[Leica] IMG: more NEX-7 macro images

[abridge at mac.com (Adam Bridge)]

Still playing with the 100 APO on the NEX-7. I like what it does. There, 
unfortunately, a difficulty with the camera. I hesitate to call it a defect, 
but it will cause a problem for anyone wanting to use a large heavy lens 
which requires the camera to be mated with a tripod. The NEX-7 is a very 
thin camera, as in less than 1" I think. With the 100 APO mounted (which 
weighs more than the camera does), I couldn't make a stable mounting to the 
tripod. Even with the screw to the mounting plate tightened as much as I 
dared centering an image was very difficult because the lens would droop, 
maybe 1/2 a frame. It's not the camera body that is bending, it's the soft 
rubber mounting that is being compressed by torque. I hope that makes sense. 
With the Sony lenses, which aren't very heavy, this isn't a problem. With 
something big (a Noctilux, the 100 APO) it's a major problem. The Telyt 
series will work okay because the lens is mounted to the tripod not the 
camera. I think there may be a solution but it'll take some engineering.

Anyway...

Two takes on California Poppies. This is a much redder version that the more 
normal orange version. There are also vivid reds and whites out there 
somewhere. We'd love to have any of them for our garden. I digress.

<http://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/gallery/22003432_Lz2PWj#!i=1766720283&k=pj9t4g3&lb=1&s=A>

<http://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/gallery/22003432_Lz2PWj#!i=1766720688&k=Qd7Wb4Z&lb=1&s=A>

This is also a poppy. I liked this more pastel colors.

<http://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/gallery/22003432_Lz2PWj#!i=1766721263&k=SHD6Rnq&lb=1&s=A>

They also come in white:

<http://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/gallery/22003432_Lz2PWj#!i=1766721958&k=zKLPGtv&lb=1&s=A>

And then there are these little iris. These are really small, perhaps the 
whole plant was 12" high.

<http://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/gallery/22003432_Lz2PWj#!i=1766722303&k=z8tRPZK&lb=1&s=A>

This is a crop from the center of the image.