Your Canon Photos No.2: 14th to 20th May 2023

simplejoy,,

How did you mount that lens on your camera?

Steve Thomas

Simplejoy,

Wow...that's close...looks great. I suppose you could take a lot of closeups with that lens. I've never heard of it. How were you able to acquire that lens?

Thank you all!

I'm not completely sure what the lens was used for, but I suspect it could have been part of an Agfa Variograd 76/90 - a Photographic Belt Copying Machine from the past. It seems to be a custom-made example though, so anything is possible. Together with another photographic enthusiast I started to write an article on Agfa industrial lenses, where this one and others are mentioned. You can take a look here, if you're interested:
deltalenses.com/index.php/2022/08/05/agfa-gevaert-industrial/

It's just a hobby project and still unfinished, because information is very hard to find. But there's somewhat steady progress.

I adapted the lens via my bellows to a Canon EOS R5, which isn't the easiest solution possible, however quite a versatile one. The lens has an outside thread, which is (yes, really!) 27.4 x 0.5 mm - so very non-standard. However it fits okay inside a 28 x 0.75 mm thread and there are adapters for that diameter to the one my bellows needs or M42 etc.

Yes, focus stacking is pretty much necessary at this magnification, because there's barely anything in focus, almost regardless of f-stop. Given the fact that this one can't be stopped down anyways, the number of stacked shots goes up a bit. It's still nowhere near the amount many macro specialists are dealing with though.

Here's another shot with the same setup:

Two out of four? That's only half the fun... by simple.joy, on Flickr

and here's an older image, taken outside (stacked from a couple of handheld shots):

So we're agreen to disagreen? by simple.joy, on Flickr

My wife says these are Columbines.

She says they look like little bats.

Steve Thomas

Simplejoy,

Your photos are impressive. That's interesting about focus stacking. I've never done that.

Steve,

I'm glad you have joined us with some flowers. 😀 If the wife says they are Columbines, that must be what they are. 😀 Were they growing wild?

I'm probably not supposed to, but I like the second one best.

Cool photo.
Thanks for sharing that extra info.

Hi Dunlin,

Super set of the steam trains. That's interesting about the banana carriage.

Hi stevet1,

I'll second that, they are indeed Columbines. Nice shots.

Hi simplejoy,

That's a superb photo.

Hi Digirame,

Love the shot of the wild rose. Beautiful colours.

Hi davidwien,

Super photos of the Roses, was it the reds that were clipping??

Thanks Mocha,

I think it was you that mentioned something about wild roses previously. So when I saw them, I thought I would try to make something out of them. They were really small on that bush.

David,

I like seeing your photos. They look sharp. The statues and architecture are neat to see. Also...that chimney stack is interesting. I don't know if we have anything like that here where I live.

While hiking we saw this one standing alone on the trail. The beauty has gone and only the ripe fruits are left.

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