On Fri, 30 Jan 1998 13:25:28 -0800, John Gardner <vu49@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>OlyFans
>
>Just got my first 'front cover' what a rush. Its a shot of a hibernating
>herald moth in an underground culvert. The insect is absolutely covered
>in condensation droplets.
>
>OM content: shot with a 4Ti, 80mm f/4 macro and zoom tubes. Illumination
>from T10 ring flash. The sharpness is superb. BTW this is the only shot
>where I feel a cross-pol would have been useful as you can see loads of
>little ringflash reflections in the water droplets (Thanks FVL for
>explaining cross-pol to me).
>
>BTW what does the 80mm macro close-up lens give me? I see Olympusguy
>advertises them.
>
Congrats, John!
And yes, that is exactly what the cross-pol filter is meant for.
The 80-close up is a +6 diopter close-up specially made to bring your
80-macro from half to full lifesize (frontal mount in the filter
ring), almost without any loss of light.
Frank van Lindert
Utrecht - NL.
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