Thanks everyone for having a peek and leaving comments. It's not a pretty model, but very practical for the purpose. I hope to get back to the aesthetic details later, when the technical learning curve levels off a bit. Jostein
Den 4. august 2016 00.40.52 CEST, skrev Jostein <[email protected]>: >Same hoverfly, different optics. > >And background. :-) >Should be less taxing on human eyes this time. > >The portrait angle is from above, to show the three extra ocelli >(eyespots?). > >Mike Wilson has supplied a box full of old microscope lenses, and I >tried one out tonight; an old English brand, Charles Baker of London. >Magnification is 3.5x, and total bellows extension about 15 cm. > >It's comparable to the Wild Heerbrugg 4X, but has better edge >sharpness, >and seems to have somewhat better resolution. > >http://www.alunfoto.no/innhold/hoverfly-portrait-1/ > >Jostein -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

