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rmpsrpms Pillar of the Community United States 4038 Posts	Posted 10/07/2011 01:33 am That's a good first couple images. What lens are you using? Contact me for photographic equipment or visit my home page at: http://macrocoins.com Report this Post to the Staff
rmpsrpms Pillar of the Community United States 4038 Posts	Posted 10/07/2011 01:39 am The adapters I linked to are for the lens to mount to the bellows. If your Canon is like my Nikon D5000, when you mount a manual lens it doesn't know there is anything there at all, and won't do anything unless you are in full manual mode. If you use one of the trickster adapters, the camera thinks a lens is there (the EXIF is usually a 50mm) and the camera can then operate in Aperture Priority Mode or whatever Canon calls it. This is a HUGE benefit since you don't have to worry about exposure, the camera takes care of it. You still need to set your lens aperture but the camera will automatically adjust the shutter speed for optimum exposure. Saves a lot of fiddling and wasted shots. Won't the EOS mount directly to the bellows? I'm not a Canon guy so don't know all the mount options but I assumed a Canon camera would mount to a Canon bellows... Contact me for photographic equipment or visit my home page at: http://macrocoins.com Report this Post to the Staff
aladinslamp Pillar of the Community United States 3076 Posts	Posted 10/07/2011 02:20 am I passed on the EOS bellows as I pulled the trigger on the FL bellows, So I believe it takes an adapter to go from the AL to EOS fitting....they are online, most with the electronics, but as you mentioned it will be in full manual mode in any case...the FULL use of the camera's electronics "will not work" so you waisting your money..if one thinks its a plug and play...its a manual game....As for the lens for tonight's pics..its the stock 18X55mm or so stock lens, not that its bad, but one OBVIOUS thing I have noticed....This for all "point and shoot guys" My prievious shots, from my canon point and shoot camerasI needed the CFL 6500K bulbs to get the lighting up to speed... using them now...I am way over powered.....Too much light, if that is possible, but it is...to much light over saturates the coin and the details are washed away, the term contrast....is something I have come to know as one must need the shadows to see the detail, so there is some balance in the light and the dark so that the full effect is....LUSTER and detail for us coin minded people... Bright coin with definition of detail.... Its from discussions like this that help us to see what we see the end results of are doing.... For most of us...we have been on many sites online searching for the idea of how to take pic's of coins, and there are many.....Most simply show you there idea of how to do it..Here at CCF..... IT GOES WAY BEYOND the basics, thanks to the many who contribute here, and the some few who talk above our heads , but if we only listen...Ray and Dave.... you are making history on your own levels...and contributions.. Report this Post to the Staff
rmpsrpms Pillar of the Community United States 4038 Posts	Posted 10/09/2011 3:47 pm Gene...I did a bit more research on your adapter problem and now that I understand more about Canon mount types I realize I gave you an incomplete solution...sorry about that. The adapter I recommended will still be required, though. You will just need two more in addition. It seems that adapters going directly from FL to M39 are either not available or are going to be very expensive. So I think your adapter setup will need to look like this: EOS Camera -> A: EF-FD Adapter -> FL Bellows -> B: FD-EF Adapter -> C: EF-M39 Adapter For A: I believe you will need an EF-FD adapter like this one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/canon-FD-EF...em2314dfb782 For B: I believe this FD-EF Adapter will work: http://www.ebay.com/itm/CANON-EOS-F...em1e6781297a And for C: I think either adapter I suggested before will work. Note that the C: adapter could also be used with fixed M39 extensions between the camera and lens if you will be generally shooting with a fixed magnification. Just another option in case you want to take macro shots in the field but don't want to lug around the bellows, or want to keep it at home in a fixed coin photo setup. I believe the only uncertainty about the above adapter setup is the B: adapter onto the FL bellows. In my reading it sounds like FD lenses will mount to FL camera or bellows but they won't meter properly. Can anyone (SuperDave?) confirm this? If true, then the adapters I linked to should complete your setup and allow you to use M39 lenses on the EOS camera...Ray Contact me for photographic equipment or visit my home page at: http://macrocoins.com Report this Post to the Staff
aladinslamp Pillar of the Community United States 3076 Posts	Posted 10/09/2011 5:20 pm I sent you an email, but for those others out there that are thinking the same thing..I did find a cheap EOS to FD/FL adapter to get the EOS body to the bellows, I was researching on how to get the enlarging ring onto the bellows which has the 39MM thread..now As I found a canon belows site last night, I realized I can/should be able to connect any FD lense to the front of the bellows without any adapters, while I wait to find an adapter to go from FD to 39MM... so no problem to me with your advice, this is all so cheap its a grain of salt in the ocean, I do understand that this set up will most likely be full manual control...As I'm waiting for my software to get here, the CD was missing, its all been a shoot and miss, manual guessing and adjustments after the fact shot, so its a good learning experience as I have no real control over what looks to be in focus, I've tried all the live view settings, and have not had any real good shots yet, even the MACRO mode I find after I crop them one can't resize them up as they loose all detail....best shots are with in the normal settings after cropping there is lots of detail and resizing lets me zoom in even closer....I should have much better results when I get the software which will let me use the zoombrowser and see exactly what is happening...These newer DSLR functions are not the same as the point and shoot so one has to start all over,,,/but I can finally turn the darn thing on LOL... Report this Post to the Staff
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