-= 70D owners unite! Post up pics and discuss!

evelakes wrote in post #17447426
Visiting a old friend today.

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/rkV7​5M Linden cattle-5 by Evelakes67, on Flickr

Wow! Great image Richard, and very courageous to get so close!

^maybe they're not mean, maybe cuddly even

The Venus Lens:

Below are 3 images where the Venus is set to it's maximum magnification (twice life size, or 2:1) and each of these were processed in Lightroom using only that programme's "Auto" process button which set the sliders to where it thinks they should be. This doesn't alter the clarity slider, which I use during my normal editing. Other than that, they are just resized and sharpened for the web using an action by Steve Perry.

All 3 were at around f/11, 1/250sec, ISO 100, ringflash on the front of the lens. Working distance from end of lens was about 2 inches I suppose.


The first is a One Pound coin, the second is a car indicator lamp showing the filament, which I measured as being four millimetres across, and the third is the Queen's eye on a Ten Pound note (be aware, I couldn't get the money totally straight at the edge as I had it in clothe pegs to try and keep it upright, but it wasn't quite level with the focal plane across the whole view, and at this magnification, even a millimetre out would mean a loss of focus/sharpness.

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Jeff Hanson wrote in post #17447973
Wow! Great image Richard, and very courageous to get so close!

Thx Jeff, it was close 8 mm on the Sigma.

Very sharp indeed Paul.

Good to see Paul, thanks. I would sure beat fiddling (for me) with extension tubes, and honestly a lot if not most times with the MP-65 2X it what I would end up being at.

Excellent in B&W Richard.

Paul.

thx Paul

Now something complete different.

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Walking along a piece of wood, I had to wait for it to reach the end and turn around to get a headshot. Took ten minutes for it to get in more or less the right place...

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evelakes wrote in post #17449039

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/r5eY​Wo Cattle B&W by Evelakes67, on Flickr

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I love these, Richard ! <thumbsup>

Today in Arches National Park, had some nice conditions.

Paul Iddon wrote in post #17449889
Walking along a piece of wood, I had to wait for it to reach the end and turn around to get a headshot. Took ten minutes for it to get in more or less the right place...

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Paul.

You are making me want to buy the Venus. Very nice work.

solepatch wrote in post #17450642
You are making me want to buy the Venus. Very nice work.

Josh Waller from the EPZ website contacted me about running a review of the new Venus lens.

Front page news for a while.

http://www.ephotozine.​com …ro-lens-user-review-27046


Paul.

Paul Iddon wrote in post #17450786
Josh Waller from the EPZ website contacted me about running a review of the new Venus lens.

Front page news for a while.

http://www.ephotozine.​com …ro-lens-user-review-27046

Paul.

Very nice review. I've had my eyes set on a 100mm F2.8L for a while, but the idea of being able to get to 2:1 without having to use tubes and therefor being able to go to even greater magnification with a set of tubes sounds pretty awesome to me.