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MP-E at 10X

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Pansottin
Pansottin Contributing Member • Posts: 501
Re: MP-E at 10X

Victor Engel wrote:

This is my first attempt to use the Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 lens with a Canon 2X III teleconverter. This is a focus stack of Plusiodonta compressipalpus. Stacked using Zerene. I wasn't sure how successful using the converter would be.

Thanks for sharing. What a beautiful texture this wing has. I've been using this lens for years but I've never tested it with a teleconverter. The magnification doubled; interesting!

Can you please tell us what effective aperture you got with a 10:1 magnification. It's just that I notice the image with lack of sharpness in general. High diffraction?

Attention, sharpeness is not everything. In addition, your image has a consistent smoothness. But I'd like to know if it was intentional or if it's diffraction or the teleconverter effect.

I hope to test it soon with a Novoflex BallPro 1 bellows (my camera is the GFX50R) to see results and possible magnification. Bellows will have a maximum span of 192mm.

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Fujifilm GFX 50R Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.5 1-5x Macro Carl Zeiss Makro-Planar T* 2/100 Fujifilm 120mm F4 Macro Fujifilm GF 110mm F2 +4 more
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