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    Re: Large Format Macro Images

    Corran, what did you mean by misalignment in the original post?

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    Re: Large Format Macro Images

    Well, my first shot I stood the coin straight up and shot directly at it. Visually, I thought the coin face was parallel to the lens plane. Even at f/16, the left side was so slightly further back than the right that the left third of the coin was out of focus.

    The second shot I put the coin on a small stand on the ground flat, and then shot straight down. I leveled the camera with the bubble level on my tripod and the levels on the camera. I also closed down to f/22 to get a bit more DOF. I don't know if it was the increased DOF or just better alignment, but this time I got all the coin in focus.

    Of course I also triple checked that I did not have any tilt/swing on the camera too!
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    Thanks Corran, I thought you meant with the camera but also thought that it was an enlarger issue.
    It's good to hear about others' technique.

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    Re: Large Format Macro Images

    Heroique pointed out that this thread has been dormant for ten years; I thought I'd bump it with an image from a "boredom session" last year. This is a strawberry blossom shot on TriX with a 50mm Beseler enlarging lens in my Toyo rail camera. Bellows correction was 4 stops for f8 and lighting was from Speedotron spots at 600WS.

    [IMG]Strawberry by John Olsen, on Flickr[/IMG]

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    Re: Large Format Macro Images

    Very good!

    Thank you



    Quote Originally Posted by John Olsen View Post
    Heroique pointed out that this thread has been dormant for ten years; I thought I'd bump it with an image from a "boredom session" last year. This is a strawberry blossom shot on TriX with a 50mm Beseler enlarging lens in my Toyo rail camera. Bellows correction was 4 stops for f8 and lighting was from Speedotron spots at 600WS.

    [IMG]Strawberry by John Olsen, on Flickr[/IMG]
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    Re: Large Format Macro Images

    What a beautiful bump to an old thread -


    Quote Originally Posted by John Olsen View Post
    Heroique pointed out that this thread has been dormant for ten years; I thought I'd bump it with an image from a "boredom session" last year. This is a strawberry blossom shot on TriX with a 50mm Beseler enlarging lens in my Toyo rail camera. Bellows correction was 4 stops for f8 and lighting was from Speedotron spots at 600WS.

    [IMG]Strawberry by John Olsen, on Flickr[/IMG]

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    Re: Large Format Macro Images

    Thanks, let's see yours too. Tiny blossom season is upon us.

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    Re: Large Format Macro Images

    2-1 Macro 8X10

    Nikon 210 W wide open = f16

    Levy Process Camera with Calumet 8X10 back

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    Levy GG 8X10 by TIN CAN COLLEGE, on Flickr

    Nikon 210 W by TIN CAN COLLEGE, on Flickr

    Side View by TIN CAN COLLEGE, on Flickr

    Levy 8X10 Macro 2-1 by TIN CAN COLLEGE, on Flickr
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    Re: Large Format Macro Images



    Very close...
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    Iga, Very interesting - what is it? What was the magnification factor? You're setting a new standard, I think.

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