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Since my A900 was in the camera shop for sensor cleaning, I was playing with A700. These shots were taken with a Tamron1.4x converter, M42/MA converter, stacked with a M42Vivitar 2X converter, 12mm extension tube and Hanimex135/f2.8 lens. Handheld, no post processing, pop up flash was used during 5ishpm in the evening. All comments are welcome, as always.

With best regards,
Sury

The pictures are nice, and seem to have kept quite a bit of quality through all of those attachments...now have you got a picture of that rig?

Here it is. I lined up the mount with tile edge. The tile is 6 inches in length. Total length is about 8.75".

With best regards,
Sury

Hey---that's no 12 mm extension tube! That's a set of three extension tubes, with a total length of 65 - 70 mm. Replace the 135 mm lens with a 50 mm, and you'll get even more magnification.

The sharpness is rather poor in technical terms but does look very nice from a pictorial point of view ... almost painterly. And your sensor desperately needs a cleaning.

-- Olaf

I went to Fry's to pick up the dual battery charger for $49.90 and played with some of their lenses. When I tried on the 100/2.8 Macro the salesman disappeared for 30 minutes, so I was left there fooling around, too. I'm afraid I haven't got much macro experience, and this abstract was the best thing I could come up with.

Olaf,
You are absolutely right. I was showing the whole rig and not the set up used to take the pictures. I misunderstood Kevin's request.
The image looks much sharper on my monitor even at 100% viewing. I am not sure if flickr is doing something to it. Yes, now it is the
turn of A700 to go to the shop for cleaning.

01af wrote:Hey---that's no 12 mm extension tube! That's a set of three extension tubes, with a total length of 65 - 70 mm. Replace the 135 mm lens with a 50 mm, and you'll get even more magnification.

The sharpness is rather poor in technical terms but does look very nice from a pictorial point of view ... almost painterly. And your sensor desperately needs a cleaning.

-- Olaf

Kevin,
I have been eyeing these lenses for quite some time. Look quite tempting.

with best regards,
Sury

KevinBarrett wrote:I went to Fry's to pick up the dual battery charger for $49.90 and played with some of their lenses. When I tried on the 100/2.8 Macro the salesman disappeared for 30 minutes, so I was left there fooling around, too. I'm afraid I haven't got much macro experience, and this abstract was the best thing I could come up with.