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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Bee Image with Close-Up Lens, for Moose
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2020 12:22:34 -0500
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Yes, Lluis, it is really too close for most work.? I swapped to a 135 
lens which should work at about 18 inches.

On 10/13/20 12:13 PM, Lluis Ripoll via LUG wrote:
> Nice capture, 12? is really close
> Lluis
>
>
>> El 13 oct 2020, a les 18:59, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> va 
>> escriure:
>>
>> I obtain close-ups of insects in many different ways.  Yesterday, Moose 
>> mentioned close-up lenses, which I haven't used for some time.  Today, I 
>> magnetically attached my 2.5 diopter  close-up lens to a Pentax 55/1.8 
>> lens on the X-T2 and went to the Buddleia.  This setup allows a working 
>> distance of about 12 inches or less, so I had to find a subject I could 
>> move in close to. This Carpenter Bee was cooperative.
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20201013-DSCF2251.JPG.html
>>
>> Ignore the lens data in Exif.
>>
>> -- 
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
>>
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