MGrayson
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It's a great piece of kit. And this is the base model. You should see the micrometer equipped versions!
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MGrayson
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Almost Exactly. Mine is the ms5p-8-ks.
dj may
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What are you using to connect the two rails?A friend just picked up an RZ67 and is shooting some film. That got me thinking about using a macro setup instead of a flatbed scanner. Before I knew it, the pieces were all in place. (Surprisingly, I had a light table squirreled away somewhere). So to test it out, here are two shots titled 6:00 AM and 6:05 AM
Leica S3, S120/2.5 (by itself, so 1:2 magnification). Gitzo 5 with leveling base, Novoflex clamp, Hejnar rail and Macro rail.
Matt
MGrayson
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The horizontal rail is actually a long lens support (which I needed anyway). The "tiny" clamp at the end that normally holds the Y-shaped support piece is strong enough for this. Well, Hejnar said it "might" be strong enough, but advised against it. Under the panorama section, he has a corner support piece that holds a bracket REALLY firmly against the end of a rail, so I'll be using that when it arrives. (VR8-625). If I didn't love overkill, I'd be using the Fuji X for everything.
MGrayson
Subscriber and Workshop Member
Two additions: This is 1:1 using the S 120/2.5 + R 100/2.8 Elpro and the Macro rail is being held by the Hejnar heavy duty vertical rail. And when Hejnar bothers to say "heavy duty", think Mjölnir.
Pussywillow, 17 captures, spaced 1/4 mm apart. Leaving the boundary fuzzy is deliberate - or lazy - I'm never sure.
Matt
BTW, if this setup looks similar to @jng's, it's because I'm copying his
Pussywillow, 17 captures, spaced 1/4 mm apart. Leaving the boundary fuzzy is deliberate - or lazy - I'm never sure.
Matt
BTW, if this setup looks similar to @jng's, it's because I'm copying his
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MGrayson
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dj may
Well-known member
Thank you Matt. From memory, polarizer and 6-stop ND, exposure 16 seconds.
dchew
Well-known member
On our last day together in Colorado, we found a lovely road near Mount Wilson that just kept going and going. We left the second half of the road for another year's investigation. It had one spot with a thick grove of aspens. This is the same location from which @jng and @diggles posted images. Both of these images have ~15mm lens rise with the Rodi 138f. As usual, it took a while to wait for the right combination of cloud cover and wind breaks. The woods were incredibly dense; there were almost no sky holes to touch up.
I was the last one to duck in the car as it started to rain.
Here is the ominous sky just before we headed down.
Dave
I was the last one to duck in the car as it started to rain.
Here is the ominous sky just before we headed down.
Dave
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Gorgeous images! I guess I should have been paying closer attention to why you guys were seemingly stuck in that grove...On our last day together in Colorado, we found a lovely road near Mount Wilson that just kept going and going. We left the second half of the road for another year's investigation. It had one spot with a thick grove of aspens. This is the same location from which @jng and @diggles posted images. Both of these images have ~15mm lens rise. As usual, it took a while to wait for the right combination of cloud cover and wind breaks. The woods were incredibly dense; there were almost no sky holes to touch up.
I was the last one to duck in the car as it started to rain.
Here is the ominous sky just before we headed down.
Dave
John
Here's a behind the scenes shot (courtesy @diggles) of yours truly in the grove of aspens that @dchew described above. My resulting image can be found here.
I was pretty pooped by the time I arrived at this spot. Noticing a log some 6-7 ft behind my tripod (and also congratulating myself for packing the longer of my two USB-C tethering cables), I decided to have a seat. It may appear that I was checking emails but in reality I was clicking the shutter via my MacBook as I watched the changing afternoon light dance across the trees.
-John
I was pretty pooped by the time I arrived at this spot. Noticing a log some 6-7 ft behind my tripod (and also congratulating myself for packing the longer of my two USB-C tethering cables), I decided to have a seat. It may appear that I was checking emails but in reality I was clicking the shutter via my MacBook as I watched the changing afternoon light dance across the trees.
-John
Photo credit: @diggles
Greg Haag
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My goodness, I hate to post behind the spectacular Aspen images from Dave and John! We made a spur of the moment trip to the beach because the weather/temps were so nice. Our routine is to hit the beach about an hour before sunset and then stay and watch the stars come out. This was the various stages of light from last night. I take a camera almost every time I go to the beach, sometimes my GFX and sometimes my technical camera, the interesting thing to me is when I take my technical camera how many people come up wanting to ask questions about it.
IQ4 150 Cambo 1600 Rodenstock 32
IQ4 150 Cambo 1600 Rodenstock 32
Hi Greg.... good to see you are having a good time. I really like your last image as I have begun to more appreciate the movement of waves with just a little bit of smoothing. I am going to start to practice more with shorter time frames.....
No matter what all images look great.....
Victor B.
No matter what all images look great.....
Victor B.
Greg Haag
Well-known member
Thank you, Victor! I am shooting a lot of waves while I am recovering from a knee injury, it’s about as far as I can walk at the moment with my backpack.Hi Greg.... good to see you are having a good time. I really like your last image as I have begun to more appreciate the movement of waves with just a little bit of smoothing. I am going to start to practice more with shorter time frames.....
No matter what all images look great.....
Victor B.
GeorgeBo
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Visiting my son and extending a weekend with a few days off from work. Still some fall colors in Upstate South Carolina (Oconee County) and taking in some hiking trails to waterfalls.
While I am waiting for dealers to finally get the new XCD 38V lenses in stock, I decided to throw the PC-Nikkor 35mm/2.8 in the backpack today. Image circle is large enough and is ok in 1x1 crop mode. Can even apply a little shift/rise movement.
Of course if I am going to be on the trail, there is going to be a rain cloud following So used a polarizer filter to pop the colors and cut down on glare on the wet leaves. The Peak Design travel tripod it so easy to carry strapped on the pack, it is my go to for days like today.
While I am waiting for dealers to finally get the new XCD 38V lenses in stock, I decided to throw the PC-Nikkor 35mm/2.8 in the backpack today. Image circle is large enough and is ok in 1x1 crop mode. Can even apply a little shift/rise movement.
Of course if I am going to be on the trail, there is going to be a rain cloud following
So used a polarizer filter to pop the colors and cut down on glare on the wet leaves. The Peak Design travel tripod it so easy to carry strapped on the pack, it is my go to for days like today.