Springtail

Ok, so, remember those courting bugs from yesterday's post? Well this is one of those. I was playing around with 'super-macro', where you reverse the 50mm lens on the end of a regular macro lens (in this case my 300mm telephoto in macro mode). The bug is another Globular Springtail and is around about 0.5mm long. This isn't much of a crop and I was able to approximately work out (by considering the bug to be 0.5mm, and the sensor size 23.7mm) that this is about 1:14 (14x lifesize) magnification. This bug was incredibly small. My flash was on maximum power to light the scene, so there's some weird stuff going on in places, but I was just pleased to get the thing in focus; it was so dark in the viewfinder I was having trouble seeing anything, and the depth of field was all but nothing. Anyway, I might play with this super-macro a bit more, but I think I have proved to myself that it's not workable in the field - if only because working distance is.. well, inside the ring of my ring flash!
Posted 11:17pm Monday, 15th May 2006
Camera Model Name | NIKON D70 |
Shooting Date/Time | 2006:05:14 18:34:17.20 |
File Type | NEF |
Lens | Sigma 70-300mm f4-5.6 with 50mm reversed and Sigma EM140-DG ring flash |
Shutter Speed | 1/60 |
Flash | Auto, Fired, Return not detected |
ISO Speed | 200 |
Focal Length | 300.0mm (35mm equivalent: 450.0mm) |
Aperture | f32.0 |
ExifTool Version Number | 5.53 |
File Size | 5179KB |
File Modification Date/Time | 2006:05:14 18:34:18 |
File Type | NEF |
Mime Type | application/unknown |
Make | NIKON CORPORATION |
Camera Model Name | NIKON D70 |
Software | Ver.2.00 |
Date/Time Of Last Modification | 2006:05:14 18:34:17 |
Jpg From Raw Start | 131072 |
Jpg From Raw Length | 747524 |
Y Cb Cr Positioning | Co-sited |
Subfile Type | Full-resolution Image |
Image Width | 3040 |
Image Height | 2014 |
Bits Per Sample | 12 |
Compression | Nikon NEF Compressed |
Photometric Interpretation | Color Filter Array |
Strip Offsets | 878836 |
Orientation | Horizontal (normal) |
Samples Per Pixel | 1 |
Rows Per Strip | 2014 |
Strip Byte Counts | 4424954 |
X Resolution | 300 |
Y Resolution | 300 |
Planar Configuration | Chunky |
Resolution Unit | inches |
CFA Repeat Pattern Dim | 2 2 |
CFA Pattern 2 | 2 1 1 0 |
Reference Black White | 0 255 0 255 0 255 |
Shutter Speed | 1/60 |
Aperture | f32.0 |
Exposure Program | Manual |
Date/Time Of Digitization | 2006:05:14 18:34:17 |
Exposure Compensation | +2/3 |
Max Aperture Value | 5.7 |
Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
Flash | Auto, Fired, Return not detected |
Focal Length | 300.0mm (35mm equivalent: 450.0mm) |
File System Version | 2.10 |
ISO Speed | 200 |
Quality | Raw |
White Balance | Auto |
Focus Mode | Manual |
Flash Setting | Normal |
Flash Type | Optional,M |
White Balance Fine Tune | 0 |
Exposure Difference | -10.0 |
Preview Image Start | 8112 |
Preview Image Length | 19398 |
Flash Exposure Compensation | 1.0 |
ISO Setting | 200 |
Flash Exposure Bracket Value | 0.0 |
Exposure Bracket Value | 0 |
Tone Comp | Auto |
Lens Type | D |
Lens | 70-300mm f/4-5.6 D |
Flash Mode | Unknown (7) |
AF Point | Center |
Shooting Mode | Single-Frame |
NEF Curve 1 | (Binary data 4160 bytes, use -b option to extract) |
Color Hue | Mode1a |
Light Source | Speedlight |
Hue Adjustment | 0 |
Noise Reduction | Off |
NEF Curve 2 | (Binary data 1412 bytes, use -b option to extract) |
Red Balance | 2.24609 |
Blue Balance | 1.46094 |
Lens Data Version | 0101 |
AF Aperture | 5.7 |
Focus Position | 17 |
Focus Distance | 2.24 m |
Lens ID | AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6D ED or Sigma D |
Lens F Stops | 5.00 |
Min Focal Length | 71.3mm |
Max Focal Length | 302.0mm |
Max Aperture At Min Focal | 4.0 |
Max Aperture At Max Focal | 5.7 |
MCU Version | 28 |
Effective Max Aperture | 5.7 |
NEF Thumbnail Size | 1520 1008 |
Sensor Pixel Size | 7.8 x 7.8 um |
Serial Number | No= 20032c6b |
Shutter Count | 6551 |
Image Optimization | Normal |
Vari Program | Unknown |
User Comment | Unknown |
Sub Sec Time | 20 |
Sub Sec Time Original | 20 |
Sub Sec Time Digitized | 20 |
Sensing Method | One-chip color area |
File Source | Digital Camera |
Scene Type | Directly photographed |
Custom Rendered | Normal |
Exposure Mode | Manual |
Digital Zoom Ratio | 1 |
Focal Length In 35mm Format | 450 |
Scene Capture Type | Standard |
Gain Control | None |
Contrast | Low |
Saturation | Normal |
Sharpness | Normal |
Subject Distance Range | Unknown (0) |
Shooting Date/Time | 2006:05:14 18:34:17.20 |
TIFF-EP Standard ID | 1 0 0 0 |
CFA Pattern | [Blue,Green][Green,Red] |
Image Size | 3040x2014 |
Jpg From Raw | (Binary data 747524 bytes, use -b option to extract) |
Preview Image | (Binary data 19398 bytes, use -b option to extract) |
Scale Factor To 35mm Equivalent | 1.5 |
Circle Of Confusion | 0.020 mm |
Depth of Field | 0.06 m (2.21 - 2.27) |
Hyperfocal Distance | 140.41 m |
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