Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/09/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That's what I'm doing. Saving that technique for the most important images or those that I have a problem scanning. I have the 1:1 Elpro on the Macro. Tina On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 3:31 PM, Howard L Ritter Jr <hlritter at twc.com> wrote: > I have the 100 mm Macro-Elmar on the Leica bellows. With the bellows > extended to the 1:1 reproduction point, the in-focus plane is about 5 > inches away from the rim of the lens hood?too far for the Nikon slide > holder. > > It?s either add extension tubes or use a copy rig with the slide on a > light table. > > I think I?ll try taping a slide to my computer screen as a light table and > copying it 1:1, then comparing that result with a scan of the same slide > done with the Coolscan 5000LS. It would have to be clearly better to give > up the convenience of unattended batch scanning of the Coolscan. If it does > look better, maybe save that technique for the most important images. > > ?howard > > > > On Sep 12, 2017, at 10:33 AM, George Lottermoser < > george.imagist at icloud.com> wrote: > > > > > >> On Sep 11, 2017, at 5:16 PM, Jeff Moore <jbmmllug at jbm.org> wrote: > >> > >> I have similar questions! Is it the Nikon ES-1 you've been using, and > >> is there any fiddliness involved to get it to stick on and align > >> properly on the 100mm APO-Macro-Elmarit-R? Does it position a slide > >> at an appropriate distance from the front of the lens? > >> > >> The ES-1 is so non-Leica relatively expensive at 60 bucks that it > >> definitely seems worth trying, if it doesn't not-fit in some fatal > >> way. > > > > Always worth investing in a proper bellows IMO. > > > > > > Regards, > > George Lottermoser > > > > http://www.imagist.com > > http://www.imagist.com/blog > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html