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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Another Way to Snap a Butterfly
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2016 17:03:13 -0500
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Thanks for the kind word, Herb.  Not yet perfect, but gettin' better. :-)

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 7/17/2016 4:59 PM, Herbert Kanner wrote:
> Perfect!
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> Herb
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> Herbert Kanner
> kanner at acm.org
> 650.208.9417
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> Question authority and the authorities will question you.
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>> On Jul 17, 2016, at 11:34 AM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> After seeing Moose's recent fly captures, I became interested in trying 
>> an extension tube, though I don't have any of the modifying optics he has 
>> been using.  My only extension tubes are M42, so I attached the 9.5mm 
>> tube to my Takumar 135/3.5 lens.  The usable focusing range seemed to be 
>> approximately 2 - 5 feet, not bad for butterflies.  To get a few more MP, 
>> I used my Oly E-510.  This gave me the equivalent of a 270/3.5 lens.
>>
>> This female Spicebush Swallowtail flew up and rested for about five 
>> minutes on the greenery on my fence.  This was the only view and lighting 
>> that I had available.  I tried focusing at several stops, and it was not 
>> too difficult.  I suspect this was taken at f/8.
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Spicebush+Swallowtail+Female.tif.html
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>> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated.
>>
>> -- 
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
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