Obviously I had to have a little play to see what the latest one would produce. I started with a piece cut from my corkscrew hazel bush which had fully opened catkins and the remains of a flower, now fading rapidly.
The MSN-202 has to be closer to the subject, about 32mm and really gets in close. These are the results of a focus stacking session.
Close in on a catkin, un-cropped:
Very close view of the flower, again un-cropped:
Part of a Muscari flower, un-cropped:
As can be seen, especially in the first two stacks, there is a limit to the depth of field as the focus range has limits on the 70-200mm zoom lens I use on the 50D otherwise I am delighted with the results. I don't think this one will be very easy to use hand held, to say the least.
There is a MSN-505 with a diopter of 32 but with its subject distance of 18.5mm I don't think I will be tempted!
They look pretty good to me John.
ReplyDeleteKeith: Thanks. It is nice to see some tiny detail at times.
DeleteVery impressive. How did you manage to light the catkin? I struggle with the MP-E and that focuses at between an inch and four inches.
ReplyDeleteAdrian: At the moment I always use my anglepoise type lamp fitted with an LED bulb. This is pretty well how it goes plus a bit of natural light from the kitchen window:
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Excellent results! I do like how macrophotography opens up hidden worlds.
ReplyDeleteThank you Wilma. It's a whole new world of interesting sights.
DeleteThank you TWG.
ReplyDeleteThat is super macro John, especially that last shot.
ReplyDeleteThank you Roy. I was pleased with the Muscari macro. That took 25 shots.
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