[LRflex] Re: Table-top Macro Work.
- From: Bob Shaw <rsphotoimages@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 13:25:25 -0800
Whatever you build, be sure to float the whole enchilada in a mercury
bath...
Bob in Seattle
On Jan 9, 2007, at 11:37, David Young wrote:
Ted Grant wrote:
> Hey Guys I have to ask a very simple question about all this technical
> vibration, earthquake proof macro vibrating picture taking?
>
> What is being photographed and with what kind of lighting, available or
> strobes? And where is it being shot? Earth or Mars? ;-)
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Ted, Sonny, et al:
Keith Longmore (UK) originally spoke of photographing watch parts...
> I want to
> photograph watch parts with the R3 using the 25mm Photar and bellows.
> I
> have tried already, but have had to get a stiffer tripod and stronger
> ball-head. With such extreme magnification, the jolt of the mirror was
> enough to cause camera shake, with the camera mounted on a Panagor
> table-top
> tripod. Let me explain it this way: a pocket watch balance staff is
> about 3
> mm long, and has pivots of about 4 or 5 thousands of an inch diameter
> (12-14
> hundredths of a mm); with the Photar, I can almost fill a 35 mm frame
> with a
> staff! Now that's REAL magnification, methinks.
Perhaps you guys missed the original post.
Cheers!
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David Young,
Logan Lake, CANADA
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