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p.2 #1 · Whats your macro lighting setup?

LordV wrote:
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So your diffuser head points more like paralell to the lense, but just with an slight angle towards the lense? Is it on the the same level as the lense, or higher? (My english understanding is not perfect, so sorry for any dumb questions

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Yes the diffuser is approx parallel to the lens but does point slightly inwards and is approximately at 2pm position when viewed from behind.
The pics below may give you a better idea. As I said you really need to do some test shots under your normal shooting settings with the flash head in different positions to find what is best for you.

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Can only test inside on plants and flowers today. Its 20cm of snow outside, and still snowing.

Mar 04, 2008 at 08:51 AM

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p.2 #2 · Whats your macro lighting setup?

Sissel wrote:
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Sissel wrote:
So your diffuser head points more like paralell to the lense, but just with an slight angle towards the lense? Is it on the the same level as the lense, or higher? (My english understanding is not perfect, so sorry for any dumb questions

Just wanted to get some idea of what you did, because I looked at your "Annoying flies" tread, and the light looks great.

Is that the Canon MP-E60 lense you have on your camera there? Too bad Nikon does not have a lense like that, because its very fun to explore magnifications beyond 1:1, and this lense seems to give great results.

Yes it's an MPE-65 but as Jody Melanson keeps on showing you can get very simialr results with a 100mm macro lens, ext tubes and a reversed lens on the front - that's what I used to use - the MPE-65 is just a whole lot more conveniant

Brian V.

Mar 04, 2008 at 09:03 AM

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p.2 #3 · Whats your macro lighting setup?

Here's a studio setup I have been using lately.

Mar 05, 2008 at 07:47 PM

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p.2 #4 · Whats your macro lighting setup?

Close up of the subject and lens relationship.

Mar 05, 2008 at 07:48 PM

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p.2 #5 · Whats your macro lighting setup?

End product

Mar 05, 2008 at 07:49 PM

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p.2 #6 · Whats your macro lighting setup?

Looking good Preston

Mar 06, 2008 at 07:57 PM

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p.2 #7 · Whats your macro lighting setup?

Thanks John. Mucking about with equipment and stuff is lots of fun.

Mar 07, 2008 at 04:19 AM

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p.2 #8 · Whats your macro lighting setup?

I also have a Brian/LordV diffuser but had trouble forming the connection to the flash. To resolve this I made a sleeve from foam board to wrap around the flash head and then taped the can formation to the foam board. Makes it real easy to get on /off the flash also made the formation of the diffuser a bit easier as you have a firm pre-shaped surface to tape it too

Mar 07, 2008 at 08:59 AM

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p.2 #9 · Whats your macro lighting setup?

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I also have a Brian/LordV diffuser but had trouble forming the connection to the flash. To resolve this I made a sleeve from foam board to wrap around the flash head and then taped the can formation to the foam board. Makes it real easy to get on /off the flash also made the formation of the diffuser a bit easier as you have a firm pre-shaped surface to tape it too
Excellent mod

Brian V

Mar 07, 2008 at 09:52 AM

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p.2 #10 · Whats your macro lighting setup?

Im trying to figure out the best Flash bracket for me. Im exreamly handy and will be able to adapt my idea's to a bracket of choice.

What I dont get is after I attach the flash bracket how will I be able to put a shoe on for my tripod?

Mar 17, 2008 at 07:36 PM

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p.2 #11 · Whats your macro lighting setup?

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What I dont get is after I attach the flash bracket how will I be able to put a shoe on for my tripod?

Not sure if it's the best way of doing it but you can get the male 1/4" camera attachment bolt things with a female thread on the back of them so you can attach via another male 1/4" (presumably the shoe has this).
Brian V.

Mar 17, 2008 at 10:02 PM

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p.2 #12 · Whats your macro lighting setup?

Still under construction, made from parts I found at work. Brian, how did you make the diffuser on yours?

Mar 18, 2008 at 06:04 PM

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p.2 #13 · Whats your macro lighting setup?

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Brian, how did you make the diffuser on yours?
http://www.flickr.com/groups/macroviewers/discuss/72157594312315664/

Brian V.

Mar 18, 2008 at 06:29 PM

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p.2 #14 · Whats your macro lighting setup?

I also use the 580EX II, and a 360watt 3-bulb cool-light.
Light = http://www.natcam.biz/products.html#DHE:Specsheet:Id:254246:Section:Specs

sorry for the bad pic, was taken with my ooooold 2.0mp kodak point and shoot.

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12/20/36 tubes, not 12/20/30

Wow, I'm full of typos today.

Edited by Adam Svoboda on Mar 20, 2008 at 08:12 PM GMT

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Mar 20, 2008 at 07:37 PM

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p.2 #15 · Whats your macro lighting setup?

Adam Svoboda wrote:
I also use the 580EX II, and a 360watt 2-bulb cool-light.

sorry for the bad pic, was taken with my ooooold 2.0mb kodak point and shoot.

Like it- bet the bugs put their hands in the air when they see that pointed at them

- what mag ? - I reckon that lot does just over 10:1

Brian V.

Mar 20, 2008 at 07:45 PM

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p.2 #16 · Whats your macro lighting setup?

OMG, you people have some insane rigs here for Macro shooting. I had no idea of such setups. Awesome job to all.

-Frank

Mar 20, 2008 at 07:47 PM

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p.2 #17 · Whats your macro lighting setup?

Brian, I figured 12:1 or so..

first I made a typo on the extension tubes, it should be 12/20/36

so theres 68mm, add that to the 100mm macro, you got 168mm, and ~1.68:1
(I'm told that every 1mm you add in bellows/extensions it adds .01 magnification)

times that by 2 (for the 2x extender) you get 336mm divide that by 28mm and you get 12 even. All I know is grains of salt are pretty big. I just got these extension tubes today, so I haven't shot anything really.

I'm not sure what formula to follow

(Main Lens + Extensions) x (extension power) / rev. lens

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Mar 20, 2008 at 08:07 PM

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p.2 #18 · Whats your macro lighting setup?

Adam I'd just photograph the mm scale of a ruler then mag = sensor width/mm across pic. The calculations have some flaws in them esp where extension tubes are concerned. Somewhere between 10 and 12:1 anyway

Brian V.

Edited on Mar 20, 2008 at 09:32 PM

Mar 20, 2008 at 09:29 PM

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p.2 #19 · Whats your macro lighting setup?

Heres with the full setup, only thing I did was Re-size, no sharpening :]

I'll get around to photographing a ruler one of these days, I'll post it here

Shots @ F/16

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Mar 20, 2008 at 11:12 PM

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p.2 #20 · Whats your macro lighting setup?

Adam,

Wow! great job.

Thomas

Mar 20, 2008 at 11:29 PM

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