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Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: More Ants
From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2017 14:24:29 -0600
Yep, Star D from the 1950s, when I first started taking serious pictures. Except for a couple of antique wooden ones, it's all I have. I prefer hand-held shots. The stainless mesh cable release is also an antique.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 1/19/2017 2:09 PM, Moose wrote:
On 1/19/2017 10:43 AM, Jim Nichols wrote:
Moose challenged me to do better.

LOL. Here I thought I was giving you an excuse! :-)

While I don't have his lens collection, I looked at what I had and decided to combine the Pentax Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 135/3.5 with the longest extention tube that would focus at ground level on my collapsed tripod. This turned out to be a 38mm tube. It is a damp morning and the soil of the mound is wet. I aroused the ants near the green leaves and set the aperture at f/11 for better DoF.

Ants: http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/More+Ants.jpg.html

Hey, you can see the ants! A lot better.

Gear: http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/X-E1+with+Takumar+135+_amp_+38mm+Ext+Tube.jpg.html

I recognize that tripod! Star-D, from the middle of the last century. :-) Since I never throw anything away, it's possible I have one buried in basement or garage, but have no idea where. A really awkward, clunky thing. Transmits vibration like crazy IOW - rings like a bell.

Carbon Fiber Moose


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