Springtail
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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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