L bracket, screwed to the positioning stage.

Interesting. I was actually contemplating how you mounted your wing. I originally sandwiched the wing between two pieces of card stock. With a small window cut into one of them. I hope to give this a shot shortly.

Cheers.

ChrisR · Post by **ChrisR** » Sun Jan 19, 2020 2:53 pm

Very nice. The rows seem to have more space under them than is common. Did you try a 3D pair?

Macrero · Post by **Macrero** » Sun Jan 19, 2020 3:18 pm

dolmadis wrote:Thank you for sharing your approach.

As your strap line says.............

Gives great support for others (including me) who wish to go further.

BR

John

Happy to help!

abpho wrote:Interesting. I was actually contemplating how you mounted your wing. I originally sandwiched the wing between two pieces of card stock. With a small window cut into one of them. I hope to give this a shot shortly.

Cheers.

Yours is an curious approach, never tried it. Mine works well, though it is obviously a destructive one.

ChrisR wrote:Very nice. The rows seem to have more space under them than is common. Did you try a 3D pair?

Thank you, Chris,

no, I've never done a "stereo". I actually am unable to see them properly, no matter how hard I try

Best,

- Macrero

quenoteam · Post by **quenoteam** » Mon Jan 20, 2020 12:40 pm

A exhaustive job with a fantastic result
Thanks for sharing

Adalbert · Post by **Adalbert** » Mon Jan 20, 2020 1:32 pm

Very nice!