Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Going for the Repronar situation ATM... It's quite adventurous, I know, but it's for an experiment: can't invest into something I first have to test to know if it will work. So plz friends, don't bid on that website... Thanks for all the insights, esp. Len, who passed me the solution for my D200. Which will be the next step if the experiment works. Philippe Op 18-sep-07, om 17:28 heeft Marc James Small het volgende geschreven: > Others have discussed this in detail and have pointed out a lot of > really solid thoughts. > > I would avoid the use of enlarging lenses or reversed normal > photography lenses as these involve optical compromises which are > unacceptable to quality work. I would avoid the use of any SLR > which lacks mirror lock-up. And there are workarounds to the use > of flash -- the prime condition is to take microphotography > pictures under open shade as inside a garage with the door open or > under a tree or the like. > > Someone stated that Photars and other microphotography lenses are > hard to find. This is bosh: follow eBay for a month and there are > a zillion of them for sale, often at discounted prices. Back in > the day, we paid $750 or so for them but, thanks to eBay, I can > score these on occasion for under $100 and have bought several for > $20. Are they worth it? Zheezh! Of course they are if you want > the best: Photars, Luminars, Microtars, and the llike are the > absolute best. Nikon and Rodenstock also made outstanding micro > lenses. And there is the really solid 4/60 Staeble-Katagon > marketed by Novoflex. > > My own recommendation would be to use a Hasselblad 2000/200 series > camera with bellows and a suitable Photar or Luminar. At today's > discounted prices, the rig can be had for relative peanuts compared > to what we would have paid two decades ago. Shoot with chrome > film: there are few things as stunning as an MF slide of a > microphotograph projected onto a screen. > > In the alternative, an M6 and Visoflex IIa or III and Bellows II > would do almost as well. > > Marc > > > msmall@aya.yale.edu > Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >