I used the M-50 f4 macro reverse mounted on a generic K mount bellows mounted on a set of Vivitar extension tubes. I used the AF360FGZ in TTL mode as the mian light, with a manual slave flash for highlights. For some reason I could not get the AF360FGZ to work in P-TTL mode, as it does with this setup and the Mz-S. Magnification was about 4x on the sensor, effective 6x given the crop factor.
The snow was not great - lots of air bubbles in the flakes and light frosty stuff on them, no really clean flakes. But good enough for a test.
Here's one, adjusted in photoshop:
http://www.markcassino.com/temp/IMGP1447_tu1.jpg
The dark spot below the flake is apparently a smudge on the either the glass or the diffuser under it.
Actual pixels, touched up:
http://www.markcassino.com/temp/IMGP1447_cr01.jpg
And the full frame shot as recorded by the camera:
http://www.markcassino.com/temp/IMGP1447_raw.jpg
That's pretty much comparable to what I get with film, and then have to adjust.
I'd like to get it sharper - the diffraction with all the extension really takes the edge off - but these results certainly rival what I get from film. ANd I cam away with 25 keeper shots - I would have shot ~3 rolls of film, between bracketing and screw ups - to do that. So the price is right as well.
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Mark Cassino Photography
Kalamazoo, MI
http://www.markcassino.com
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