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[OM] Re: [OM]I've done it again. auto bellows

Subject: [OM] Re: [OM]I've done it again. auto bellows
From: Edward Crim <edward@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 09:30:04 -0500
Dear Dean,

Your photos sound very interesting, do you have any posted where we can see
them? I have the rig you mention and you are inspiring me to haul it out
again.

Sincerely,

Edward Crim
http://www.edwardcrim.com











> Now that you have the bellows, you should try to find the finest lens
> that Olympus ever made:  the 38mm f2.8 auto macro (ahh, that's the
> opinion of an entomologist, at least).  At minimum extension of the
> bellows, the 38/2.8 gives about 2X magnification.  Yesterday I was flat
> on my stomach with this lens on the bellows, and two T32's on a Lepp II
> Twin Macro Flash Bracket, taking shots of ants tending the larva of a
> small butterfly.  For really getting close, there simply is no other
> lens that comes close to the 38/2.8.  That's why I jumped at the chance
> to pick up a spare for $300.  Get a 38/2.8 to go with the bellows, and
> you'll open up a whole new field of things to photograph.
> 
> Dean
> 
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