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2:1 macro lens for Nikon - recommendation?

Started 5 months ago | Questions thread
BBbuilder467 Veteran Member • Posts: 7,057
Re: 2:1 macro lens for Nikon - recommendation?

Bob wrote:

I’d like to build a rig to digitize 35mm and 120 negs. The negs will be backlit, so distance to focus is not an issue. I have a FF Nikon.

I’d like to achieve a magnification greater than 1:1. I plan to take multiple images of the negative and stitch them together in PS.

Any suggestions for a lens?

What are you using to reach 1:1 now? Adding extension tubes to a macro lens will get you beyond 1:1.

Are you taking into account that when you go much beyond 1:1, you'll lose the vertical and might have to be in portrait orientation to maintain the aspect ratio?

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