Auteur: Dan Fromm
Date: 20-09-2005 00:53
Frederic, there are many objectives well-suited for photomacrography. Which ones are right for you depends on what you want to accomplish.
Please tell us more.
Desired range of magnifications? Desired magnification on the negative and your camera's maximum bellows draw tell you the longest focal length that will do. Desired magnification in the final print tells you the lowest magnification you need on the negative, given emulsion and working aperture.
Desired working distance? This determines the shortest focal length that will do.
Desired image quality? This determines how much money to budget for a lens.
A good exposition of problems and solutions, unfortunately in slightly difficult English, can be found in: Gibson, H. Lou. Close-Up Photography and Photomacrography. 1970. Publication N-16. Eastman Kodak Co. Rochester, NY. 98+95+6 pp. The two sections were published separately as Kodak Publications N-12A and N-12B respectively. Republished in 1977 with changes and without the 6 page analytic supplement, which was published separately as Kodak Publication N-15. 1977 edition is ISBN 0-87985-206-2.
A somewhat less deep but easier alternative is: Lefkowitz, Lester. 1979. The Manual of Close-Up Photography. Amphoto. Garden City, NY. 272 pp. ISBN 0-8174-2456-3 (hardbound) and 0-8174-2130-0 (softbound).
I regret that I'm not acquainted with comparable books in French.
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