Leon, Very interesting photos and equipment. I'm happy to see what the camera can be coaxed into doing. Regards, Bob S.
On 4/27/07, Leon Altoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
