Thomas Shahan tests the Venus 60-mm macro lens
Feb 7, 2015 22:33:10 #
Per Thomas Shahan: "What a beautiful pest! Here's the Azalea lace bug (Stephanitis pyrioides), shot with the new Venus 60mm macro lens, in the style of the stacked images I was producing for the lab a few months back. This specimen was alive and healthy (and resultingly, not very cooperative), shot atop a clear plastic petri dish with black velvet below. Cropped from a 5-image stack at f/8 or so. Capturing images of this insect against a black background, doesn't show off the diagnostic black-brown maculations, but really brings out the beautiful iridescence present in these tingids."
Field test of the new Venus 60mm f/2.8 2:1 Super Macro Lens:
http://petapixel.com/2015/02/02/review-venus-60mm-f2-8-worlds-first-21-macro-lens-infinity-focus
Field test of the new Venus 60mm f/2.8 2:1 Super Macro Lens:
http://petapixel.com/2015/02/02/review-venus-60mm-f2-8-worlds-first-21-macro-lens-infinity-focus
Azalea lace bug
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5 shot stack (cropped considerably!) of a hyperactive (yet obviously occasionally cooperative) Erythracarus sp. mite found scurrying about a Phidippus audax's silken home. Assuming it was feeding on nearby elongated springtails.
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Immature Phidippus audax at 2x
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Coccinella septempunctata. Single shot at approx1.5x life-size at f/8 (cropped).
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Feb 7, 2015 22:41:18 #
Feb 7, 2015 22:55:18 #
Wow, that's wonderful! It looks like a piece of handcrafted jewelry made from stained glass. ....... Coot
Feb 7, 2015 23:19:03 #
Feb 7, 2015 23:33:50 #
The lace bug is truly a jewel! That lens is going to sell well with reviews like these. Shahan is one of the true masters of macro!
Feb 8, 2015 03:11:57 #
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Feb 9, 2015 19:29:45 #
Lazy Old Coot wrote:
My thoughts, exactly!Wow, that's wonderful! It looks like a piece of handcrafted jewelry made from stained glass.
Feb 10, 2015 00:19:37 #
Incredible. I am also wondering how this 2:1 macro compares to using a 1:1 macro lens + an extension tube? Don't know how far one would have to extend to get 2:1. What I have in mind is my Minolta 100mm F2.8 macro. Takes marvelous 1:1 shots, but I haven't added an extension tube to it yet.
Feb 10, 2015 03:51:31 #
JimH123 wrote:
A full set (12mm + 20mm + 36mm = 68mm) of extension tubes brings 100-mm at MFD, from 1:1 mag to 2:1 mag.Don't know how far one would have to extend to get 2:1. What I have in mind is my Minolta 100mm F2.8 macro.
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