Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/09/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, George, but I had trouble getting him to pose................ :-) The short extension tube would work fine on an optical bench, but the focus movement is too sluggish to use tracking insects. It does produce nice images if you are lucky! Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 9/1/2015 5:07 PM, George Lottermoser wrote: > On Aug 31, 2015, at 3:18 PM, Jim Nichols wrote: > >> The closest tube that I have is 9mm. I used it and shot a few images, >> but found that focusing, at least with this lens, is very sluggish, >> taking a wide range of motion, and the available focusing range is quite >> limited. Here is a sample image, but I think I can do better without the >> tube. >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Ext+Tube+GF.TIFF.html > significantly higher quality > than the crops > to my eye > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >