Thanks everyone for looking, and especially those who took the time to comment.
I have a lot of fun shooting these smaller trinkets.
More to come...
-John

This is a very small glass figurine about 1.75 inch tall.
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The speed is another thing I like about this combination. Once focus is obtained, you can take either a full roll, strips of film or mounted slides and not have to refocus between frames. Simply pull the film over to the next frame and shoot. For mounted slides just sort them by mount thickness and then shoot them in batches.

Yes, I mainly use the D800 for digitizing with the Nikkor 55 f/3.5 micro lens mounted normally.
I just tried a D90 DX body and had to use the Nikkor 35-70 at about 65mm to get full frame copy. the 55mm lens had some crop but really not too bad, but the zoom worked nice.

The DX setup for the PB-4 /PS-4 is: Bellows fully closed, lens at 65mm with focus at infinity, PS-4 slid all the way into the bellows mount and then move both front and rear standards together to achieve frame and focus. then close the gap between the PS-4 and the lens with its bellows. Note the PS-4 bellow was about at its limits.

PB-4/PS-4 with D90 Full Frame Slide Copy

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I am able to directly mount and use the D40, D5000, D90-without grip and D800-without grip.
I use a small extension tube on the D3 for clearance. You cannot use any of these bodies in portrait orientation and use rear standard focus. Front or main rail use is not limited.

This is a manual bellows so you must stop down the lens manually. This may limit its usefulness to anyone who does not already own any older Non-AI, AI or D lenses. I have some of these leftover from the film days so its a non-issue.

I paid $250 shipped, not that long ago for both the PB4 and PS4 in like-new condition, with the boxes and manuals. My only concern is the age of these units. Look carefully at the condition of the paper bellows before purchasing or buy from a reputable used dealer like KEH.

Before I bought the PB4 I used the Nikon Bellows 2 and my favorite basic bellows, the Nikon Bellows 3. These are very basic, lightweight units only good for small/light lens combinations, but handy in the field when packing light.

The PB-6 is a great bellows, better in some ways in fact: more rigid, more precise gears, cost less. I just love the old school multiple round rails of the PB4! Its just a real joy to use.

For Nikon, The Nikon PB-4 offers a few features most do not.
200mm extension
Front standard focusing
Rear standard focusing
Focus rail
Front standard swing and shift
Landscape / Portrait camera body rotation

I also use the Nikon PS-4 Slide Copier attachment for 35mm digitizing

Some good reading here on this bellows
http://www.throughthefmount.com/articles_tips_bellows.html

More from Southeast Virginia

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From Southeastern Virginia

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I shot this one a while back and did not make any notes on it. I really do not remember anything specific on the lighting, but I was using the LED ring flash and an LED flashlight almost exclusively at the time.

Cropped only enough to straighten and frame

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That transparent stamen appears to be a zerene issue. You can go back and find the slice(s) that have that area in focus and use the retouch feature in zerene to correct this.

Shot with my trusty Nikon D3 and Nikkor 105G
Handheld, Single exposure, Natural light

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I think this is a worthy first attempt.
I do agree that more frames may be necessary, 40-60 @ f/5.6
f/4 or f/5.6 seems to produces the best sharpness with this lens, especially at 1:1

Make sure that when you are defining your near/far focus limits that you go several steps beyond what appears to be everything in focus, just to be certain nothing else suddenly pops into focus a few clicks beyond where you thought you had everything. For me this is always on the near side.

I have seen movements appear like this also, but zerene usually handles this pretty good.

Anytime Im shooting inside I turn off or close the heat/AC vents and the ceiling fans to prevent these movements. But like Douglass said, even people moving around can create enough air movement.

Only because they are not true macro.
Glad you found them though. Enjoy!

Some more near macro stacks you might like:

http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-273522-1.html

You are very welcome. There is more discussion on this topic here:
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-280803-1.html