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Bill, I do shoot tethered, but the live view is poor. A few test shots are ok, but it can really slow down the process and I've been spoiled by the ease of a proper live view.

Foster, I have done...

You are quite correct; the Sinar does not have a geared movement of the tripod mount, but since the stands are geared I haven't really needed it.

I shoot jewelry so almost all of my macro work is...

That looks a lot like my setup (including the camera stand; is that an "RDA mono stand"?). The Sinar has geared movements as well and shooting straight down isn't really the problem. The problem is...

I use a Sinar P with a Leaf Aptus 22 digital back to do jewelry photography. The Aptus has a live view function which is sufficient for focusing, but it's not really good enough to help me guide my...

Thanks for the suggestion, although I wish it were geared.

I would love a heavy duty tilt/pan head, but it needs to be geared. I have yet to find one that has good range of motion. I was very excited about the majestic because it seemed perfect -- excellent...

It looks kind of wimpy, although I see it's rated to 40 lbs, I wonder if it can handle that much force laterally (ie. if the head is tilted 90 degrees down)? And I'd rather have something geared....

Sinar P. With all of the various extensions, macro lens and digital back I would bet it's pushing 30 to 40 lbs.

I'm trying to do macro photography in the studio with it and it's impossible to line up the shot precisely if I can't pan... what third party adapters are there?

Hello! I recently purchased a majestic head for my camera stand and discovered that it has no ability to pan! It never even occurred to me that a head wouldn't have the ability to pan... I bought it...

Technically, the diffraction limit is around f/11 because the effective f stop has increased by two stops at 1:1 magnification! However, based on my observations, I think diffraction doesn't become a...

These are all good points. Since I was using so much tilt, I sort of thought that I was testing the edge of the lens. The diffraction limit for this lens and digital sensor (Leaf Aptus 22) is around...

Just to wrap this up, here is the result of my testing: I'm comparing the Rodenstock 210mm Sinaron S (non macro lens) against the Nikkor AM * ED 210mm (macro lens) at approximately 1:1 magnification....

Thanks for all of your comments and advice. I just bought a Nikkor AM 210mm lens, I'll do a side-by-side comparison and post the results here when it arrives.

I'm not using anything special beyond the regular camera bellows. Maybe I'm misunderstanding what's being reversed; I thought it should be the order of the cells, ie. the rear cell goes to the front...

Yeah it's a good idea. Fotocare has (more or less) what I want. I live in NYC so there are plenty of options.

I don't think it's possible to reverse my lens; I unscrewed the the front and rear cells from the shutter but they have different diameters. I could put the shutter on the wrong side of the lensboard...

I think this gets to what I'm really interested in: will a dedicated macro lens make any difference for my intended use? I suspect that the MTF of the macro and non-macro lenses are the same in the...

Thank you! That certainly helps though I don't think you can necessarily draw that conclusion. I would like to see a comparison of the two lenses at the same scale.

I'm surprised that there is very little information comparing macro to non-macro lenses for macro use. Even Rodenstock's own literature is not very informative. For example, this document:...

Oh, yes I was being careless; anyway, I prefer a longer telephoto for the macro work I do.

I've noticed diffraction tends to kick in around f/22 for the Leaf and f/16 for the Canon, but I didn't...

Yes, I thought f/22 would give a clear advantage to the leaf over the Canon, that's why I was surprised by the results. I agree I need a better test target.

Frankly, I don't understand how anyone can do macro photography with a 120mm lens. That means I have to be 12cm from my subject. Where do I put my lights!? But that's another topic...

I suppose my...

Good point. At the moment I'm comparing images of a watch dial and judging sharpness by eye at 100-300% magnification in photoshop. The Canon is at slightly more than 1:1 magnification (with a short...

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I'm attempting to do macro photography with a Sinar P, 210mm MC Sinaron-S lens and Leaf Aptus 22 back. I'm comparing the results to my Canon 5dMk2 and 180L macro lens. To my eye, the...