For those with an interest in real macro photography

Arciphel

Check out this link - http://www.nikonsmallworld.com/gallery.php?grouping=year&year=2007

Every year Nikon runs the "Nikon Small World" competition which showcases beautiful images taken using microscopes and various imaging techniques. Now I have an interest in this (it's my job), but since I started photography as a hobby this stuff really amazes me. The link above will bring you to the gallery from last year, where you can see some amazing shots at very high magnifications of a huge variety of different things.

Paul.

p.s. There is no equivalent competition for Canon. Nikon is an optics company that makes microscopes, lightographic steppers for semiconductor printing, and other high end optical equipment like this - Canon, on the other hand, make photocopiers.

Maybe there is a Canon Photocopying Competition every year, I don't know! :P

sunny2004

Arciphel wrote: »

Check out this link - http://www.nikonsmallworld.com/gallery.php?grouping=year&year=2007

p.s. There is no equivalent competition for Canon. Nikon is an optics company that makes microscopes, lightographic steppers for semiconductor printing, and other high end optical equipment like this - Canon, on the other hand, make photocopiers.

Maybe there is a Canon Photocopying Competition every year, I don't know! :P

As a nikon user of over 20 years, this made me smile :D

mrmac

I work in the semi-conductor industry, and the fact that Nikon develop optics for the most extreme & exacting requirements of lithography, was a factor that made me choose a Nikon DSLR. It's not the only reason, but the quality is apparent.

Oh, btw, I also have a Canon Pixma printer. Very happy with it!

Mellor

Meh, what would you rather have to defend your castle with, a microscope or a Cannon

Arciphel

Mrmac, Intel is it?

xshayx

Arciphel wrote: »

Maybe there is a Canon Photocopying Competition every year, I don't know! :P

:D:D

Phototoxin

as we say in latin : cannon est pwned !

where can I buy a decent microscope in ireland ?.. I looked into one before but left it.. (pm me please !)

oshead

It's funny. I wasn't going to get drawn into this. Firstly, these are truly wonderful shots. But not Real Macro as the OP suggests in his post title. I'd say micro.....

I can just see it now. Out in the field, forest, garden whatever, shooting macro with a Nikon microsope stuck to the camera. :rolleyes: Comical springs to mind.

The only lense that delivers true macro IMHO is the Canon MP-E 65mm. Lifesize to x5 magnification with superior best in class glass. It is by far, head and shoulders above anything else produced by the other major DSLR manufacturers, including Nikon. Even the Diopters (250D & 500D) produced by Canon are widely envied/used by many a Nikon camera owner. Again, nothing like it produced by Nikon.......

Maybe you should have posted this in the Microscope forum. LOL

I could go on... But like I said I wasn't going to get drawn into this.

Dave OS

Curran

I also work in the semi-conductor industry - a Nikon tool is also used to check the macro and micro - one of the worst designed pieces of equipment I've ever seen and as for the ergo, most definately the worst, by far!! Obviously, gave no thought to their DSLRs also!! :P

mathias

Thats a fact , those bloody Nikon steppers keep the Vendor engineers the busiest in the place .... a more unreliable piece of Junk is yet to grace the fab , still , good solid work outlook for the lads though , they will always be needed:D

Im not surprised the Nikon small world thing is yearly , that would be about the annual output of one of those tools !!

Arciphel

Curran wrote: »

... and as for the ergo, most definately the worst, by far!! :P

Oh my God, it's like "Attack of the Disgruntled Intel Cleanroom Monkeys" in here - get out, get out!!!! :pac::pac:

Arciphel

oshead wrote: »

...The only lense that delivers true macro IMHO is the Canon MP-E 65mm. Lifesize to x5 magnification with superior best in class glass. It is by far, head and shoulders above anything else produced by the other major DSLR manufacturers, including Nikon. Even the Diopters (250D & 500D) produced by Canon are widely envied/used by many a Nikon camera owner. Again, nothing like it produced by Nikon.......

Maybe you should have posted this in the Microscope forum. LOL

I could go on... But like I said I wasn't going to get drawn into this.

Dave OS

Thanks Dave, I had a bet on as to how long it would take a Canon shooter to come in here and stick their oar in :P Thanks for doing the necessary!

p.s. Is this you???? :pac::pac::pac:

Arciphel

Phototoxin wrote: »

where can I buy a decent microscope in ireland ?.. I looked into one before but left it.. (pm me please !)

I'll send you a PM - but if it is for your own use, you can buy good second hand ones on sites like www.labx.com Bear in mind a good microscope (like a Nikon CMZ-1500 stereoscope) will cost you about €20k, and thats without the CCD camera, budget another €8k for that for about a 6MP version...

Curran

Arciphel wrote: »

Oh my God, it's like "Attack of the Disgruntled Intel Cleanroom Monkeys" in here - get out, get out!!!! :pac::pac:

:P
Have you experienced the cleanroom?? If ya have, you'd know that, there was a dig in there!! Im guessing you might have??

Arciphel

For eight and a half years!!!!

I remember P856 start-up ;-)

Curran

A lifer so!! Only 3.5 years myself!! Must have done a few starts up then eh?? Fingers crossed for another in a few months - would keep them here for a few years!!