[Leica] IMG: Flutterbys Using the Takumar 135

George Lottermoser george.imagist at icloud.com
Tue Sep 1 15:17:23 PDT 2015


On Sep 1, 2015, at 5:13 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:

> 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!

Are you hand holding the camera?

I find in my macro work that focusing with movement of the camera works best (for me).

the macro rails on most bellows units serve that purpose;
similar to microscope focusing

Regards,
George Lottermoser 

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