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Philips Medium Format Enlarger PCS 150.
Another route is to use Vuescan. This scanner program allows you to choose as source an image file instead of a scanner, very handy !
I used the same source (image 04 in this set), selected the crop area and clicked the button "scan".
The resulting image looks better, there is definetly more life in it.
Still a red shift but that would be easily corrected in a next shot of the negative.
Please don't look too much at the sharpness. I know that it is horrible !
Main goal was to see how the colors behaved.
My set-up was very amateuristic. Just remove the Enlarger lens, put the Nikon D40 on the easel and point it upwards. Autofocus was used, ISO set at 200 and Colorbalance at Tungsten (3000K).
A much better performance would be reached with one of the latest DSLR's with its super megapixels sensor and, very important, an excellent macro-lens.
A few weeks ago bought an adapter for my EOS that would allow me to mount my old Canon FD lenses. This would allow these lenses to perform as excellent macro lenses. These are my first few experiments using the Canon 100mm f/4. The FD 100/4 was also a macro lens when used with the A1, and it's still sharp as a tack!
A few weeks ago bought an adapter for my EOS that would allow me to mount my old Canon FD lenses. This would allow these lenses to perform as excellent macro lenses. These are my first few experiments using the Canon 100mm f/4. The FD 100/4 was also a macro lens when used with the A1, and it's still sharp as a tack!
Test shot using Soligor 70-220mm 1:3.5 MC lens. Handheld wide-open at 220mm and 1/20s exposure, ISO 800. This lens is basically a re-branded Tokina lens. I got it with extensive haze on variator group and a lot of gunk accumulated on other elements. Cleaned very well with ROR - must be the lubricant vapor condensing.
The lens is unusual - it is twice as big and heavy as other lens in similar range. The bloody thing is almost as big as 300mm 6x7 S-M-C Takumar. In this case size appear to matter as the lens is amazingly sharp for an old zoom, plus produces excellent macros at 1:1.5 rate. Apparently there is a later model of this lens slightly lighter - Soligor 70-222mm. In any case this appears to be a great find and a good candidate for a favorite lens. Got it off Ebay for USD $23.81
Copyright © 2009 - All rights reserved - "After the rain"...a fabulous purple iris in a small apartment garden proudly displaying its beauty after a springtime Ukrainian rainstorm ...sometimes photo art requires being at the right place at the right time to make the right capture. I just happened to find this one while walking along the sidewalk. Kyiv, Ukraine Copyright 2009 All rights are reserved.
*15-07-09 Chosen as the "Moderators and Administrator's Photo of the Week" on the prestigious and highly popular "Hidden Treasures" and has received two Administrator's Special Awards from "4M´s Photographic Dream" photography group on Flickr."
**18-10-10 Recipient of 3 "Moderator's Special Awards" in The Wonderful World of "1001 Nights" but unfortunately too many awards to qualify for entry into the "Magic City" award (40 Max).
This mud salamander is another animal from the Price Lab outreach collection at the University of Kentucky
Ромашка (Bellis perennis) 9-кратное увеличение, 51 изображение, объектив микроскопа ЛОМО, план ахроматический 9-X.Камера Sony Alpha 6400, ISO-100, время экспозиции-1/10 сек. Сильфонное устройство, диффузор.
Das Gänseblümchen (Bellis perennis) 9-fache Vergrößerung, 51 Bilder, LOMO-Mikroskop-Objektivplan achromatisch 9-X.
Kamera Sony Alpha 6400, ISO-100, Belichtungszeit 1/10 Sekunde. Balggerät, Diffusor.
The daisy (Bellis perennis) 9 x magnification, 51 images, LOMO microscope objective plan achromatic 9-X.
Camera Sony Alpha 6400, ISO-100, exposure time-1/10 second. Bellows device, diffuser.
Sat in the shed for while hoping to get some bird shots, but I think they knew I was there. So here is a shot of the thawing snow on the shed window, taken from inside the shed. The reflection of our conservatory can be seen in the dropplets.
A few weeks ago bought an adapter for my EOS that would allow me to mount my old Canon FD lenses. This would allow these lenses to perform as excellent macro lenses. These are my first few experiments using the Canon 100mm f/4. The FD 100/4 was also a macro lens when used with the A1, and it's still sharp as a tack!
They started with excellent macro photos of the original steel punches.
Unexpected Baskerville: The Story of LoveFrom Serif
June 27, 2023
Philips Medium Format Enlarger PCS 150.
So i used Photoshop Elements to select a crop of the former image (nr 4 in this set) and used the Invert function to get a positive.
Image looks very flat. Still a red shift but that would be easily corrected in a next shot of the negative.
Please don't look too much at the sharpness. I know that it is horrible !
Main goal was to see how the colors behaved. And to me this result is very disappointing.
My set-up was very amateuristic. Just remove the Enlarger lens, put the Nikon D40 on the easel and pointed it upwards. Autofocus was used, ISO set at 200 and Colorbalance at Tungsten (3000K).
A much better performance would be reached with one of the latest DSLR's with its super megapixels sensor and, very important, an excellent macro-lens.
A few weeks ago bought an adapter for my EOS that would allow me to mount my old Canon FD lenses. This would allow these lenses to perform as excellent macro lenses. These are my first few experiments using the Canon 100mm f/4. The FD 100/4 was also a macro lens when used with the A1, and it's still sharp as a tack!
They started with excellent macro photos of the original steel punches.
Unexpected Baskerville: The Story of LoveFrom Serif
June 27, 2023
TWO THINGS HERE
(1). This Photo - Taken at Cape Tribulation early this year. With great difficulty for the creature was so tiny and the light was so bad. In my fungi work, I often find very small life forms on and in rotting logs. Most are unknown to me and I would not be surprised if some are not even known. I took many many shots of this creature and only one or two turned out for nearly all were heavily blurred. This one was taken on supermacro at the closest distance, almost touching, and hand held on the log at 3.2 seconds. It was taken with the Canon S3-IS. The creature itself was no more than 4 or 5 mm long.
(2). The S6-IS. For all my contact friends who use one of the Canon S series (S2 S3 S5), I have been anxiously waiting for the Canon S6-IS to be announced as I will be getting one in time. HOWEVER the replacement for the S5-IS has been announced and released by Canon and I did not know on 17 September 2008. The thing is, it has a different name. "SX1-IS" and "SX10-IS". The two models replace the S5-IS.
What is remarkable here is that this new camera has specifications way beyond what was rumoured for the S6. For those of you who were interested in what the S6 was going to be check these references for the new replacements:-
1. Good Introduction
www.post1.net/reviewem/entry/canon_sx1_is_specifications_...
2. New SX Flickr Group
www.flickr.com/groups/canonpowershotsx10is/
3. Details -
www.flickr.com/groups/canonpowershots5is/discuss/72157607...
4. S2 - S5 Discussion
www.flickr.com/groups/canon_s_series/discuss/721576073786...
5. The Manual Look at it (but about 4 or 6 Mb to load) This is a whole manual!! You might find find it interesting.
gdlp01.c-wss.com/gds/0300001567/PSSX10IS_CUG_EN.pdf
MY BIGGEST CONCERN was that the new cameras did not have macro or supermacro and nothing I read anywhere on the Internet for hours told me. Then I looked at this Manual and it is page 77 (I think), It certainly has excellent macro and supermacro qualities just like the S series with about the same distances. I intend getting one next year - cant 'afford one now with the financial market and my operation I had to pay for, and maybe another one this year too. :-(
Take care everyone.
Sample images from a Tamron SP 52BB, an Adapt-all 2 90mm f/2.5 Macro. One of the highest resolving lenses I've tried. Simply excellent.
Macro mode bokeh.
Olympus E-PL5 in an Olympus Housing - best value
What can I say? Every Bluewater Photo customer who gets an Olympus PEN micro-four thirds camera is really, really happy with it. They are usually looking for better auto-focus and image quality than their compact camera system, and they are not disappointed. For a very good price, you can get a good housing, and great fish, reef and macro photos. For another $1,049 you get a wide-angle lens and dome that gives you stunning 180 degree wide-angle shots.
The Olympus E-PL5 is a mirrorless camera, which accept micro-four thirds mount lenses. It has a sensor 4-5 times larger than high end compact cameras, and can auto-focus while taking video. The housing is larger than a compact camera housing, but much smaller & lighter than a dSLR housing. The E-PL5 comes with a great 14-42mm kit lens.
Great housing and camera for the money
Same amazing sensor as the Olympus OM-D
Better image quality and faster focusing than compact cameras
Smaller size and better price point than a dSLR setup
Excellent macro and wide-angle options
Get great TTL with the YS-01 or YS-D1 strobes
Take ultra-wide, ultra-sharp wide-angle shots with the Precision dome port and 8mm fisheye lens
Great selection of small micro-four thirds lenses by Olympus and Panasonic
Do you want 1/250th sync speed and 2 control dials? Check out the new Olympus OM-D
One of my sharpest lenses. Sometimes it hunts in low light, but when it gets it right, it gets it right.
Excellent macro lens for Nikon.
This particular model was made in Japan as these lenses are now made in Thailand.
Read all about this lens here.
While on Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina, I came across an amazing butterfly garden when my main macro tool, my Canon G10's battery ran out. My spare battery? Well it was charging back at the room. Was I going to give up? Call it a day? Hell no. Photography is all about being creative and resourceful with what you have. So -- I grabbed my EOS 7D, which I had been using with my 500mm to take close ups of bears and eagles and attached the only other lens in my bag -- a Canon 28mm 1.8 prime. And guess what? It works as an excellent macro lens.
This is an uncropped image taken with that lens, handheld. So there you have it. Macro with a wide angle lens.
Camera Canon EOS 7D + Canon 28mm 1.8
Exposure 1/6400 sec
Aperture f/4.0
Focal Length 28 mm
ISO Speed 400
Still trying to get the hang of the new Canon. Close ups like this have been a struggle compared to my old Olympus, which took excellent macros of the orchids on the auto setting.
Tested with:
Canon 40D
ISO 250
Aperture Priority Mode
Wired Shutter Release
Tripod Mounted
$10 SGD Note >.<
No post processing done other than the cropping and stitching as shown.
Conclusion:
Like most lenses in the market, the image is soft when the aperture is wide open@2.8 and the quality turns out after 1 to 2 stops down as seen in the image.
This lens proved to be useful and would be able to produce excellent macro images if coupled with some image sharpening and noise reduction.
This is an excellent macro and telephoto lens. Sharpness is legendary, low light telephoto is possible on a tripod. I have a really enjoyed using this one!
Details: www.sigmaphoto.com/shop/150mm-f28-ex-apo-dg-hsm-macro-sigma