60p, up close!

[Bend The Light]

I have been messing with sill combinations of macro tubes, etc. For this, I had 30cm of extension (3 lots of tubes, plus a macro bellows) and my 135mm manual M42 lens.

I mounted the lot on 2 tripods for stability, and then shot this. This is a stack of several shots (12, I think)...slight crop to remove the artifacts that are left by the slightly diffferent FoV when adjusting the focus.


10p coins by Bend The Light, on Flickr

Just for comparison...this is a ruler, and those marks are mm...This (I think) shows a agnification on the sensor of 2.22 to 1 (i.e. Objects that are 1cm wide will cover the sensor width from edge to edge on my 400d. )


30cm macro tubes inc rail and 135mm by Bend The Light, on Flickr

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[CoryBudden]

the close up is not that crisp. seems a little blurry.

[Bend The Light]

the close up is not that crisp. seems a little blurry.

Oh, ok.
Thanks for your critique.

[ChrisA]

That's a lot of magnification you've added.

Not sure what aperture you've used, or what DOF you got when shooting. Seems a lot of shots to stack for such a small area of focus.

Certainly could be sharper. Not sure if this is the stack, the lens at that magnification, drop off in light ?, or some shake ( tho you mentioned using two tripods).

[Bend The Light]

Hair thin DoF, it was. The curvature of the coin means there was about 8mm from the front edge to the furthest part as seen here. Maybe 12 was a little too many, but not far off.

This equipment was by no means "state of the art" and ultimately was an exercise in magnification with the cheapest possible set up. I am certain I could get sharper, both with more time and some better equipment.

I had 3 sets of cheap aluminium tubes, a macro bellows, all supporting a heavy metal Russian 135mm. Slight movements anywhere would cause movement, I think.

Anyway, I have a !:1 macro lens coming at the end of the month...should get better magnification with less length...I'll see what I can do.

Cheers