fly x8

[racketman]

not very good, you would really need a micro focusing rail.

http://www.pbase.com/image/90034005.jpg

crop

http://www.pbase.com/racketman/image/90034004.jpg


set up##


http://www.pbase.com/racketman/image/90034006.jpg

[macro junkie]

1.4 teleconverter..? if so how do u get 8 i thought it takes u to 7>?

[dpastern]

Toby, what did you use with the MPE-65? That's pretty good detail considering, I wouldn't be complaining at all. Interesting looking fly.

Dave

[racketman]

30D with an extension tube (MJ please note) so that the 1.4x TC can work with the MPE.

[Photogirl2007]

Interesting pics and setup Toby. I see, come our winter, that I will be trying a lot of things I am picking up on the forum.

[racketman]

Interesting pics and setup Toby. I see, come our winter, that I will be trying a lot of things I am picking up on the forum.

problem with the set up is the tripod is not accurate enough for this kind of work - ie the slightest adjustment and the subject is lost. A focusing rail on a heavy duty tripod would do the trick. As it is I found myself moving the subject to find focus and then having to hold it.

[Mike4BekA]

cool enough for me man!

[Dalantech]

30D with an extension tube (MJ please note) so that the 1.4x TC can work with the MPE.

You can use the MPE-65 with Canon's teleconverters without using an extension tube between them. I've shot dragons at 7x using that combo.

For the magnification I don't think you did too bad. Hopefully that desk light wasn't a significant light source -at that mag you want the flash to freeze any vibration...

[macro junkie]

im going to buy a 1.4 teleconverter and attach it straight to the mpe-65 for pics of the mantids eyes..cant wait..:)

[racketman]

im going to buy a 1.4 teleconverter and attach it straight to the mpe-65 for pics of the mantids eyes..cant wait..:)

it wont attach , you have to have a tube in between unless you like the sound of ............................http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LWF73XTnAA

[racketman]

You can use the MPE-65 with Canon's teleconverters without using an extension tube between them. I've shot dragons at 7x using that combo.

For the magnification I don't think you did too bad. Hopefully that desk light wasn't a significant light source -at that mag you want the flash to freeze any vibration...


just checked this and you are right :oops::oops:

[macro junkie]

just checked this and you are right :oops::oops:
;) :lol:

[Bill Pham]

not bad at all if you ask me. still trying to get decent shot at 2x myself :D.

Bill

[racketman]

not bad at all if you ask me. still trying to get decent shot at 2x myself :D.

Bill

helps when the subject is dead..............;)

[skylab]

Dead right, then Toby. Very narrow DOF. Interesting.

[Dalantech]

just checked this and you are right :oops::oops:

I know... ;)

[bandit 1]

Hiya Toby,

Great shot & crop, Damn me I seem to have missed a number of your posts lately, can't see the wood for the trees :o:rolleyes:

Cheers for now
Mark

[Lester Wareham]

Good detail, I have tried with the EF 2X also and that works - not sure about the IQ however.

I can manage at 5:1 (just) handheld in field conditions but a geared focus slide makes it easier in studio.

Even using a really heavy tripod and a big Kirk B&S head framing adjustment is a pain, need a 2 way geared head for that.

[Attic]

When is the microscope coming Toby :lol: excellent magnification.