Image © Norman Day. Please do not reproduce without permission.
UPDATE March 2009 ..Images taken using this equipment plus the FourThirds Olympus 35mm f3.5 macro are to be posted here soon.
Featured in the photograph are:
Jessops C-920 copy stand with lights
Olympus OM Focusing Rail
Olympus OM Focusing Stage
Olympus OM Telescopic 65-116 Auto Tube
MF-1 OM Adapter (OM to 4/3 Lens Adapter)
Camera-laptop USB control lead (comes with the camera)
Laptop running Olympus Studio imaging software
Olympus RM-1 Remote Control (used when not running Olympus Studio)
Olympus FL36 flash
Olympus FL-CB05 ttl flash cord
Olympus E-510 or E-300 camera - settings: APERTURE PRIORITY MODE, (for the E-510: 2 seconds anti-shake), focussing via "live View" using LCD panel.
The above are used with the following lenses:
Olympus OM Zuiko Auto-Macro 20mm f2 lens
Olympus OM Zuiko Auto-Macro 38mm f2.8 lens
Olympus OM Zuiko Auto-Macro 50mm f3.5 lens
Sigma 150mm f/2.8 APO EX DG MACRO HSM lens - for subjects 4-5cm or less in diameter - with the camera mounted at the top of the copy stand
column, and the whole setup placed on the floor (you would otherwise have to be well over 6' in height to peer through the viewfinder, if using this gear on the desk).
