xpost from “share birds” thread, mostly copy-pasted:
an 2016 shot, adapted Nikkor 50mm/1.4 Ai-S on an E-PL5, wide open mostly to compensate shooting through a not clean window and a mosquito fine mesh, processed as it was entered in the Olympus contest, under the title, IIRC:
“CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF”
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and a few moments earlier, IIRC unprocessed (RAWs rendered to jpeg by the Apple ecosystem)
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Thanks for the link.
Most of the discussion seemed to be based on modern lenses not old stuff like the Jupiter.
If I were serious about macro photography I could save up my pocket money and buy a macro lens for £300 or so. But where's the fun in that?
As you say, best to try for yourself so I've ordered more tubes, I'll report back when I get them.??
Two weeks ago I made a comment about magnification and Junkyard sparkle suggested that I get some more extension tubes, so I ordered some. Today they arrived, all the way from Hong Kong in only two weeks! So obviously I had to try them right away.
Firstly here is a shot of my original 26mm Meike tubes plus the 65mm new ones plus my Jupiter 11 135mm on the epl8.
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Below is a tape measure shot with the above set up. As you can see, approx 25mm appears on the long side of the image; I think that means magnification is ~0.7. Working distance is approx 35cm.
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For comparison, that is the same magnification I got with the F Zuiko 38mm and the original 26mm tubes when I took the Hibiscus shot in Thursday's post above, but working distance was only 5cm.
I added the new tubes to the F Zuiko (so that's 91mm tubes on a 38mm lens) and took another tape measure shot. As you can see there's now 7mm along the long side of the image which I think means 2.5 times magnification. But working distance is only 2cm.
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So far so good. I'll try to take and post some more interesting shots when the sun comes out!!
A couple of shots taken with the above set-up. It's pretty windy today so I had to bring some greenery indoors, both at f/4 to keep shutter speed fast....results not that great but I suspect might be better with better lighting, either sunlight or flash.
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Aphids on a rose stem
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I’m not certain. Depends on what drugs you might be utilizing. Yes it is cross posted. I studied the photo this morning and was intrigued with the star burst produced by the shutter blades. Thought it a nice example of the lens’ capabilities.
I’m not certain. Depends on what drugs you might be utilizing. Yes it is cross posted. I studied the photo this morning and was intrigued with the star burst produced by the shutter blades. Thought it a nice example of the lens’ capabilities.
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