Sipping Designs » makro http://sippingdesigns.com web-suunnittelua, designia ja teknologiaa Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:39:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Unusual http://sippingdesigns.com/2010/03/unusual/ http://sippingdesigns.com/2010/03/unusual/#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:05:23 +0000 Minna http://sippingdesigns.com/?p=478 Project 365: Roses on day 64

Taken with Nikon D80 and Porst 135mm f/2.8 M42 lens and macro bellows

This is very unusual for me, a pastel colored flower photo. I don’t really like this type of photos nor understand how to take and make them but still I ended up with this on day 64 of my project 365.

On Friday I tested my M42 mount macro bellows with M42 mount Porst 135mm f/2.8 lens (@ f/8) and Nikon D80 digital SLR camera. The colors turned out so bright that I had to tweak them in Photoshop.

]]> http://sippingdesigns.com/2010/03/unusual/feed/ 0 Medium Format Macros http://sippingdesigns.com/2010/02/medium-format-macros/ http://sippingdesigns.com/2010/02/medium-format-macros/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:00:44 +0000 Minna http://sippingdesigns.com/?p=441 Last weekend I also tested the 0.4m extension tube I got with Kiev 60. I attached the extension tube between the Kiev body and 50mm f/4 Flektogon and shot a roll of Kodak Tri-X 400 around the house. It was kinda like a test round and I was lacking ideas. Last summer I took quite a lot macro and close-up shots of flowers and plants and this summer I intend to do the same, except now I’ll shoot also on film.

Kiev 60, an extension tube and 50mm f/4 Flektogon

An extension tube shortens the minimum focusing distance of the lens, allowing a larger magnification. With 0.4m extension tube I was able to focus up to 8-10cm from the object. Normally the closest focusing distance with Flektogon is 0.5m so the extension tube shortened that by 40cm. Extension tube also causes shallower depth of field. The down-side is that you’ll need more light than when shooting without. I measured the light with Sverdlovsk-4 exposure meter but it does not know you are using an extension tube. It was difficult to approximate the needed increase in exposure time.

Clew

Kodak Tri-X 400 black and white film (120)

Pistachio

Kodak Tri-X 400 black and white film (120)

Headphones

Kodak Tri-X 400 black and white film (120)

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