Did are really quick setup with the Raynox
A Norwegian krone (smallest coin I could find) and a ruler with ducks on it! The ruler is in centimeters
Ca 700mm
1200mm (I set the coin at a slight angel to make it stand upright and it shows here with the parts out of focus because of the very shallow depth of field)
4K mode at full zoom with in camera stacking (some artifacts from the stacking)
Here’s the ruler at 1200mm (it’s one millimeter between each vertical line)
Per - thank you for taking the time to show how the Raynox 150 works, really appreciate it.
The Norwegian krone is 21mm diameter (with 3.2mm center hole) - the US 1 cent coin is 19.05mm diameter.
You clearly showed longer than about 700mm the Raynox 150 will give greater magnifications than anything the FZ80/82 can do natively.
However just a note - I'm not sure of equivalences for macro reproduction - but on the old 35mm film a 1:1 macro magnification (the holy grail) is being able to get a 36x24mm area to fill the frame....
I think your Raynox 150 pics (and the native macro Zoom) are getting larger magnifications than that?
It appears the HUGE advantage of the Raynox 150 (and to a lesser degree the simple close-up lens) allows for greater magnification without having to get so close to the subject.
This practicality in itself mitigates a lot in terms of any loss of quality out from the center of the image.
Thanks so much.
