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Maybe so, but the seller sold 2 of these within a day of each other. They were both the same serial number, so he sold the same lens twice. His feedback was "0" when he sold them. It's "5" now, so it may be that he made a mistake in the listing, or perhaps ended up selling the same one again when a buyer backed out, not sure. If indeed someone got a 105mm Apo-EL-Nikkor for $140, that is truly a score!
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jtlee321. Enjoy the journey. Don't be afraid to ask questions-there are many here that can help. Show pics whenever possible. Good Luck!!
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ray think I will try to win this lens on ebay.Rodenstock APO Rodagon D 75mm f1:4,0 CAT NR 2730075001 Made in Germany Seller : sell823 (4874 ) 100% Positive feedback Follow this seller looks to be in good shape well see how it goes |
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Looks pretty good rocky. Odd the seller doesn't show the other end of the lens. I'd suggest requesting a pic of the other end so you can be sure the glass is clean and no scratches. Good return policy so if it has problems like haze or fungus you can return it.
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That will be a nice score, if you can avoid other bidders. I have the one that I bought for $175.00 on a Best Offer, the Buy It Now price was $250.00. I was shocked they had a auto accept of $175.00. But I could not be happier!! It's is practically brand new. It has the original price tag of $598.50 on it.
I'll keep my fingers crossed for you on getting a great price.
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Keep in mind that 50mm is too short to make work with bellows to capture a full range of coin sizes. You won't be taking pics of Dollars with a 50mm on bellows. You can go up to Dollars using the 17-31mm helicoid in the <$400/<$350 setups but working distance is fairly short for smaller coins. Good lens though.
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Ray, you are right and thanks for pointing that out. I wouldn't want anyone to purchase this lens under a misconception about its uses. Below are some images of what mine can do. After purchasing the camera, stand, bellows and a 75mm lens, a 50mm lens for details seemed like a reasonable investment. (I've really neglected my studies in photography, and maybe later I can get those Jansjos and work on color management for red copper.) The coin is a UK Farthing,1917, 20.25 mm dia. With the lens mounted to a bellows and attached to a Pentax K-x, it will almost fit in the sensor. Without bellows I would expect other results. Camera set for tungsten bulbs. Much of my interest lies in small details, and in this case, it shows how a weak strike did not fill out the denticles, the planchet has lamination issues and that the die has started to break apart.   |
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How do the (reversed?) 50mm EL-Nikkor or other short 28-40mm enlarger lenses compare with old bellows lenses designed for higher magnification, like the Canon 35mm and Olympus 38mm lenses?
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I did a shootout of a bunch of lenses a couple years ago that included the 50EL and 35MP, but I didn't own either of the Olympus 38mm at the time. The 35MP consistently wins every shootout between 2:1 and 3:1. It even won against my 95mm Printing-Nikkor (old version), which is saying a whole lot. See the shootout at: http://www.photomacrography.net/for....php?t=20173 |
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ray couple of question if you don't mind. I would like to get into this focus stacking. ok when you focus stack do you just move across the coin. I will say left to right then move down and repeat the same. but always at the same elevation. plus do you move the coin up and down any. would you use a microscope objective and if you do. what would be a good magnification to work with have a great one ray and thank you.
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rocky...you only move up and down in elevation so that you capture different focal planes. You should not move across the coin left or right. As a start, I usually suggest 4x or 5x magnification. You can find a lot of inexpensive 4x and 5x objectives out there that are good enough to focus stack.
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ok ray I have those 2 microscope objectives. so I go up and down. ok ray I a have coin it is made of pristine nickel. there is a line and a depression on the coin. when I go to light the coin. so I can photo that line. when I worked electricity liveline. we called this corona effect. ray is there away around this effect. that is happening on that line on this coin thank you
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rocky...you should start a new thread on focus stacking. Would be interesting for everyone. And I'd like to see a pic of what you're talking about with the corona effect. It sounds like the sensor is being saturated in that area...Ray
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