Datograph under a microscope...

Jun 07, 2014,09:28 AM
 

First couple of shots with the Nanoha 4~5x "microscopic" lens, on a Sony A7R. At the higher magnification (5x) the lens actually covers the full frame sensor - which was a pleasant surprise! I was expecting it to have a much smaller image circle for APS-C sensor use. Still learning how to best use this thing... even at f/32 it's hard to get the right focus (and parallel plane of focus) and even then the depth of field is so shallow... 

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#1, #2, #3, #4, #5

Unfortunately here I think the camera out-resolves the lens on a pixel level, but hopefully as my technique gets better over time and I can get away with f/16 or f/22 to get sharper images out of the lens combined with focus stacking.























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Spectacular shots, indeed.

 
 By: amanico : June 7th, 2014-09:34
Interesting to see that, even through the microscope, the finish is good. That is the ultimate test! Thanks, Nicolas

Thanks, and a few more...

 
 By: doobooloo : June 7th, 2014-19:57
Thanks - indeed, at this type of magnification it becomes very easy to see the difference between top-notch finishing and good finishing! A few more, should be higher quality overall than the first experimental batch. For full resolution pics (opens in ne...  

Wow!! love those close ups!

 
 By: jrwong23 (aka watchthebin) : June 7th, 2014-20:59
Thanks for sharing them here with us. Lange's finishing is truly amazing! Cheers Robin

Great shots!

 
 By: KIH : June 9th, 2014-04:14
very, very nice shots indeed! Keep them coming! Ken