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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