I do have a 7mm tube, a 50/3.5 macro and oodles of flash. But no live
view. Perhaps a variable power studio light with 150 watt halogen
modeling lamp will allow manual focus w/o live view.
Chuck Norcutt
On 1/5/2013 6:13 AM, iwert bernakiewicz wrote:
> Hello Chuck:
>
> I use a 7mm extension tube to mount the 5D on the bellows. The 80mm
> macro as lens.
> The whole unit is mounted on a solid block of steel for stability.
> For light I use a cold light slide viewing tablet mounted to the other
> end. (a flash would do just as good I suppose, but I don't have any:).
> The convenience with the 5DII is that with the cold light and enlarged
> live view focussing is very easy.
> I put the aperture at f8-11 and use the cable release and silent shutter mode
> 1.
>
> All the best,
>
> Iwert
>
>
> 2013/1/4 Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> Can you describe this. I tried coupling the 5D to the OM bellows many
>> years ago and, perhaps my memory is faulty, but I seem to recall that
>> the body didn't want to mate comfortably with the bellows. Is a short
>> extension tube required to avoid the frontal protrusion of the prism
>> housing? What lens are you using for a 1:1 image?
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> On 1/4/2013 9:48 AM, iwert bernakiewicz wrote:
>>> the 5DII coupled with OM
>>> bellows and an old slide viewer form an odd looking contraption with
>>> fine results.
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