Christian Skofteland wrote:
> 
> I use an old non-dedicated, non-TTL Vivitar 102 flash unit mounted on a
> home-made bracket and connected to the x-terminal on my LX.
> 
> A quick example of the results combined with a Vivitar Series 1 105mm Macro
> focused to life size:
> http://photography.skofteland.net/insects/insect15.htm
> ...

Ouch, really.
I never had to bleed to get a macro shot done...

> The hardest part about my set up is that for each

No TTL? No way, too cumbersome for me.

> 
> My next goal is to get the AF280t mounted off-camera and use its TTL
> capabilities.  Unfortunately, I think it is too powerful to use as close as
> I use the little Vivitar 102.
> 

Are you sure? Maybe it's not, what's the Vivitar NG?

> As I've suggested before, read John Shaw's book "Closeups in Nature"  It is
> indispensable.
> 
> ...

Got that one, I wonder how much time I have to spend looking at nuts,
bolts and assorted hardware befor I can figure out a similar custom
bracket!

Ciao, Flavio
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