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by Danny Burk
Sat Mar 07, 2020 7:47 am
Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
Topic: First Z6 mirrorless stack: Sunset Moth Scales
Replies: 3
Views: 1548

Lovely! I'm very fond of the pastel look here.
by Danny Burk
Wed Mar 04, 2020 3:04 pm
Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
Topic: green weevil 2x - 80x
Replies: 9
Views: 2922

Beautiful weevil and photograph!
by Danny Burk
Sun Feb 23, 2020 7:42 am
Forum: Administrator's Appreciation Gallery...Macro and Close-up Images
Topic: Different scales
Replies: 6
Views: 8647

Excellent - it looks like you get good results from the Nikon 40x on full frame.
by Danny Burk
Sat Feb 08, 2020 11:21 am
Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
Topic: Some scales, Graphium ?
Replies: 11
Views: 4086

Hello Danny I suspect it is Graphium weiskei or G. kosii, on the edge of the green area Kurt OK Kurt, thanks. In that case, it's 99.9% certainly weiskei, easily available from New Guinea. G. kosii is indeed similar, but only found (as 2 different subspecies) from New Britain and New Ireland, both g...
by Danny Burk
Sat Feb 08, 2020 9:59 am
Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
Topic: Some scales, Graphium ?
Replies: 11
Views: 4086

Very nice indeed. Do you know the species or location? Offhand I'm not recognizing a Graphium species with that color combination.
by Danny Burk
Wed Jan 29, 2020 12:19 pm
Forum: Technical and Studio Photography -- Macro and Close-up
Topic: Morpho aega pseudocypris
Replies: 10
Views: 2106

Nice to see some less typical species here. Your M. aega is a female form; it also comes in all brown and mixed brown-blue forms. The males are always shining blue, lighter in color than many of the other blue species. I agree that M. sulkowskyii is a beautiful species; it occurs in multiple subspec...
by Danny Burk
Thu Jan 16, 2020 9:56 pm
Forum: Equipment Discussions
Topic: Best tube choices to accompany Mitutoyo 5x and 10x
Replies: 13
Views: 3389

Thanks to everyone for the info. I'll mull over the choices and figure out my plan of action.
by Danny Burk
Tue Jan 14, 2020 11:03 pm
Forum: Equipment Discussions
Topic: Best tube choices to accompany Mitutoyo 5x and 10x
Replies: 13
Views: 3389

Thanks for the info, gentlemen. Condensing things, it's looking like these could be the best choices: 1) Raynox DCR-5320PRO (although I don't know how it may compare to the ITL200 reversed); 2) Mamiya 200/2.8 APO (I like the idea of this very much, since I can get triple use via the Mitutoyo and wit...
by Danny Burk
Tue Jan 14, 2020 7:15 pm
Forum: Equipment Discussions
Topic: Best tube choices to accompany Mitutoyo 5x and 10x
Replies: 13
Views: 3389

Best tube choices to accompany Mitutoyo 5x and 10x

I'm looking to make my first venture into objective lenses and could use a few pointers on the best tube lens to accompany them. First, a little about the setup and use intended: I'll use a Sony A7RIV; for this project, I mainly want to shoot butterfly wing patterns from about 2x to 5x, but I can se...
by Danny Burk
Sun Jan 05, 2020 5:00 pm
Forum: Equipment Discussions
Topic: Cosina Voigtlander 110 APO-Lanthar Sharpness Issue
Replies: 43
Views: 5674

OK, thanks.
by Danny Burk
Sat Jan 04, 2020 3:10 pm
Forum: Equipment Discussions
Topic: Cosina Voigtlander 110 APO-Lanthar Sharpness Issue
Replies: 43
Views: 5674

Steve S wrote:A very minor follow-up on Cosina Voigtländer quality control: the second copy of the 50mm f/2 Apo Lanthar, with S/N about 350 higher, was fine.
Was it from the first batch or later? I'm expecting one from CameraQuest's second batch on Monday; hopefully it will be fine.
by Danny Burk
Sat Dec 14, 2019 7:54 am
Forum: Equipment Discussions
Topic: Zhongyi (Mitakon) Super Macro Lens (1 - 5x)
Replies: 264
Views: 54628

Micael tried the illuminator and it broke on his first attempt, so his test results have nothing to do with the lack of flocking of the illuminator. Still, the lack of flocking in the illuminator (and the fact that it broke on first use) says a lot about the lack of care taken in the design and con...