On 2/12/2017 2:49 PM, Mike Gordon via olympus wrote:
The stacked leaf was very very nice. I bet it would print well. When first
seen my first thought was that it had fallen from the tree of knowledge and
its possessor would
be successful in unifying quantum field theory and general relativity to
finally elucidate the Master theory or TOE (theory of everything). Perhaps a
bit fanciful but that what the image evoked.
Now that's Fun!
It also reminded me of a macro "landscape" with a distant mountain range.
That's what it look like to me, too.
I had wanted to try this with OM gear but it is not easy to do as it appears
the entrance pupil must be kept stationary. I wonder if there is a way with
the OM bellows on MFT or FF Sonny w/o mount surgery? The shorter registration
distance should make it possible but may need custom adapters. I had gone back
and forth a couple times with Jeff Keller a number of years ago trying to use t
mount WA lens, but it took too much fabrication work with a lens board etc.
What are the requirements? The people at the links below are talking 1:1. Might that be a little extreme? In the case at
hand, the leaf was maybe 6" in length. To fill almost 90% of the frame width would require only 0.1x. The excellent, and
expensive, Panny 12/1.4 will do that. The Oly 12/2 would fill 70%.
Slap one on one of the OM-D bodies with focus stacking, and a shot like that with real mountains might be as easy as
pushing the button. Or not, if internal focusing changes image coverage, "focus breathing".
If one is shooting at a smaller aperture, and the infinity focus requirement may be relaxed via DoF, a C-U lens should
help the mag ratio without compromising the mountains. The shortest extension tubes I've seen for µ4/3 are 10 mm, which
is too long for this use. The 7.7 d. Oly iS/L Lens A-Life Size Macro H.Q. Converter f=13cm. could be a candidate. It
takes a lot of diopters to have much effect on such a short FL lens.
Ironically I think small sensor cams have an easier time with such shots.
http://www.heliconsoft.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=1141
www.photomacrography.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4879
Did you look at the link for compact cameras? I have an A710 sitting here. With CHDK Raw, it would be fine for web or
modest print sizes, but a big PiA to do.
Easy Way Moose
Unified theory of macro landscapes remains elusive, Mike
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