Hi Rick,
Very artistic capture. You are not alone in dealing with DOF when working
up close. I was quite surprised to learn how much I had to stop down.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Beckrich" <rbeckrich@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 3:05 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] I borrowed some of Jim's fake bumble bees
> Whoops...
>
> http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=135753&ppuser=20714
>
> Forgetting a lot these days.
>
> Old Rick
>
> On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 4:04 AM, Rick Beckrich <rbeckrich@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Duh... here's the other extreme.
>>
>> Inspired by Jim and then Chuck, I grabbed my trust OM-1n, *film*, and my
>> 100/2.8 Zook,
>> added a 20mm extension tube... and forgot to stop down. Can anyone say,
>> "DOF?"
>>
>> Rick
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 2:12 PM, Chuck Norcutt <
>> chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for the stopdown tip. That might be worth trying.
>>>
>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>
>>>
>>> usher99@xxxxxxx wrote:
>>> > Those are very nice, Chuck. Nothing wrong with your focusing ability
>>> > --at F11 no less. You should get those Zuikos out to play more often.
>>> > Thanks for posting those.
>>> >
>>> > I was thing that perhaps having an adapter w/o the stop down pin might
>>> > be easier for hand-held shots such as these. Focus wide open, after
>>> > pre-determining desired dof and stop down with the dof preview button.
>>> > Never done that, but would seem an improvement.
>>> >
>>> > The Rose of Sharon in your neck of the woods have also bloomed waaay
>>> > early. I think our garden is 3 weeks ahead of normal. Rose of Sharon
>>> > are a bit odd--they seem to take forever to break dormancy in the
>>> > spring and after a hard winter I think they might have bit the dust.
>>> > I
>>> > like the fact that they bloom late, but not this year. Our "Back to
>>> > School" and "Autumn Blaze" hybrid Daylilies are already blooming as
>>> > well. I gave them specific instructions to wait for Moose.
>>> > Mike
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Thanks. Yes, having to focus everything at f/11 in subdued daylight
>>> > was
>>> > not particularly easy. At least it gives instant feedback on DOF.
>>> > :-)
>>> >
>>> > Chuck Norcutt
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > C.H.Ling wrote:
>>> >> Nice catch! Even with very good eyes, shooting moving insects is not
>>> > easy
>>> >> especially with manual lens stop down.
>>> >>
>>> >> C.H.Ling
>>> >>
>>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>>> >> From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> >>
>>> >>> <http://www.chucknorcutt.com/Rose%20of%20Sharon/index.htm>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> The light was nice today after it finally stopped raining.
>>> >>> Amazingly
>>> >>> these shots had to be adjusted up by almost 2 stops after I
>>> > discovered
>>> >>> that the camera and incident meter were a long ways apart on ISO :-)
>>> > I
>>> >>> deliberately set the meter and forgot to set the camera. I'm
>>> > surprised
>>> >>> that they held together as well as they did with such a large
>>> > exposure
>>> >>> adjustment.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Hand held, Canon 5D, Zuiko 50/3.5 macro at f/11.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> They're not all in perfect focus but I've discovered I can use MF
>>> > lenses
>>> >>> more easily now that my cataracts are gone. I think these are the
>>> > first
>>> >>> macro shots I've tried since the eye surgery about a year ago. I
>>> > guess
>>> >>> the eyes are working better than the memory.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Chuck Norcutt
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