Here's the same coin taken with the 75ARD1 at ~2:1 to compare. [IMG] [IMG]
An alternative to traditional magnifiers/loupes is an enlarging lens. With loupes, the "highest quality" ones are triplets. With enlarging lenses,...
Here's the link to the seller I purchased from. Looks like he still has a few left....
I believe this lens was designed for transferring 16mm to 35mm in reverse (2:1 magnification), or 70mm to 35mm forward (1:2 magnification). Both...
Steve...I was writing my last post while you sent yours, and I took things to a new level. Sorry for that. The basics are not that tough, but...
Cool stuff guys! I shot the same 54-S RPM#4 with the lens reversed at f/3.8. See full sensor and crops below. I also included a "money shot" of...
I have not done a direct compo with the 75ARD1 yet, but my impressions so far are favorable. The 75ARD1, while labeled an Apo, is really a very...
Yep, lighting is the toughest thing. Camera settings are definitely not so tough if you use Av mode (aperture priority). This mode fixes the...
This lens, like the 95PN and the Rodenstock 75ARD1 mentioned above, does not have a focusing helicoid, so requires extensions or bellows, and in...
A while back, on another forum, I published a thread of a similar title. I used it to showcase the Nikon 95mm f/2.8 Printing-Nikkor (95PN), which...
Great older post. Thanks for resurrecting as I missed it first time around. A few years ago I bought a $20 mint bag of 1945-S Cents. I was...
I was so nervous and hopeful...like watching your kid at their first recital or ball game...but you did great LordM! I love seeing good pics taken...
BT, you got some super nice ones as well. It was quite a roll.
Excellent MonsterCoinz! This was coin 1-2, the first coin I posted. It should have gone MS67 but MS66+ is pretty good. I will update the web page...
The Componon-S 50mm looks excellent, as expected. The P&B 75 looks very good too. For the Wollensak, can you do a "tape job" adapter, adding...
Dave...I missed this post when it was fresh back in May. I found it doing one of my occasional searches of the forums for photography posts. What...
Last October I sold most coins from a toned roll of 1941-D Lincoln Cents. Of course I kept a few, but I had remorse over a couple that I sold. One...
Most appear to be in Latin. I don't do Latin.
No, just the D810. The older models don't have the electronic shutter, at least not without hacking the camera firmware. This is true. Here's a...
Nikon cameras are great (I use one as my walkaround camera), but for coins in a studio setting you will be better served with a Canon. This is...
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