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<p>[QUOTE="SuperDave, post: 2401993, member: 1892"]Actually, this is about the limit of what it'll frame on the bellows (pulled from my pocket to illustrate, no real attempt at "proper" lighting):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]495127[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>That's with the bellows completely collapsed, and all I can fit onto the sensor. But, who really needs a bellows? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe if I use my shortest spacer (15mm, I think) and no bellows....</p><p><br /></p><p>....yeah, that works. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]495133[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>That's about 41mm worth of coin on about 11.5mm of sensor - I got about 80% fill - so about 0.28x, and I still have 2000 vertical pixels of coin on the original. Working distance was about 230mm, all kinds of room. Yeah, we can do a Dollar with this. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SuperDave, post: 2401993, member: 1892"]Actually, this is about the limit of what it'll frame on the bellows (pulled from my pocket to illustrate, no real attempt at "proper" lighting): [ATTACH=full]495127[/ATTACH] That's with the bellows completely collapsed, and all I can fit onto the sensor. But, who really needs a bellows? :p Maybe if I use my shortest spacer (15mm, I think) and no bellows.... ....yeah, that works. :) [ATTACH=full]495133[/ATTACH] That's about 41mm worth of coin on about 11.5mm of sensor - I got about 80% fill - so about 0.28x, and I still have 2000 vertical pixels of coin on the original. Working distance was about 230mm, all kinds of room. Yeah, we can do a Dollar with this. :)[/QUOTE]
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