[Leica] IMG: Bee Image with Close-Up Lens, for Moose

Jim Nichols jhnichols at lighttube.net
Tue Oct 13 12:05:21 PDT 2020


Thanks, Don.  The Olympus CU lens that I have fits all of the Pentax 
Super-Takumar lenses that I have and is very good quality glass.

On 10/13/20 1:12 PM, Don Dory via LUG wrote:
> Depending on your lense filter size you might try a Nikon 6T, Canon 500D or
> one of Leica's many two element lenses typically found in series 6 or 7.
> They really improve edge sharpness.
>
> On Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 12:23 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks, Don.
>>
>> On 10/13/20 12:20 PM, Don Dory via LUG wrote:
>>> Well done.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 13, 2020, 12:00 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
>> wrote:
>>>> I obtain close-ups of insects in many different ways.  Yesterday, Moose
>>>> mentioned close-up lenses, which I haven't used for some time.  Today, I
>>>> magnetically attached my 2.5 diopter  close-up lens to a Pentax 55/1.8
>>>> lens on the X-T2 and went to the Buddleia.  This setup allows a working
>>>> distance of about 12 inches or less, so I had to find a subject I could
>>>> move in close to. This Carpenter Bee was cooperative.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20201013-DSCF2251.JPG.html
>>>>
>>>> Ignore the lens data in Exif.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Jim Nichols
>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>>
>>>>
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>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
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