On 12/28/05, Jostein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi gang, > > Today I finally got around to play with real snow in front of my macro > setup. > After sifting through the results, this is what's left: > > http://www.oksne.net/foto/html/images/snow/images.asp > > I've tried two optical combinations today. The M-28/2.8 reversed on > bellows is quite nice, but it's a real PITA to work with bellows and > manual apertures. Especially with thick gloves on. The upside is that > the bellows allow varying magnification. > The other combination, A*200/4 with a FA50/1.4 reversed is still my > preferred combo. However, I do stop the reversed lens down from 1.4 to > 2.0. According to the books, the reversed lens should be used wide > open, but I find that stopping the FA down to 2.0 improves constrast a > lot. >
Gorgeous! -frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
