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Outdoor macro with Rodenstock Magnagon 5.6/75 on NEX-3
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 25, 2015 3:14 pm    Post subject: Outdoor macro with Rodenstock Magnagon 5.6/75 on NEX-3 Reply with quote
This lens is supposedly the APO-Rodagon-D 4.5/75 in industrial guise with fixed aperture disk. It's a tiny thing with an M39 mount, so I can use it on a set of Russian M39 bellows on my NEX-3. It certainly seems to be apochromatic as I detect no CA and it is as sharp as any lens I have ever used. Both microcontrast and macrocontrast are very high, it seems to be immune to flare and the bokeh is very smooth, just how I like it. Not bad for 19.99ukp. I wouldn't sell it for 5x as much.

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PostPosted: Sat Jul 25, 2015 5:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yes, if the word stack is in the filename, it is stacked. There's no threads to put a hood on it. I played with the shadows quite a bit which is more likely at fault in #3 as I remember it had a dark background and I pulled up the shadows in ACR to make the background lighter, I probably overdid it a bit, reducing contrast overall.


PostPosted: Sat Jul 25, 2015 6:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
#7, #11 are my favorites, nice lens, nice presentation!


PostPosted: Sat Jul 25, 2015 9:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I don't understand, what did I do wrong?


PostPosted: Sat Jul 25, 2015 10:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Not an attitude, merely a pinched nerve in my shoulder that makes typing painful, therefore I didn't write much I might have such as a detailed explanation of what was done to each image.

If you simply roll your mouse over an image, it displays the filename at the bottom of the browser window.


PostPosted: Sun Jul 26, 2015 10:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nice work!!
Macro is something i yearn to conquer! if i get time. Smile


PostPosted: Sun Jul 26, 2015 10:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Cheers Mr. Beard!

I'm not much of a close-ups shooter really but I've got into it the last couple of months because ill health has kept me close to home so I have to shoot whatever I can find nearby and that happens to be flowers in these summer months.

I'm no expert but I have found a decent enlarger lens on a set of bellows works best for me and is a really cheap solution compared to what most macro lenses cost.


PostPosted: Sun Jul 26, 2015 11:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Excellent presentation Ian and you say you are a neophyte at Macro?well I have been shooting Macro for a number of years and assure you it certainly doesn't show with this set up and your ability to obtain the best from it. Love all of the shots.


PostPosted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 7:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Cheers kryss!

There were quite a few that didn't turn out so good, part of the learning process.

One thing I have learned - wind is the outdoor macro shooters mortal enemy!


PostPosted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 8:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
iangreenhalgh1 wrote:


One thing I have learned - wind is the outdoor macro shooters mortal enemy!


So true! Nice photos, Ian. Hope you are feeling better.


PostPosted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 8:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks. I'm okay, just can't go walking up and down the big hills here to find the pretty scenery, sadly.


PostPosted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 11:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Great that you're feeling better! Macro is something that needs to be learned, it is not just "point-n-shoot" and you did quite well!!
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