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Don't know how I missed this thread, but glad it got sorted out! A few things....The 2x teleconverter the MC-20 also works with the same PIXCO setup....I have not found any issues with lighting by ...

Manual focus always.  Get the camera where you want it right before your focus point and waste a few shots to get what you need. also, I always use electronic shutter

Just now saw this.  I always use JPEG SF option.  Don't need Raw as I like the Olympus JPEGS - also, stacking raw is a pain

I have had so many people doubt my work - that the sand is really that small - that bugs really look like this up close or that the spider images are of live ones....even that snowflakes don't ...

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Using a PIXCO Brand extension tube, 16mm, you can attach the MC-20 (2x) teleconverter to the 60mm macro lens.  All you have to do is remove a millimeter of the plastic inside the cheap extension ...

It's a joy to share these!

Although messy, there is still some neat detail on the bottom half of this image taken with the 505. Here is some incredible detail of a dendrite snowflake with an amazing center.  I zoomed in past ...

I decided to go stronger than my last series and switch out the Raynox 250 for the 202 and also the 505 for a shot or two.  So here we go... Olympus EM1 Mark 2, the Olympus MC-20 Teleconverter, ...

The Kenko are metal inside and will not work

Thank you!!!

godox LED126 on the hotshoe - constant light I use a drawer for my sand pictures

Yes, PIXCO is the brand that works if you dremel out the inside of the 16mm.  OR, you can use a 10mm and the 16mm if you connect the 10mm first and then the 16, and then you don't have to adjust ...

Here are three more from yesterday.

shot outside Olympus cameras work well in the cold it was 6 degrees F when I took these

very neat!  HAVE YOU SEEN MY SAND PICS???

It must be the Pixco brand.  You just use a sharp knife or a dremel to shave off some of the interior of the 16mm tube to allow the lens of the MC-20 to fit inside.

Olympus EM1 Mark 3 Olympus MC-20 Teleconverter 16mm Pixco extension tube modified (inside plastic scraped out to allow teleconverter lens to fit inside) Olympus 60mm macro lens Raynox 250 I used ...

the 505 is great but please realize that focus stacking is necessary with it

super job sir!!!