You might want to look at this link for sensor cleaning - it looks scary but is fine with care.

I have done this to my two D800 bodies a number of times

http://www.copperhillimages.com/

You only need the 'basic' kit - the rest is just 'stuff'.

Pec pads and eclipse fluid is on Amazon.

Paul C

That is very nice work.

Paul C

May well do Andrew as CMN does not have a way to read the settings out which might come in handy. That c# package just showed up on nikonrumours.com also It is quite fun having a home cooked stepper hardware / software, CMN, lightroom and Zerene all running on a job with me just watching. Am quite l...

Hi Andrew, I went a slightly different way and used Control My Nikon from my C++/MFC stepper driver. It allows me to control a couple of different Nikon body's with the same back end. CMN has an available comms mechanism based on posting a windows message to its parent screen, it allows setting of m...

Well the exif says f2.8 - but I am suspicious that the pc control software was taking liberty's with reality.

So I took some more shots which were better :-



It is better, but not without falloff.

Paul C

OK thanks Rik, Could well be an error on my part, it was infinity focused for sure, this was my first try at 5X with a 105 as a tube lens - my 'usual' tube lens is a very vintage 200mm Nikon that is manual only so I ignore the camera & pc aperture controls (set on lens once - forget forever). Will t...

Hi Craig,

Wide open F2.8 as I recall - though the images are on my pc at work so I can't look at the exif data from here.

Could be I messed up - it might make sense if the lens was stopped down.

I recall setting the camera, but, it could be that my pc software had other ideas.

Paul C

Hi, Was trying to use the Nikon CFI BE Plan Achromat Objective 10X (MRN70100) with a Nikon crop Camera (D300) and Nikon 105VR to achieve about 5X. Well it works but I do seem to be getting quite a vignette at the corners. Is this 'expected' or not ? Paul C http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userp...

Thanks from me also Craig - hope you are on commission from this seller!


Paul C

FWIW - my day job is developing software and hardware solutions on windows platforms. For the last few years I have used 32bit Windows 7, when at the end of 2012 I changed my development system I went to 64 bit Windows 7 as many of my stacks & Photoshop adventures were choking my older 32 bit OS ( n...

If you poke about fleabay you can get really cheap 42mm used screw mount extensions.

Paul C

Stunningly images and a great backup commentary.

Thanks.

Paul C

Showed that shot to my missus - she did not agree...

If she finds one in the freezer then I will be homeless.

Paul C

(edit - spelling)

The lit card would be interesting as it may well be a synch issue with the scan update of the screen and the shutter on the camera.

Paul C

Thanks for the shot of the setup - picture worth a pile of words and all that.

What tube lenses are folks using in Nikon based set-up's ?

regards, and thanks for a great resource.

Paul C