Experimenting with a bellows and a reversed Nikon 50mm f1.4: Mounted on my Old D300 Focus distance approx. 1.5 inches @f11- iso200 Lighting: three Alien Bees @ lowest power setting 10...

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

Mounted on my Old D300
Focus distance approx. 1.5 inches @f11- iso200
Lighting: three Alien Bees @ lowest power setting
10 images at .0025" per slice
Processed: PSCC and Helicon Focus
I got my framing too tight at the start for .03" of movement

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UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Your experiment was a great success, Frank!

bcheary Loc: Jacksonville, FL

Manglesphoto wrote:

Mounted on my Old D300
Focus distance approx. 1.5 inches @f11- iso200
Lighting: three Alien Bees @ lowest power setting
10 images at .0025" per slice
Processed: PSCC and Helicon Focus
I got my framing too tight at the start for .03" of movement

Interesting result.

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

UTMike wrote:

Your experiment was a great success, Frank!

Thank you Mike

D810- Nikkor 200mm f4 macro/micro w/49.5mm extension 10 images stack

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Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

bcheary wrote:

Interesting result.

Thank you bcheary

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

Keep at it, Frank. I happen to like your experiments.

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

kpmac wrote:

Keep at it, Frank. I happen to like your experiments.

Thank you Ken

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

Nicely done Frank, you're getting the feel for it

phlash46 Loc: Westchester County, New York

Good result!

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

Curmudgeon wrote:

Nicely done Frank, you're getting the feel for it

Thank you Jack
But I don't see any difference between the images using the D300 with the bellows or the D810 200 mm macro with ext. tubes

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

phlash46 wrote:

Good result!

Thank you Bruce

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

Manglesphoto wrote:

Mounted on my Old D300
Focus distance approx. 1.5 inches @f11- iso200
Lighting: three Alien Bees @ lowest power setting
10 images at .0025" per slice
Processed: PSCC and Helicon Focus
I got my framing too tight at the start for .03" of movement

That worked nicely.

I have experimented with reverse mounting of 55mm, 50mm, 35mm, and 28mm lenses. But for the most part I have taken "macros" with 35mm, 50mm, and 100mm Macro Lenses. Sometimes I use extension tubes or even a bellows. The hardest part of high magnification photography is the lighting.

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

lamiaceae wrote:

That worked nicely.

I have experimented with reverse mounting of 55mm, 50mm, 35mm, and 28mm lenses. But for the most part I have taken "macros" with 35mm, 50mm, and 100mm Macro Lenses. Sometimes I use extension tubes or even a bellows. The hardest part of high magnification photography is the lighting.

Thank you lamiaceae
I noticed that about the lighting so I think for now I'll stick with my 200mm f4 macro.

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

Manglesphoto wrote:

Thank you lamiaceae
I noticed that about the lighting so I think for now I'll stick with my 200mm f4 macro.

joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ

Thanks for sharing the pair, Frank. Loved comparing the results of the two camera/lens combos.