You made two claims. One was false. That makes the word "coupled" meaningless. So I misunderstood nothing. "I could not find this model...
Exact quote: "The first macro lens I purchased for photographing coins was a 105mm AFS Micro-Nikkor, and I quickly found it unsuitable due to...
True, but not as much as claimed. Hence it's an exaggeration. At 1:1, you will have virtually the same working distance with either Nikkor as...
First you claimed that the 105mm VR was "unusable" because you could do lighting setups with a bellows that you can't with the 105mm VR. And now...
Fair enough. I stand corrected.
In other words, you can't or won't post such a shot. And didn't you say you prefer not to use a setup which places a light between the lens and a...
"Severely limits" is more than a little bit of an exaggeration, as were your claims about working distance. In fact, the diameter of the 105mm is...
I have the PB-4 and I'm afraid I disagree with your conclusions. It's an older model, not a "lower" one. It is solidly built, operates smoothly...
The actual 1:1 working distances for the 105mm VR and the 85mm VR are 148mm and 141mm respectively. The working distance with a 75mm enlarger...
Disclaimer: I am by no means a photo pro, but I do play with a lot of macro gear. All of the coins I've posted here are my own photographs....
Thanks for the bad news. I should be able to get a refund one way or another.
From a dealer in Greece.
Here's what I ended up with. I came in a bit under budget, so I hope it's real. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I'm not sure it's subject to the HPA. I don't think my copy from the Cato Institute is stamped either.
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You should be able to find a used Canon 60mm f/2.8 EF-S Macro for that sort of money. Since your using a 1.6x crop factor camera, the working...
Still in the Mint Cellophane:[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The Mint followed the 2015 American Liberty High Relief with a silver medal in 2016. The plan may be to follow the same pattern with this and...
Yet another example of why coin design by committee doesn't work. The position of Chief Engraver has been vacant since 2010 and it shows. The...
In addition to what's been said here, the current Sigma 180mm f/2.8 OS is a significantly larger (8" vs 6" long, 86mm vs 72mm filters) and a full...
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