dkCambridgeshire Posted September 7, 2017 Share #1 Posted September 7, 2017 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) Last week I bought from Ffordes Photographic Ltd. for the grand sum of £99 a 1965 vintage Leitz 135/2.8 Elmarit R single cam lens with the intention using it with existing Leitz APO 2x extender as budget tele lens on the Leica T; 135 x 1.5 x 2 = 405mm FF equivalent. Today decided to try the lens as a budget macro objective by utilising an equally vintage Leitz Elpro VIIa achromatic supplementary close up lens - previously purchased s/h for less than £10. The first photos illustrate the apparatus / methodology using a Gitzo tripod (in semi- ground level mode) , Lihhof ball head, Elicar focus slide, Lastolite reflector, and Leica STA 1 14636 Tripod Collar … latter is designed for the Leica APO Macro Elmarit R 100/2.8 but can be used with other lenses … and in this case is adapted to the Novoflex R to SL adapter (by wrapping a layer of self adhesive Velour around the adapter). In the first two photos the lens hood is retracted to illustrate how the Elpro is screwed onto the lens' filter thread. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! … apparatus set up in front of a common lizard habitat i.e. a rotting tree trunk on a local nature reserve cont'd … Edited September 7, 2017 by dkCambridgeshire 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! … apparatus set up in front of a common lizard habitat i.e. a rotting tree trunk on a local nature reserve cont'd … ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/276596-leica-t-budget-macro/?do=findComment&comment=3354177'>More sharing options...
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dkCambridgeshire Posted September 7, 2017 Author Share #2 Posted September 7, 2017 (edited) … and here are a few of the resultant photos of the Viviparous Lizards ... Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Reasonably pleased with results so far and plan to return the site and try some closer views utilising R extension tubes. Don't under-estimate ancient R lenses and Elpro lenses … they can offer a good budget means of creating close-up images in the field … but good apparatus support and a focus slide also help .. as does a decent reflector. For those interested in finding out more about using Leitz Elpro lenses e.g. magnifications attainable with various R lenses, please consider obtaining Günter Osterloh's book: Excellence in Photography: Applied Leica Technique … which includes matrices detailing all the various Elpro lenses and their capabilities / specifications Best wishes dunk Edited September 7, 2017 by dkCambridgeshire 12 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Reasonably pleased with results so far and plan to return the site and try some closer views utilising R extension tubes. Don't under-estimate ancient R lenses and Elpro lenses … they can offer a good budget means of creating close-up images in the field … but good apparatus support and a focus slide also help .. as does a decent reflector. For those interested in finding out more about using Leitz Elpro lenses e.g. magnifications attainable with various R lenses, please consider obtaining Günter Osterloh's book: Excellence in Photography: Applied Leica Technique … which includes matrices detailing all the various Elpro lenses and their capabilities / specifications Best wishes dunk ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/276596-leica-t-budget-macro/?do=findComment&comment=3354182'>More sharing options...
tritentrue Posted September 8, 2017 Share #3 Posted September 8, 2017 For the small amount of close-up shooting I do, the Elpro VIIa more than suffices. I previously used it on an X-Vario, and more recently managed to pair a couple of stepping rings so I can use it on my 55-135mm. For budget macro I also have a couple of the old OUFRO 10mm rings (16469, I think) I used in the distant past; but much prefer the Elpro as it seems brighter and is easier to deploy. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted September 8, 2017 Author Share #4 Posted September 8, 2017 (edited) There are other Leica T/TL system threads/posts with suggestions for using supplementary achromatic close-up lenses on TL zoom lenses: https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/247554-close-up-filters-on-leica-t/?hl=marumi&do=findComment&comment=2851590 includes a Canon achromatic c/u lens and a list of Leitz Elpro c/u lenses https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/242426-macro-on-the-t/?hl=marumi&do=findComment&comment=2782429 … includes Marumi c/u lenses and using Leica/Leitz ring combinations (extension tubes) Camera/lens support(s) are of equal importance especially when working with smaller apertures requiring longer exposures … and a focus slide or focus rack makes focusing so much easier. And for indoor table top c/u photography some enthusiasts prefer to work using a copy stand. dunk Edited September 8, 2017 by dkCambridgeshire 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkulin Posted September 8, 2017 Share #5 Posted September 8, 2017 … and here are a few of the resultant photos of the Viviparous Lizards ... Lizard-single-248.5K-rslf-.jpg Lizards-Pair-1-249.8K-rslf.jpg Lizards-Pair-2-rslf-240.8k.jpg Single-Lizard-256K-rslf.jpg Reasonably pleased with results so far and plan to return the site and try some closer views utilising R extension tubes. Don't under-estimate ancient R lenses and Elpro lenses … they can offer a good budget means of creating close-up images in the field … but good apparatus support and a focus slide also help .. as does a decent reflector. For those interested in finding out more about using Leitz Elpro lenses e.g. magnifications attainable with various R lenses, please consider obtaining Günter Osterloh's book: Excellence in Photography: Applied Leica Technique … which includes matrices detailing all the various Elpro lenses and their capabilities / specifications Best wishes dunk Dunk, I am just as interested to ask where you found Lizards in the UK, in all my years I have never seen any? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted September 8, 2017 Author Share #6 Posted September 8, 2017 Dunk, I am just as interested to ask where you found Lizards in the UK, in all my years I have never seen any? Lizards are common and found throughout the UK. Try contacting your local Staffs Wildlife Trust groups / sites http://www.staffs-wildlife.org.uk/species/common-lizard … lizards should be visible at many conservation sites and nature reserves until late October before they hibernate for the winter. dunk 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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