Perhaps someone can advise regarding twin element close-up diopter attachments.
Perhaps someone can advise regarding twin element close-up diopter attachments.
With focusing ring still attached to lens - am happy to go with a narrow depth of field as may result - not sure of finished results ultimately with the specific lens being used for macro.
So you want to use the optional gg to see what is in focus, then put the film in the camera and then - still on the same focus - take pictures in a terrarium?
Linhof had an interesting device used to frame close-ups for their Super Technikas, but it could be used with some other view cameras. The OP could choose his preferred distances, index them on a similar device and shoot without the ground glass.
The one pictured in the link has the frame mounted upside-down.
(Image from www.leicashop.com)
The device is called a focusing frame. Focusing frames are discussed extensively in Kodak Publications N12-A Closeup Photography and N-16 Closeup Photography and Photomacrography.
I did the thought experiment of using a focusing frame on a Speed Graphic years ago. Several major limitations. There has to be a clear area around the subject so the frame can be positioned around the subject without disturbing it. The subject plane has to be accessible; from the outside, everything in a terrarium is inaccessible. And the subject, if live, has to tolerate close approach.
Shooting immobile subjects in terraria can be done with the camera on tripod outside of the terrarium and with focusing on the GG. This will work with some reptiles and amphibians.
Re the need to get close, well, with a 110, shooting at 1:1 needs the lens' front node (very near the diaphragm) to be 220 mm from the subject. Whether this is possible depends on the subject and the terrarium. Lower magnifications will need greater working distances.
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