As I slowly get more and more involved in entomology again, I find myself wanting to do high magnification work of insect specimens. I'm about to pick up a new macro lens for my Nikon, which will help, but I'd love to do some stuff with 4x5 for the big transparencies. What I want to know is if it's really feasible to photograph an insect about 12mm long at a minimum of about 5x life size. If so, what kind of gear is necessary? How would something like the Zeiss Luminars work? There was an article a year or so ago in View Camera about a guy who did high mag stuff with rock specimens who I think was using Luminars. There was also a little half page article in National Geographic a number of years ago about a guy who did this kind of insect photography early 20th century, but he had like 12 feet of bellows. Any ideas, tips, or comments would be greatly appreciated.
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