Walt,
Thanks.
I have a 250/2 which focuses to 7 feet. Should I try some extension on that?
Matt
At 15:58 24-04-03 -0400, Walt Wayman wrote:
>Very nice work, Matt. Shooting these things can be habit-forming.
>
>The 65~116 tube and 135/4.5 combo, both with and without flash,
>are what I have used as my bug shooting outfit for years. (My TOPE
>shots 6 and 8 were taken with this setup.) But this summer I'm
>trying something new: OM-4Ti, F280, a full set of the three Oly
>auto extension tubes, and a Tamron 300/2.8, all on a monopod.
>With the stacked tubes, the 300 will focus from 4 ft., where it
>covers a field 4 in. wide, out to 7 ft. 2 in., where it covers an
>8-in. wide area.
>
>The Tamron is amazingly good even wide open, and at 4 ft.,
>shooting at anything from f/2.8 to f/16 or so with Provia 100F,
>the F280 seems to have enough power for fill even in sunlight, so
>there's not the flat appearance you sometimes get when using flash
>as the primary or overpowering light source.
>
>In addition, the combination of shallow depth of field, nine-blade
>diaphragm set to a large aperture, particularly f/2.8 or f/4,
>coupled with a background underexposed about one stop because of
>fill flash on the subject, and I'm anticipating some drooling, or
>at least oohs and aahs, from the bokeh nuts.
>
>I've only done some preliminary test shots, but as summer brings
>the bugs and I get a chance to put this rig into use, barring a
>hernia or ruptured disc from toting it around, I'll post some pics
>somewhere. Wish me luck -- and strength.
>
>Walt
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