Macro photography with Fuji GFX

[@MarcAdesso]

Might want to try the Cambo setup

[@paulschefz]

thought about it, tons of movements but the cambo lenses are very limited? once you get into full 4x5 camera set ups there are lots of options (and lenses) but it gets more expensive and obviously more limited in use, but yes, the cambo is sweet!

[@MarkLaPlante-v9p]

Thank you for sharing your experience in the nice video. I think you may actually be seeing chromatic aberration instead of halation. Halation is the result of reflections off the film plane and not a function of the lens. It is not usually present in digital cameras, but you can get something similar from the anti moire filter over some sensors. Lightroom and Photoshop offer some good tools to correct most common chromatic aberrations. Stopping down also helps. Good shooting!

[@paulschefz]

Thank you! I am not sure it is CA, I tried correcting but it often is so bad, even with the latest software it just won’t work.

[@andyvan5692]

@@paulschefz maybe not halation, but have you thought of schneider itis?, the paint on the concave lenses (or the black coating of the lens tubes) falls off in time, giving spotted reflections in a lens; and if not this, maybe fungus in a lens inside.

[@paulschefz]

@@andyvan5692 the tubes look fine, the lenses dont have any fungus. I am honestly not too worried about finding the exact reason, I am starting to look at each lens as its own "brush" to paint a certain image.

[@andyvan5692]

one other option other than the cambo, is a sinar Monorail, or other lf monorail\ field cameras, they can do 1:4 and more, as you add extensions, bellows and can get 1/2 Meter or more extension, and there are "lens board" adaptors for the GFX via a third party source Jieying a Chinese company who accessorises the F2 P2 and other older sinar cameras, there you have unlimited possibility, as ALL LF lenses are flat field, and if you go sinar, they have an aux standard, which can function as a macro table, bringing the subject close enough for ultra macro work.

[@paulschefz]

when I had the Novoflex bellows I was looking at flat field LF lenses. I gave up because it was impossible to get answers and solutions and I just did not want to waste more time buying/returning lenses/boards/adapters....it is a nice, capable and compact solution but without supports its tough. yes, there are lots of LF cameras and lenses, it just get expensive and the size and weight is limiting, I shot my first macro project BAUSTEIN all on location, it would not have been possible with LF.