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Thanks for the informative examples. That is very helpful. Here are some examples from the setup I was referring to. For reference, the focal length of the camera lens (Panasonic FZ200) varies from ...

In the setup I described I certainly got severe ("looking through a porthole") vignetting at the widest angles (lowest magnification), but having got past that I didn't notice any issues. (This ...

My understanding is that a lens that is reversed on to a normally mounted camera lens acts as a close-up lens. And as far as the distance between a close-up lens and the camera lens goes I have ...

Yes they can. When I first make a new diffuser setup I calibrate it for colour. Shooting raw, I capture an image of a neutral grey card. I then pick up the white balance (Temp and Tint values) ...

Might it be a Bush Cricket nymph, possibly a Speckled Bush Cricket? For example see the image on the left in the Description section of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speckled_bush-cricket or the ...

Nice, especially to my eye the second, fourth and fifth, with the second particularly striking.

Nice set. I particularly like the first, last and last but one. As to spots, they do of course show up more with the smaller apertures we often use for macro. Have you tried a wet clean?

Super set. There are several images that I particularly like: the first and last, the spider, the weevil on the ? daisy, the shield bug and the Lantern Fly. All very enjoyable to view.

I provided some input in this post , where I mentioned some things I thought relevant to the OP's questions and that I had experience of. As to the discussion in this subthread, I've been following ...

Excellent!  Enjoy. :-)

I don't use a bag these days, but I have a lot of pockets in my trousers (which includes pockets for knee pads). In my pockets I take: (1) two spare camera batteries. (2) two ...

Yes, that was sort of what I was getting at: does it brighten up enough to be usable compared to what you see with lenses like the MPE that stay open while focusing? That should help. I generally ...

Thanks. A superzoom "travel" camera isn't what I would normally use for flowers. I don't recall now, but I imagine I was doing an experiment of some sort. Sometimes things just fall into place; a ...

I think this is a reply to my post here . You asked about any thoughts about comparing the MPE-65 and Laowa 25mm. I was giving you a comparison with regard to the view in the EVF, about which you ...

I have both the Laowa 25mm and the MPE-65 but I've not used either much because I quickly came to the conclusion with both of them that I wouldn't be comfortable using them for my style of ...

Thank you. :-)

Thanks Jon.

Super set. Lovely colours and clarity and focus plane placement. Nice backgrounds too. Very pleasing to view.

That's very kind of you Phil, thank you. I've not been posting much recently and what I have posted has mainly not been of smaller subjects like in your linked posts, so for the OP here is a link ...