Love the shot with the fungus fly - great catch =)

Good stuff. I would like to be a morpho

A lot of the success boils down to preparation, and having the right apparatus for the job. Do you have any links to the sort of shots you'd like to be making? I always find that analyzing those in depth gives those great insights into what you yourself need to do to be in the best position to achie...

Good stuff

I don't think that MPE65 vs LW25 is the real argument - if you're a Canon user most will probably still get MPE65 because of its range, auto aperture, full frame distortionless coverage, integration into Canon and the fact it's pretty darned handy all round. Heck most of us own one and it's pretty h...

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Fwiw, my hunch would be that leaving the aperture manual is a way of making sure there's compatibility to many mounts. So almost an MPE, but for all brands - which the market should like.

Great stuff!

Pau wrote:for sure a pretty trivial (stupid) answer...I use a short extension tube to mount an rotate my Canon on the Pentax Auto Bellows

The later Sony 7 and 9 models could do, not sure about all your requirements.

I do the same - Pentax on Pentax bellows

I am also reading that a lot of people are using HD screens as their backdrop. I’ve only used a piece of velvet so far but I have a cheap digital picture frame I could use. I guess I could even use my smart phone. Do you have any thoughts? Hello Jessica, I don't think there are many people that use...

very cool

Maybe check out where thomas shahan lives. He seems to find quite a few salties where he is?

Could you post some pictures and the benefits of doing so?

I have a Labophot

It's not really the killing that's the challenge, it's the position afterwards. I share your pain - manipulating these through relaxation isn't a task for the easily frustrated

Hello, It's not so much the case that there are several versions - more that some of the labelling was changed on the same optic. You're looking for material no. MRL00102 - that should get you the right lens. This place - http://www.seoenterprises.com/shop/product.php?productid=16268&cat=257&page=1 ...