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danfromm wrote:
RioRico wrote:
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| For 20x magnification, use a microscope, not a macro lens. |
I don't agree at all. Read the books I recommended.
Using a short macro lens -- the 17/4 Tominon is quite acceptable and there are better short lenses, including some, not all, microfilm reader lenses -- to get high magnifications isn't as hard as you think. There are many tricks. Read the books I recommended.
Minolfan wrote:
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But I think prices of lenses that can do what you want will direct you to the choice between microscope or bankrupty |
I've suggested two relatively inexpensive ways to get high (up to 30x) magnification. Microscopes -- if I had the money I'd have a Wild Photomakroscope or the modern equivalent -- are much more expensive and offer less control over illumination than a well thought-out copy stand- or optical bench-based rig.
What ForenSeil wants to do can be done, although perhaps not as inexpensively as in the past. Re inexpensively in the past, my first 100/6.3 Neupolar and 50/3.5 Neupolar pair cost $28 delivered. My 25/3.5 Luminar cost $55 delivered. MP-4 Tominons aren't the best, but they're usable and even now are very cost-effective. |
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