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Extreme macro photography using Olympus OM Zuiko 20 mm f/2.0 bellows lens

See also: 
    General background
    EOS mount to OM mount adaption
    CCTV lens adaption
    Comparison of 3 macro lens setups at 5x magnification

 

Below is a series of images shot using either the Canon MP-E 65 mm f/2.8 or the Olympus OM Zuiko 20 mm f/2.0 setup. All images was taken with the lens set to f:8.0 (not effective aperture). The Canon EX14MR was used as flash lighting using E-TTL. All images were shot as RAW on a Canon EOS 10D and converted to JPEG using FileViewer 1.3.2.11. The images below have been resized to 250 pixels wide.

  

1X with Canon MP-E 65 mm f/2.8

2X with Canon MP-E 65 mm f/2.8

3X with Canon MP-E 65 mm f/2.8

4X with Canon MP-E 65 mm f/2.8

5X with Canon MP-E 65 mm f/2.8

6X with Zuiko 20 mm f/2.0

8X with Zuiko 20 mm f/2.0

10X with Zuiko 20 mm f/2.0

18X with Zuiko 20 mm f/2.0

 

Below is a couple of larger examples of what is possible using the Olympus OM Zuiko 20mm 2.0 macro lens

When I get time, I'll add 100% crops, images shot at f:16, and images shot with the additional extension of the the Kenko extension tube sets.

Kjeld Olesen
May 26th, 2004, edited December 4th, 2005



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