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Since my fluorescent source it at the shop for repairs, I took the opportunity to set up a proper macro imaging setup. I saw the "Powers of 10" movie in school, maybe 1st or 2nd grade, and it had a lasting impact on my career choices as a scientist. So, I decided to take a series of images similar in spirit to the movie as an homage to the filmakers, and (possibly) as a warm up to 10/10/10:
http://www.powersof10.com/
The first series of images is of a filter insert from an old Leitz microscope, and the second is of a 0.055" diameter bolt. The height of the 'K' is 0.07" in the first series. All images except for the final one in each sequence are full-frame.
The lenses used for the first set are (in order): 24mm macro, 85mm planar, 100 mm luminar- two, 63 mm luminar- two, 25 mm luminar, 16 mm luminar, and a 100% crop of the 16 mm luminar. I estimate the range of magnification from the first to the last is about 1:10^5.
The lenses used for the second set are the same as the first, but I've added the zoom luminar (one) in between the 85mm and 100 mm, only used one magnification at 63 mm, and then added a 16x, 40x, and 80x epiplan microscope at the bottom end. Again, the final image is a 100% crop at 80x, and this sequence represents a magnification range of about 1:10^6.
As I said, these are warm-ups for something a little more 'professional', once I find something good to photograph- maybe a fine patterned cloth or needlepoint, for example.
Enjoy!
http://a.imageshack.us/img685/5706/dsc01360.png
http://a.imageshack.us/img690/1542/dsc01362.png
http://a.imageshack.us/img46/3180/dsc01365.png
http://a.imageshack.us/img838/857/dsc01377.png
http://a.imageshack.us/img203/5424/dsc01382.png
http://a.imageshack.us/img822/332/dsc01391.png
http://a.imageshack.us/img805/3794/dsc01397.png
http://a.imageshack.us/img405/8163/dsc01403.png
http://a.imageshack.us/img444/1777/dsc0140310.png
http://a.imageshack.us/img641/1593/dsc01420.png
http://a.imageshack.us/img638/8254/dsc01423.png
http://a.imageshack.us/img203/7534/dsc01430.png
http://a.imageshack.us/img180/3152/dsc01447.png
http://a.imageshack.us/img12/892/dsc01458.png
http://a.imageshack.us/img5/6596/dsc01461.png
http://a.imageshack.us/img40/6899/dsc01470.png
http://a.imageshack.us/img101/8179/dsc01475.png
http://a.imageshack.us/img230/5593/dsc01481.png
http://a.imageshack.us/img694/9052/dsc01484.png
http://a.imageshack.us/img844/8413/dsc01485.png
http://a.imageshack.us/img810/1183/dsc0148510.png
http://www.powersof10.com/
The first series of images is of a filter insert from an old Leitz microscope, and the second is of a 0.055" diameter bolt. The height of the 'K' is 0.07" in the first series. All images except for the final one in each sequence are full-frame.
The lenses used for the first set are (in order): 24mm macro, 85mm planar, 100 mm luminar- two, 63 mm luminar- two, 25 mm luminar, 16 mm luminar, and a 100% crop of the 16 mm luminar. I estimate the range of magnification from the first to the last is about 1:10^5.
The lenses used for the second set are the same as the first, but I've added the zoom luminar (one) in between the 85mm and 100 mm, only used one magnification at 63 mm, and then added a 16x, 40x, and 80x epiplan microscope at the bottom end. Again, the final image is a 100% crop at 80x, and this sequence represents a magnification range of about 1:10^6.
As I said, these are warm-ups for something a little more 'professional', once I find something good to photograph- maybe a fine patterned cloth or needlepoint, for example.
Enjoy!
http://a.imageshack.us/img685/5706/dsc01360.png
http://a.imageshack.us/img690/1542/dsc01362.png
http://a.imageshack.us/img46/3180/dsc01365.png
http://a.imageshack.us/img838/857/dsc01377.png
http://a.imageshack.us/img203/5424/dsc01382.png
http://a.imageshack.us/img822/332/dsc01391.png
http://a.imageshack.us/img805/3794/dsc01397.png
http://a.imageshack.us/img405/8163/dsc01403.png
http://a.imageshack.us/img444/1777/dsc0140310.png
http://a.imageshack.us/img641/1593/dsc01420.png
http://a.imageshack.us/img638/8254/dsc01423.png
http://a.imageshack.us/img203/7534/dsc01430.png
http://a.imageshack.us/img180/3152/dsc01447.png
http://a.imageshack.us/img12/892/dsc01458.png
http://a.imageshack.us/img5/6596/dsc01461.png
http://a.imageshack.us/img40/6899/dsc01470.png
http://a.imageshack.us/img101/8179/dsc01475.png
http://a.imageshack.us/img230/5593/dsc01481.png
http://a.imageshack.us/img694/9052/dsc01484.png
http://a.imageshack.us/img844/8413/dsc01485.png
http://a.imageshack.us/img810/1183/dsc0148510.png
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