Oops, sorry, I hadn't thought about the adapter problem.
Darin
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From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 5:42 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: Unexpected photo opportunity - bugs
> You could mount the tube on the camera using the M-1 adapter but you
> can't mount the DZ 45-150 lens on the tube. He'd have to use an OM
> mount lens. But nothing wrong with that. Speed and auto everything
> isn't exactly a requirement for most macro photography... unless you're
> chasing high speed, crud infested lady bugs around on the desk top.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> Darin wrote:
>
>>
>>>Tim Randles wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>if I am understanding this right, if I use my 45-150 evolt kit lens,
>>>>and a 100mm tube, I could photograph the fractal -like patterns on
>>>>flower petals? microscopic kind of photography?
>>>
>>>You've got the right idea but as far as I know Olympus doesn't make a
>>>tube longer than 25mm which is made for the 50mm macro to get to 1:1.
>>
>>
>> Though I know it's not the common use, but couldn't you use the
>> telescopic
>> auto tube 65~116? According to the eSIF, "This unit can be used with any
>> normal OM lens between 50mm and 200mm". Might be worth consideration.
>
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