Rented a MPE 65

tleetlee Registered Users Posts: 1,090 Major grins
edited October 18, 2007 in Holy Macro
My hubby surprised me by renting a MPE-65 for me for one week. What a great lens! I got better at using it toward the end of the week. My biggest obstacle was the constant Kansas wind--UGH! I will definitely own this lens--some day. Here's some of my pics....

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  • sirsloopsirsloop Registered Users Posts: 866 Major grins
    edited October 9, 2007
    Funky little lens, eh? Did you get to use it with the twin light setup? The focus lights it has are invaluable when you get down in the iffy 4-5x zone.
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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited October 10, 2007
    Looks like you had fun :). It is a wonderful lens.
    You can get most of the range of an MPE-65 using a combination of extension tubes and a reversed 50mm lens with a normal macro lens but the MPE-65 is easier to use.

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  • leaforteleaforte Registered Users Posts: 1,948 Major grins
    edited October 10, 2007
    Good of your husband! Thank for sharing the shots.
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  • tleetlee Registered Users Posts: 1,090 Major grins
    edited October 10, 2007
    sirsloop wrote:
    Funky little lens, eh? Did you get to use it with the twin light setup? The focus lights it has are invaluable when you get down in the iffy 4-5x zone.

    No twin lights. I used sunlight, mostly. I played around with 3-5x, but used with the 1-2x more--due to my learning time constraint and the wind factor. Good to know about the twin light, though.

    Thanks.
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  • tleetlee Registered Users Posts: 1,090 Major grins
    edited October 10, 2007
    Lord Vetinari wrote:
    Looks like you had fun :). It is a wonderful lens.
    You can get most of the range of an MPE-65 using a combination of extension tubes and a reversed 50mm lens with a normal macro lens but the MPE-65 is easier to use.

    Brian V.

    Yes, I did have fun! Wish I'd had more time. I did photograph some insects--small spiders, a hover fly, etc.. But, the wind made it difficult to get even one sharp image, let alone any stacking possibilities--still could see the major potential though! And, my sensor is very dirty!--could not "miss" it with this lens!!
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  • tleetlee Registered Users Posts: 1,090 Major grins
    edited October 10, 2007
    leaforte wrote:
    Good of your husband! Thank for sharing the shots.

    Yes, my husband is my inabler.....He's actually the one who got me started on the photography path.
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  • sirsloopsirsloop Registered Users Posts: 866 Major grins
    edited October 10, 2007
    lol... my wife started our with an pentax optio mini P&S and now she's sporting an XTI and L glass. Lol... she gets all my hand-me-downs to use...I've been constantly getting cooler gear so she uses it for a while before the stuff gets sold off. Well... no.. iI did buy a 70-200/4L just for her... rolleyes1.gif
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  • patricia kaypatricia kay Registered Users Posts: 206 Major grins
    edited October 11, 2007
    Lovely shots...

    Patricia:D
  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited October 11, 2007
    So you got visa to unknown world too mwink.gif
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  • tleetlee Registered Users Posts: 1,090 Major grins
    edited October 11, 2007
    patricia kay wrote:
    Lovely shots...

    Patricia:D

    Thank You.
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  • tleetlee Registered Users Posts: 1,090 Major grins
    edited October 11, 2007
    Awais Yaqub wrote:
    So you got visa to unknown world too mwink.gif

    Yes, I did!:D
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  • kombizzkombizz Banned Posts: 267 Major grins
    edited October 14, 2007
    Like the first shot.
    What is MPE-65?
    What MPE stans for?
  • borrowlenses.comborrowlenses.com Registered Users Posts: 441 Major grins
    edited October 15, 2007
    Since I usually like to know these things, but where did you rent from? :D

    We are thinking about carrying that lens, but weren't sure if there's enough demand for it...
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  • tleetlee Registered Users Posts: 1,090 Major grins
    edited October 16, 2007
    kombizz wrote:
    Like the first shot.
    What is MPE-65?
    What MPE stans for?


    It is a specialized lens for shooting macro images. I'm not real good at explaining it--maybe someone else can do a better job?
    T :D

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  • tleetlee Registered Users Posts: 1,090 Major grins
    edited October 16, 2007
    borrowlenses.com wrote:
    Since I usually like to know these things, but where did you rent from? :D

    We are thinking about carrying that lens, but weren't sure if there's enough demand for it...

    I don't know if the demand would be very high or not. I (my hubby) rented it from LensRentals.com. I'll add you guys to our rental list, and check you out the next time we want to try before we buy.
    T :D

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  • borrowlenses.comborrowlenses.com Registered Users Posts: 441 Major grins
    edited October 17, 2007
    tlee wrote:
    I don't know if the demand would be very high or not. I (my hubby) rented it from LensRentals.com. I'll add you guys to our rental list, and check you out the next time we want to try before we buy.

    I am sure you guys got good service. Roger, the guy who runs LensRentals, is a good guy. Thanks for putting us on your list as well!
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited October 18, 2007
    tlee wrote:
    My hubby surprised me by renting a MPE-65 for me for one week. What a great lens! I got better at using it toward the end of the week. My biggest obstacle was the constant Kansas wind--UGH! I will definitely own this lens--some day. Here's some of my pics....

    Ahhhhhhhha so you got to play with the Canon MPE-65 did ya :D
    I just picked mine up while in USA at the Dgrin Shoot rolleyes1.gif

    Haven't had a real chance to try it out properly but I intend to this weekend cause I found a mess of Lady Bug infants on a plant outside.

    Looks like you had a lot of fun, I can't wait to try mine out too.

    Thanks for sharing........ Skippy :D
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