Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hoppy, I have been doing macro for a very long time so I have many, many options. If you want to use your M then a Viso II or III with a LTM to Viso adapter will let you use extension tubes and enlarging lenses very cheaply. Or, stock up on an R4(dirt cheap) a couple of R extension tubes and a 180 preferably one of the APO's. R bellows are also pretty cheap as well. Or, you can use a short tele like a 90 Summicron and the inappropriate Elpro. All of these options will cost about $500 US if you are starting from scratch. Possibly a better option would be to acquire a 180 ED Nikkor and a 6T with possibly an extension tube. The old tubes for an F are amazingly cheap but will force you to shoot pretty close to wide open as you are at working aperture. Alternatively, get a male to male 62-52 adapter and use a 50 F1.8reversed in front of that 180 and you will be amazed at what you will see. Really, macro can be very cheap to get into if you start with a pretty good lens. Nikon is still pretty expensive, for example, I picked up a Canon F1n for $100 and spent another $100 for a CLA. I did this as I had found a 200 macro FD for $250 so this lens pretty much stays glued to the F1. End result is a very capable system for $450; considering that the new 180 is over a grand and the new Nikon 100 is over $700 and I am a pretty happy camper. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 1/22/07, G Hopkinson <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au> wrote: > > Don, I think that the macro thing is starting to call to me as well. Then > I start thinking about what's required to make it happen > with an M old way or new way. Or buy an older R (for cost) then glass for > it. Then I think, be rational, to have a play I could get > a macro for my Nikon manual focus slr's cheaply. Then I start thinking > about the Zeiss ZF Planar 100 macro, (have you seen the MTF > graphs for that lens!)then I realise I'm back at the second mortgage > point. I think its called technolust! > > Cheers > Hoppy > > -----Original Message----- > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG Don's PAW week 3 > > Hoppy, > Thank you for the compliment. If the demons at work give in somewhat I > may > do an abbreviated series this year. Last year I played around a lot with > bad lenses used up close and this year I might try traditional macro shots > with a somewhat different viewpoint. > > Don > don.dory@gmail.com > > On 1/21/07, G Hopkinson <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au> wrote: > > > > Don, that's a great shot of the camellia. I love the colour and the > sharp > > droplet. > > Cheers > > Hoppy > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >