Nikon D-90X Images Part 9
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Macro & Telephoto Lenses Used With Nikon D-90 (Part 9)
Nikon D-90 Digital SLR with a 60mm Micro Nikkor
AF-S F/2.8G ED Macro Lens & Phoenix Ring Flash

This is the lens and flash of choice for most of my studio macro images of plants, spiders and insects. Depending on the reflective surface of the subject, I may use the Nikon SB 400 or SB 600 flash and/or photoflood lights. The 105mm macro and other flash units are shown below.

Slight disadvantage of using a ring flash on the red jumping spider (Phidippus johnsoni).

Nikon D-90 with AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105 mm macro lens.

Nikon D-90 with AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105 mm macro lens, Kenko Automatic 3 Ring Extension Tube Set DG, and Phoenix Ring Flash. Camera and accessories mounted on a Bogen 3205 Professional Tripod.

Left: Penny photographed with 60mm Micro Nikkor AF-S F/2.8G ED Macro Lens & Nikon SB 600 Flash. Right: Extreme close-up taken with Micro-Nikkor 105 mm macro lens + Kenko 3 Ring Extension Tube Set and Nikon SB 400 Flash on extension cord.

Penny photographed with Sony W-300 through Bausch & Lomb dissecting microscope. On a flat subject such as this, the IQ is almost as good as the above image taken with Kenko Extension Rings. Magnification 10x.

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Duckweeds photographed with Kenko Extension Rings and photoflood lights instead of flash. The largest plants are about 5 mm in diameter. The approximate magnification is 10x.

Telephoto Lenses Used With The Nikon D-90

Nikkor AF-S 70-300mm

Mamiya 645 Medium Format 500mm with Vivitar 2X Doubler & Mamiya-Nikon adapter.

A heavy duty Calumet tripod (CK 7800) and head (CK 7064) to support the Nikon D-90 with heavy Mamiya 645 Medium Format 500mm lens and Mamiya 2x teleconverter.

Three Telephoto Images of an Owl Box About 70 Feet Away

The Mamiya 500mm with Vivitar 2x doubler enlarges the owl box to almost full frame. With the 2x doubler and 1.5 conversion factor for the Nikon DX sensor, the telephoto lens is equivalent to 1500mm (500 x 2 x 1.5). There is a loss of two f-stops using the doubler and a slight decrease in IQ. The 500mm image without doubler (=750mm) can be cropped to full frame without the loss of two f-stops and IQ.

Images Of Moon Taken With Mamiya 500mm Telephoto Lens

Without Vivitar 2x Doubler
12 June 2011: 3 days before full moon.

With Vivitar 2x Doubler
13 June 2011: 2 days before full moon.

Moon taken with Nikon D-90 and Mamiya 500mm (without Vivitar 2x doubler): ISO 200, 1/200, F-8. Magnification similar to Sony H-5 with 1.7 Teleconverter; however, image is sharper and without slight purple fringing of Sony.

Moon taken with Nikon D-90 and Mamiya 500mm (with Vivitar 2x doubler): ISO 200, 1/160, F-8. Although the 2x doubler increases the total magnification to 1500mm (500 x 2 x 1.5), the detail of moon surface is about the same as in previous image without doubler.

Same image as above only with Noise Ninja.
 See Interactive Moon Map: Move Mouse & Find Craters & Seas     Moon Images Taken With Sony H5 & 1.7x Teleconverter   

Nikon D-90 and Mamiya 500mm (with Mamiya 2x doubler). ISO 500, 1/200, F-8 (Friday 8 July 2011).

Moon taken with Nikon D-90 and Mamiya 500mm (with Mamiya 2x doubler). Left Image (Thursday 7 July 2011): ISO 1000, 1/80, F-8. Middle Image (Friday 8 July 2011): ISO 500, 1/200, F-8. Right Image (Thursday 14 July 2011): ISO 200, 1/250, F-8.


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