In article , cdunlap@earthsci.ucsc.edu says...
>In article <4ascme$a7@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu>, d_ruether@hotmail.com (Bob
>Neuman) wrote:
>> (I was doing a large bug shoot,
>> one summer and sending batches of film to Fuji until I realized what
>> was happening).
--(Film spoiled by heat in transit to the Fuji lab which is in Arizona.)
>A large bug shoot? This sounds like a much more interesting topic than >the multiple threads of subjective equipment opinions.
--Depends.......
>What sort of large bugs were you photographing?
--O.K., already, it was an abreviated way of saying a large project
--photographing insects! :)
>For a client or for pleasure?
--For me, and for possible stock use (which did not pan out - seems
--buyers are looking for the easily-taken low-magnification bug-in-
--context type photos of very common insects [those with economic
--impact - good or bad], instead of what I was doing: high
--magnification, bug in natural environment, on-the-run [uncooled],
--up-close BUGGY pictures).
>What were the technical challenges and how did you surmount them?
>What would you have done differently?
--A long story, involving MANY ways of getting good optical performance
--and lighting while still keeping the rig manageable, and with enough
--working space in front of the lens in the 1.5-3.5X range, but , then, --telling about that would involve producing another
--"SUBJECTIVE (Closeup) Lens Evaluations" list, which you apparently --would abhore.
>Good results?
--Yes!
>You are speaking of insects and not VWs right?
--Um, mostly.... There is a difference?
>-Charlie
--Hope this helps.