Dear Alok ji: Thank you, I definitely will try and get the linen tester, I just like the idea of a built in marker for size.... its wonderful... I do use the nikon macro and the built in macro capbility in my prosumer (lighter in weight) sony .... so may not need the 10x, but I surely like the measuring devise... Thanks. Usha di
=== On May 6, 9:27 pm, Alok Mahendroo <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you Usha di for the interest in my photographic innovation, but > alas I am not an true innovator... just a borrower of ideas... > You can definitely get the device and even order it online from > Jodogyan, and on this page (http://www.jodogyan.org/tlmscience) you'll > see the photo of a linen tester which has 10x magnification and it is > just the right size to hold in front of an average point and shoot > camera and click some wonderful macros without paying the nikon chaps an > arm and a leg (which is what I do since I can't afford a fancy dslr) > Hope this answers some of your intrigue.. > Regards > Alok > > On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 18:22 -0700, Ushadi micromini wrote: > > Dear Alok: nice pic...what is this black frame with markings around > > the flower... > > is it some kind of measuring marking device? > > > did you make it? > > buy it? > > where? > > how can I get one or two? > > do they come in different sizes? > > does fit around the sunshades of the lens front? > > > lots of questions.... > > awaiting answers eagerly...because...wonderful if its a measuring > > device for macro... > > being black matt does not shine, and throw off the meter... > > small enough to carry around... > > > Ushadi > > PS by the way this flower reminds me of chicory, .. a roadside weed > > in much of northeast wastelands and highway shoulders in NY CT< PA > > Etc , and in europe... > > But as GuUrucharanji so patiently explained... its a big genus, and a > > detailed key to id is so very important... > > THANK YOU GURUCHARNJI for the lesson. > > -- > Himalayan Village Education Trust > Village Khudgot, > P.O. Dalhousie > District Chamba > H.P. 176304, > Indiawww.hive.interconnection.orgwww.hivetrust.wordpress.comwww.forwildlife.wordpress.com
