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Photo Forum / Digital Photography / DSLR Cameras / February 2007Getting Screwed by Nikon! (50mm f/1.4 VR)
I had a chance to test the 50/105VR combo and I must say that I'm pleased with the results and this setup shows promise. http://www.geocities.com/ritaberk2007/screwed.htm Rita > I had a chance to test the 50/105VR combo and I must say that I'm > pleased with the results and this setup shows promise. Nice! You've opened Pandora's box, though. The next challenge is stacking images for more DOF. More software, a special rig with a geared platform, bellows... it'll never end! :-) Whose reversing rings do you use? Cheers, Richard >> I had a chance to test the 50/105VR combo and I must say that I'm >> pleased with the results and this setup shows promise. > > Nice! Thanks. > You've opened Pandora's box, though. The next challenge is stacking > images for more DOF. More software, a special rig with a geared > platform, bellows... it'll never end! :-) Yes, I have thought about the geared platform and bellows, but I think they will hamper my shooting style since I shoot handheld. I'll probably pick up a set in the future. The shallow DoF is hard to work with, but I don't think software will help when shooting moving insects. > Whose reversing rings do you use? Just a cheapy I got on eBay. Rita >>> I had a chance to test the 50/105VR combo and I must say that I'm >>> pleased with the results and this setup shows promise. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >a set in the future. The shallow DoF is hard to work with, but I don't >think software will help when shooting moving insects. Now, there is an idea for super kit - a contraption which automatically bracket-focuses at macro distances, with built-in stacking software...and all hand-held. Unfortunately, the bracket-focusing in macro work has to be by moving the whole camera/lens assembly; moving the lens relative to the camera (like the focus bracketing for normal distances found in some digital cameras) would be useless, as the image magnification would change too much. David  SignatureDavid Littlewood > Now, there is an idea for super kit - a contraption which automatically > bracket-focuses at macro distances, with built-in stacking [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > cameras) would be useless, as the image magnification would change too > much. All you gotta do is hand-hold this rig. :-) http://www.photomacrography2.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=271 Cheers, Richard >> Now, there is an idea for super kit - a contraption which >> automatically bracket-focuses at macro distances, with built-in [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > http://www.photomacrography2.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=271 That's pretty wild. But I'm confused about his focus bracketing and stacking. I understand stacking when it comes to astrophotography but how does it work with different focus points? In a subject with a lot of depth are you just getting different layers into focus? But wouldn't that cause the whole thing to be blurry when stacked? Greg Signature"All my time I spent in heaven Revelries of dance and wine Waking to the sound of laughter Up I'd rise and kiss the sky" - The Mekons >>> Now, there is an idea for super kit - a contraption which >>>automatically bracket-focuses at macro distances, with built-in [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > >Greg AIUI, the stacking programs select the sharp bits from each "slice" and combine them together to give an overall sharp image. David SignatureDavid Littlewood >>> Now, there is an idea for super kit - a contraption which >>> automatically bracket-focuses at macro distances, with built-in [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >into focus? But wouldn't that cause the whole thing to be blurry when >stacked? A similar technique is used in some kinds of microscopy. You use a pinhole & a ton of light, & all the out of focus stuff becomes essentially invisible, so each image in the stack is like a thin slice of the subject. I'm guessing that this is something like that. >> Now, there is an idea for super kit - a contraption which >>automatically bracket-focuses at macro distances, with built-in [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >http://www.photomacrography2.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=271 Yes, that kind of thing - perhaps a little less extreme! Thanks for the link. David SignatureDavid Littlewood > All you gotta do is hand-hold this rig. :-) > > http://www.photomacrography2.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=271 Amazing! Rita > Unfortunately, the bracket-focusing in macro work has to be by moving > the whole camera/lens assembly; moving the lens relative to the camera > (like the focus bracketing for normal distances found in some digital > cameras) would be useless, as the image magnification would change too > much. So you put the device between the camera and the tripod. On line, I've seen some amazingly unnatural shots by a Japanese photographer (didn't bookmark it but some of you may know who I'm referring to) where the depth of field seemed like matter of inches rather than the fractions of inches in most macro shots. A guy named Jeff Boyd ("The 2Belo") posted a link to them on his LJ, but I couldn't find it looking through quickly. (Macro, a world in itself). > I had a chance to test the 50/105VR combo and I must say that I'm pleased > with the results and this setup shows promise. > > http://www.geocities.com/ritaberk2007/screwed.htm Woot. I'll have to backtrack to how you put the lenses together. I've got a reversing ring for my 50 mm lens, but no step down rings for the 105 lens. |
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