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Yawns
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Location: Benavente, Portugal
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 Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2017 5:35 am Post subject: Schneider Kreuznach 45mm f/4 APO HM |
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I never had before the chance to use a decent objective .. (never used an APO)
recently I found this Schneider Kreuznach 45mm f/4 APO HM
on eBay for a price well belllow of the normal asked price (and it's in pristine condition) .. I payed like 180 USD .
I'm amazed, ... compared to what I was achieving before with "average" lenses...
now I can see and understand the damage the CA do to the fine details ...
funny enough I did not get any "drag" streaks in both pictures .. I don't know if it was luck or because of this lens...
(picture expandable to full size here)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/antoniocaseiro/24619898508/in/dateposted-public/
Mag - 3 : 1
Schneider Kreuznach APO HM 45mm f/4
at f/4.7
110 exposures at 1second - Iso 100
Effective aperture equivalent to f/17
Steps of 32micron between frames
Manual rail Manfrotto 454
Custom Camera settings:
Mirror up
Exposure delay
Minimum Sharp
Minimum Contrast
Minimum saturation
Hue normal
Auto white balance.
Lighting : Continuous
2 cool white led 4W 6.000 K on sides
1 layer of thin plastic bottle (liquid yogurt)
2 layers of soft kitchen paper
Helicon focus (Pyramid C) - Adobe Camera Raw - Photoshop
Portugal, 18th of November 2017
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(picture expandable to full size here)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/antoniocaseiro/24619899758/in/dateposted-public/
Tentyria sp - Tenebrionidae - Coleoptera
Mag - 2,6 : 1
Schneider Kreuznach APO HM 45mm f/4
at f/4.7
110 exposures at 1second - Iso 100
Effective aperture equivalent to f/17
Steps of 48 micron between frames
Manual rail Manfrotto 454
Custom Camera settings:
Mirror up
Exposure delay
Minimum Sharp
Minimum Contrast
Minimum saturation
Hue normal
Auto white balance.
Lighting : Continuous
2 cool white led 4W 6.000 K on sides
4 layers of tracing paper 100g/m2 with separation
1 layer of thin plastic bottle (liquid yogurt)
Adobe Camera Raw - Photoshop
Portugal, 17th of November 2017
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JH
Joined: 09 Mar 2013
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Location: Vallentuna, Stockholm, Sweden
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| Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2017 6:55 am Post subject: |
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Very nice pictures, lighting and congratulations to the lens.
Best regards
Jörgen Hellberg
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Smokedaddy
Joined: 07 Oct 2006
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Location: Phoenix, Arizona
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| Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2017 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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Excellent "and" thanks for posting "all" of the data to take the images.
-JW: |
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Yawns
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Location: Benavente, Portugal
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| Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2017 7:05 am Post subject: |
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| JH wrote: | Very nice pictures, lighting and congratulations to the lens.
Best regards
Jörgen Hellberg |
Thank you ... The lighting is very simple .. it's the two led lamps you can see in the picture (did not use any of the flashes)
and a crop of a yogurt bottle (250ml) revested inside with tracing paper (2 layers) to avoid specular reflections in the shiny plastic.
It's simple , .. but after a lot of ecperimenting
I also "hooded" the lens with falsk top of the Dog's shampoo 
Waiting for a floking kit to flock it right ...
António
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Yawns
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Location: Benavente, Portugal
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| Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2017 7:08 am Post subject: |
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| Smokedaddy wrote: | Excellent "and" thanks for posting "all" of the data to take the images.
-JW: |
Thank you ...
lately I did a "complete" template for the pictures "Exif" .. I use it later for reference .. because I am getting "old" (going to 55 yo) and starting to have difficulty to remeber details about how I did that and the other
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Deanimator
Joined: 23 Oct 2012
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Location: Rocky River, Ohio, U.S.A.
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Those are excellent images.
How do you like the Amazon Basics flash? I have three of them. |
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