Shel Belinkoff wrote:
> ...
>
> I just started playing around with the idea of making a
> contribution to next month's PUG, and I discovered that the
> old Marchioni Bros. Tiltall tripod makes an almost perfect
> copy stand. The head flips down 90-degrees allowing the
> camera to focus straight down. Although I don't have the
> 200mm macro yet, using the 100mm lens gives me a sense of
> where the 200mm lens will focus, and the setup with the tripod
> (which I placed on a desk) should work great. An inexpensive
> spirit level should allow me to be sure everything is in the
> same plane of focus.
> ...
I don't have it either but I supposed the focusing distance would be
about double the 100mm one, 62 cm. or so. Using a tripod would make it
an easily manageable distance. The same if you wanted to do
less-than-real-life reproduction.
Ciao, Flavio
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