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Re: [OM] Zooms at Dawn - the 50mm shootout - Teaser

Subject: Re: [OM] Zooms at Dawn - the 50mm shootout - Teaser
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:07:00 -0400
Thanks.  I had the instructions but, of course, didn't bother to read 
them.  Yours are a better copy so I took the opportunity to replace mine.

I did find the bellows/slide copier and after a moment of confusion 
finally figured out that the tripod mounting slide was obscured by the 
slide copier attachment.  I can tell I haven't used that equipment for a 
long time.  I need to get one of those 4-way thingies from ebay.

Anyhow, all was for naught so far.  I had waited until later in the 
afternoon and the wind had died down.  I went over to the neighbor's 
yard to shoot some crabapple blossoms.  But no sooner did I get started 
than the wind picked back up and made an absolute mess of anything I 
tried.  I had been shooting at about 1:1 based on the image size.  Maybe 
I'll do something to stay inside out of the wind if I'm going to go 
large.  I also need a better camera support.  There's no way to do a 
vertical shot with the setup I have.  The camera and lens just sag on 
down toward mother earth.

Chuck Norcutt


Moose wrote:
> On 4/20/2010 8:36 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>> Could be.  I'd been thinking about doing some tree bud macros in the yard 
>> but the weather hasn't been conducive so far... much too windy.  If I do it 
>> what's your lens choice?  I have 50/1.8 and 1.4, 50/3.5 macro, 85/2 and 
>> 90/2.5 Vivitar series 1 macro amongst the likely candidates. I hope I can 
>> find the bellows to retrieve the focusing rail.  :-)
>>    
> 
> Here's the instructions. 
> <http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/tech/Lenses/VIV2xMacro/TelMacro.jpg>
> 
> I would start with the 50/1.4, The device is really optimized for 50mm 
> and with the 50/3.5, the 2x part means starting at f7 wide open. The 
> amount of extension is designed to take a typical 50mm 'normal' lens and 
> extend it to 1:1. On a longer lens, it naturally has less effect.
> 
> Moose
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