Hello gang, I am wondering.... If I use an 1.4x teleconverter, it increases the focal length by 1.4 Meaning, when I use an 10x Mittu on my Canon 70-200 and one 1.4x converter, my magnification ends up at 14x? I think 1.4x tele is a good choice since it only take 1 f/stop Not sure if my calculations ...

Hi,
Thanks for sharing
I have used the Decon 90 on an insect earlier and what a result

Love that stuff!

BTW, I use only full electronic shutter

I've just ordered an EOS R7

Amazing!

The solution I think is to use the Live view mode together with the silent shooting option (EFCS) Electronic Front-Curtain Shutter You can read this article (use the google translator if you don't understand Spanish) I did read some of the article and I did some Google as well. Found that a possibl...

Does "live view" means that you are using electronic first shutter curtain but mechanical second curtain? If so, then be aware that the mechanical second curtain can induce motion blur that gets worse with faster shutter speeds. The underlying cause is that when the second curtain starts to close, ...

My setup is Canon EF 70-200 f/2.8 with Mitutoyos on StackShot
It's set on a Manfrotto 055x proB and 410 geared head

The floor is concrete in the basement. No draft down there

That table you showed

I was reminded of this recently and decided to try it again. I am not sure why my initial impression of the ring light was so poor, because the ring light gives me what looks like very acceptable epi darkfield illumination with my mitutoyos. This is how the ring light looks: Do you have a type id o...

Hi physicsmajor, Thank you for your quick and clarifying answer I will study my images, looks like it's some kind of motion blur When I do my next run I will increase the ISO to get faster shutter Have done many without any at 5x, but when I do 10x or 20x it looks like motion blur Thanks for your ti...

Hi imkap,

I think this is a good start

It seems a little bit dark/under exposed on my calibrated screen

Keep up the good work and keep those images coming

Hi Jacek,

Great set of images, love the flies

Great inspiration and many thanks for sharing

Hi good people,

Is there a calculator, table or formula that tells the safe shutter speed vs magnification?

From experience I've learned that you need a faster shutter speed at higher magnification

I always use live view and mirror lock-up

Hi there imkap,

Welcome to the forum

There is a lot of knowledge to be found here

Enjoy!

Hi,
To my eyes, I prefer black background as I think the colors pops more on black

Well, that's what I think

All the best from Norway!

Hi,

Thanks for great response!

I stay with my StackShot a while longer.. I have to live without the blue button

Don't think it's worth spending 1900€ - and maybe not that much better

Thanks again!

All the best from Norway