Thanks, Mike. The Nasturtium looks excellent. I like the Snapdragon
as well, but it looks confused around the edges; I put that down to
the colour of the petals and the digitising process from Velvia.
Chris
On 10 Dec 2007, at 03:21, usher99@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Well, at least a few list members were interested in the Voigt.
> 125/2.5
> macro for OM vs the Zuiko 135. Had only 2 shots left on my last roll
> of Velvia and 40min of good light. Lucky I took something out back as
> the night was the first hard frost and any remaining hardy plants were
> frozen mush (now covered in white) by the next day.
> The voigt loses 1 stop going to 1:2 (and approx 1 more to 1:1) as
> does
> the Z. 135 on the autotube. The Voigtlander is heavier though takes
> up
> less volume. The grey matter based Zuikocentric focus confirmation
> chip was initially confused and oddly hunting despite superb optics,
> bright viewfinder with a very nice 2-13. Dawned on me that the
> helicoid focuses out counterclockwise --the "wrong" (?Nikonian) way.
> It handles like a precision instrument but can leave fingerprints---I
> wiped it off after use.
> Well, I suppose a couple shots are better than nothing with the
> evasive
> Big Foot.
>
> I'll do some comparison shots another time.
> I'm certainly not selling the Z.135 or the Z. 80 for that matter.
>
> Snapdragon---F4/ 1/30th
> Nasturtium f11 1/8 MLU OM4t Velvia
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