Microphotography, Staring with a Train Wheel!

darkdragon

Alright, so I did Ziggy's project and built myself a microphotography lens. Under $10, sorta (had to buy some stuff at the hardware store, but i will use it for other projects too).

Anyhow, Here is my favorite image so far. This is UNCROPPED, the second wheel from the left on the first train, back of the 2007 UTAH quarter:



Here is a horrible P&S version of the same coin at 100% crop from a 3mp camera.



There you have it. This is going to be fun. I made a couple changes from the basic instructions Ziggy gave HERE - I added a connection point for the camera (body cap) and a lens cap for the front (modified tube the element came in).

I will be having even more fun when I get my new focus screen from Katzeye Optics as my horrible eyes have a tough time with manual focus with the default screen.

:barb

Skippy

darkdragon wrote:

Alright, so I did Ziggy's project and built myself a microphotography lens. Under $10, sorta (had to buy some stuff at the hardware store, but i will use it for other projects too).

Anyhow, Here is my favorite image so far. This is UNCROPPED, the second wheel from the left on the first train, back of the 2007 UTAH quarter:

Here is a horrible P&S version of the same coin at 100% crop from a 3mp camera.

There you have it. This is going to be fun. I made a couple changes from the basic instructions Ziggy gave HERE - I added a connection point for the camera (body cap) and a lens cap for the front (modified tube the element came in).

I will be having even more fun when I get my new focus screen from Katzeye Optics as my horrible eyes have a tough time with manual focus with the default screen.

Ohhh Wow that is close isn't it
If you hadn't of shown the second shot, I would never have known what it was a picture of.

It's very sharp, more so in the centre than any other part of the image.

Ziggy's very clever, isn't it wonderful how many people will share their talents with rest of us

That's quite an amazing result DDragon ... Skippy
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cmorganphotography

Holy. Crap.
Wow. That's just mind boggling how different they are. There is absolutely now zoom capacity on a p+s. I knew they didn't compare but there just isn't!!!

Nice shot of thew wheel. Looks like some old timey carving.

darkdragon

thanks you guys. I'm very happy with how this shot (my 3rd shot with the lens) turned out. Really looking forward to some more shots with the setup.

You are right Skippy, it is great how we can all share so much here and learn so much from others - I know I never would have thought of doing this on my own even though I have always wanted to try microphotography.

Lord Vetinari

Looks like the project was a success
Brian V.

Rhuarc

Well, that seals it, I'm going to buy the lens right now!

ziggy53

Lisa,

This is fantastic! clap

darkdragon

ziggy53 wrote:

Lisa,

This is fantastic! clap

Thanks Ziggy! Thanks so much for the idea too