Hi Mark, These are some pictures from last weekend. I haven't cropped them, though I normally would. All are taken with the FA100 f2.8 macro at f22.
Limpet. 1:1 through 1.5 inches of water http://www.bluering.org.au/leon/flash/PoiintLonsdale0194.jpg Anemone. 1:1 through 1.5 inches of water http://www.bluering.org.au/leon/flash/Portarlington0220.jpg Fanworm. 1:2.5 through about 6 inches of rippling sea water http://www.bluering.org.au/leon/flash/Portarlington0208.jpg As far as Frenken Equipment goes, I think my best so far is my FrenkenLens that started out life as a Sigma 50mm f2.8 macro PK-A mount and is now my extreme closeup lens. All the original optics are gone and it has a microscope camera adaptor lens grafted to the front of it. It gives me about 2.5 time to 8 times magnification. It can even still attach to a microscope with aperture control to increase depth of field. Pictures of Frankenlens. (quick and dirty with horrid shadows). http://www.bluering.org.au/leon/flash/FrankenLens4268.jpg http://www.bluering.org.au/leon/flash/FrankenLens4269.jpg http://www.bluering.org.au/leon/flash/FrankenLens4270.jpg -- Leon http://www.bluering.org.au http://www.bluering.org.au/leon Mark Cassino wrote: > All I can say is - Wow! That looks like a helluva setup. Do you have > some sample shots taken with it? > > I haven't gotten around to making a spacer to use with the setup I've > been fooling with - I've been thinking about using a cork with velcro on > each end, and all I've managed to do so far is obtain a cork. I would > want to paint it black to avoid spooking the bugs. > > But with the A* 200 back in commission - and temps too cold for insects > still - I haven't played around with things. > > If the PDML had an Oscar I'd nominate your setup for the best > franken-gear of the year... > > (Cotty would be a contender for the lifetime achievement award in that > category...) > > - MCC > > Leon Altoff wrote: >> Mike, >> >> The unit looks a bit cobbled together, but it works fine and the AF360 >> is completely usable as a standard flash. Here are some of the salient >> points from when I made it. I'm not going to take it apart to take >> internal photos. Like all modern electronics it's very tight and >> delicate inside and should be played with as little as possible. >> >> Here are some quick and dirty pictures of what it looks like. >> >> From above >> http://www.bluering.org.au/leon/flash/FrankenFlash4259.jpg >> >> From the front >> http://www.bluering.org.au/leon/flash/FrankenFlash4260.jpg >> >> The socket on the flash >> http://www.bluering.org.au/leon/flash/FrankenFlash4263.jpg >> >> Folded up >> http://www.bluering.org.au/leon/flash/FrankenFlash4264.jpg >> >> Electronically it's easy - 3 wires and a plug and socket. Mechanically >> it's tight and fiddly. >> >> The second flash tube is housed in the swivel head of a very old Metz >> flash. I initially used the tube out of the Metz as well, but it >> eventually killed the main flash transistor. I now use a replacement >> AF360 tube in the Metz housing and it's been working for about 3 years >> with no problem. >> >> The second tube is simply wired in parallel to the first via a mini DIN >> socket on the flash. Do not use a headphone type socket as this shorts >> out when being unplugged and you get a lot of sparks and mess. The >> wiring goes from the tube through the wiring on the opposite side to the >> tilt locking button and to the mini DIN. The socket is located in the >> only place where there is any room inside the flash. Be very careful >> how you run the wires particularly in the head of the flash. It needs >> to be out of the way of the mechanism that drives the zoom. >> >> The brackets are simply whatever I could find that put things in the >> right place. I'll rebuild the bracket with something that looks better >> when it breaks. >> >> The first prototype was made about 6 or 7 years ago using an AF240F >> flash with a broken hotshoe. It had no socket for unplugging the second >> head and had an old hotshoe from another glued on it's side to mount >> onto the bracket (yes the same bracket I'm still using). I used it with >> a Z1p and then the MZ-S before I retired it and upgraded to the AF360 to >> use the PTTL. This one is the second. >> >> Hope this gives you an idea, but don't blame me if anything you do kills >> the flash. >> > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
