I love your videos and can't believe how lucky I was to stumble upon your channel. Your attention to detail is fantastic and love how you've DIY'ed so many different setups. A great inspiration!
Incredible. This is beyond practial though and is reaching into the ridiculous levels of difficulty. You have far too much patience and dedication, impressive!
Merci beaucoup ça permet de voir votre vidéo permet d'en voir beaucoup sur les techniques de macroscopie c'est vraiment gentil de votre part d'avoir pris le temps de le faire
I am very impressed with your ingenious solutions for field stacking! I came up with a very similar device but it was too bulky for practical use in the field. I am working on a new system that uses the tiny sled stepper motors from DVD drives, but they lack the torque to drive the NiSi rail accurately. What motor are you using with the rail - it looks like a regular DC motor - and what are you driving it with? Thanks for sharing this excellent footage! Allan
to control the dc moteur in outdoor i use this guy, only for continuous rotation www.ebay.fr/itm/255548064979 the motor is like this one but at 45 rpm www.servocity.com/precision-spur-gear-motors/ the coupling part is smth like that : www.gotronic.fr/art-coupleur-d-axes-5-5-mm-cl1m55-26414.htm or www.gotronic.fr/art-machoire-d-accouplement-10-mm-cl12-10-33140.htm indoor to be accurate i use an arduino and a l298n , you can make a run stop shoot run www.robotshop.com/en/dc-motor-driver-module.html the motor is a 6 rpm i think the best way is to use a step motor but i don't have this skill if you have monney you can directly go here : www.mjkzz.com/?fbclid=IwAR3lqizdCU0vBGX-9XwLg280NyOZ-QVg036oylfdcll9gjf8jsM_YjYptIg
Stunning. Thanks for sharing your workflow. I'm in the throws of upgrading to a lens like this after testing extension tubes. Still deciding on magnification. I might just stick with 1:1 or 2x. Anything more is too extreme for me.
Wow this is really magnifique❤. You have a macrorail that is motorized? I want to use the lens for iris photography of the eyes, can that work without a rail ( i have a manual nisi)
Great shots with the ants when they were eating in food, were any of them focus stacked? I was suprised that some of them wherein sharp focus from the front to the back!
if you talk about the footage at 14sec, i chosse an APC-c sensor, add 2 leds spots , and close a little bit the aperture, increased the ISO, and try to reach 1/50sec. all the little trick to have a bigger deep of fied in video. i don't know how canon manage the sensor in full HD video, but the deep of filed is not sod bad. for a 20mpx picture it is another story.
Thanks so much. One more thing…. in your video you show some 3D computer generated devices which you seem to use on controlling camera position and maybe focus. What are these and how can someone get them? Do you have a video on them?
Thanks for making this. I just bought the lens and happen to also shoot the R6. Im shopping rails now. Can I ask how you got so many exposures so fast? Jpeg?
with the R6 i use an high speed card in raw, the buffer/RAM can shoot continuously at 20 img/sec during 6 or 7 seconds (numeric shutter) . as i use no flash in outdoor with the diy motorized rail the parameters are 2,8 to be as faster as possible (about 1/200 or 1/320) . i use helicon focus. but i guess the jpg is the best way.
hey man ,love your shots. Is it possible to get similar quality/ ultra macro without having a rail? I know how to focus stack, but could similar effect be achieved just by closed aperture plus strong flash + diffuser? or is focus stacking always better?
the issue is the aperture, at F11 most of lenses create diffraction, and the image become less and less sharp. it get worst at F14 F22 etc.. another way could be use a macro lense with a shorter focal combine with a small sensor. a micro four third mcro lense with a Olympus OMD is a good combo.
@@stephanesimoens51 appreciate the response! I use the sony 90mm 2.8 macro and have also the raynox 250 extension.. you are right though i just hope to avoid complex post processing :D and for some reason always have issues with focus stacking (i do it handheld not with a rail)
I'm curious; if the insects are dead why do you need to shoot in such a short time. I appreciate it makes things easier, but if I can't afford a motorised system can I manually stack using a macro focus rail ?
peed regulator MFA 919D2P CC motoréducteur HPCB 3046 1/1000 POLOLU gear setup here for 3d printing, fit only with the first release of the NISI rail : grabcad.com/library/gears-for-nisi-rail-first-model-of-the-rail-1 i own only the 25mm
Danke das du uns die seltene Möglichkeit gegeben hast diesen wunderbaren Insekten so nahe zu sein Ich würde gerne viel mehr davon sehen Vielen vielen Dank
on the R6 canon there is the option: exposure simulation? but at f2.8 normally this is where there is the most light. But as I don't use flash I keep a speed higher than 1/60, I stay at 2.8, and I increase the ISO if necessary up to 6400 max
@@stephanesimoens51 Thanks Stephane, I tried the lens on a really old Nikon (D7100) and suddenly I can see through the viewfinder. It appears that the mirrorless camera is faked out by not knowing the F stop so Nikon in their infinite wisdom appear to have made an assumption that it's f32 and shut down the sensor. On the reflex camera it does not have this issue. Weird, but at least now I can turn to Nikon for an answer.
It à simple do it yourself motor drive by a basic variations or à L298N with arduino . the rails used is are from Nisi and Proxxon. The tripod à cullman one.
The idea is to kept the same speed abd try to be at 1/200 at least. 1/500 is better. During 1/500 sec the mouvement is so short tgat there is almost no difference with à fix position. But if you move too fast the deep of field is too narrow to cover the displacement
Yes. The contactors of the extender are cover by a tape. So the dslr does not detect the électronic and works well. I add a short extender tube between the lens and the extender to avoid clash. I tried with x2 and x1.4 on apsc and it was close to x20. But the top of the laowa is very close to the subject.
3 or 4 godox led 64 with tracing parper for a better light diffusion. but a 5w light can work too, until you add something to diffuse the light. hte idea is also to not making too mush heat.
@@stephanesimoens51 oh i think these will be perfect. i need good video lights for macro stacking, which can be powered externally but also because i dont want to use flashes inside my room. Thanks
It is a DIY modified NISI rail, here my last version design: speed regulator MFA 919D2P CC motoreductor HPCB 3046 1/1000 POLOLU gear setup here for 3d printing, fit only with the first release of the NISI rail : grabcad.com/library/gears-for-nisi-rail-first-model-of-the-rail-1
it is a DIY NISI modified rail to control the dc moteur in outdoor i use this guy, only for continuous rotation www.ebay.fr/itm/255548064979 the motor is like this one but at 45 rpm www.servocity.com/precision-spur-gear-motors/ the coupling part is smth like that : www.gotronic.fr/art-coupleur-d-axes-5-5-mm-cl1m55-26414.htm or www.gotronic.fr/art-machoire-d-accouplement-10-mm-cl12-10-33140.htm or www.servocity.com/6mm-to-0-250-flexible-clamping-shaft-coupler/ indoor to be accurate i use an arduino and a l298n , you can make a run stop shoot run www.robotshop.com/en/dc-motor-driver-module.html the motor is a 6 rpm i think the best way is to use a step motor but i don't have this skill if you have monney you can directly go here : www.mjkzz.com/?fbclid=IwAR3lqizdCU0vBGX-9XwLg280NyOZ-QVg036oylfdcll9gjf8jsM_YjYptIg
the XT3 electronic shutter is about 11 images/sec it could works, but i have no idea how many time it can do it (buffer ) . you may also try in 4k video.
2:06 is the gnarliest macro shot I've ever seen. A man could only dream of capturing something like that so perfect. Bravo. Subbed.
Some amazing techniques shown off here! Macro photographers like you're yourself are the definition of dedication.
I love your videos and can't believe how lucky I was to stumble upon your channel. Your attention to detail is fantastic and love how you've DIY'ed so many different setups. A great inspiration!
thanks
The amount of detail captured on such small creatures is mind-blowing.
Such dedication and patience.
Incredible. This is beyond practial though and is reaching into the ridiculous levels of difficulty. You have far too much patience and dedication, impressive!
Merci beaucoup ça permet de voir votre vidéo permet d'en voir beaucoup sur les techniques de macroscopie c'est vraiment gentil de votre part d'avoir pris le temps de le faire
Wow, incredible outdoor macro techniques!
It's fascinating to view such close-ups. Excellently filmed .
Fantastic images! You show more than I have seen before the full potential of this lens. Ingenious hardware creations for automation.
Absolutely stunning images. Bravo !
I am very impressed with your ingenious solutions for field stacking! I came up with a very similar device but it was too bulky for practical use in the field. I am working on a new system that uses the tiny sled stepper motors from DVD drives, but they lack the torque to drive the NiSi rail accurately. What motor are you using with the rail - it looks like a regular DC motor - and what are you driving it with? Thanks for sharing this excellent footage! Allan
to control the dc moteur in outdoor i use this guy, only for continuous rotation
www.ebay.fr/itm/255548064979
the motor is like this one but at 45 rpm
www.servocity.com/precision-spur-gear-motors/
the coupling part is smth like that :
www.gotronic.fr/art-coupleur-d-axes-5-5-mm-cl1m55-26414.htm
or
www.gotronic.fr/art-machoire-d-accouplement-10-mm-cl12-10-33140.htm
indoor to be accurate i use an arduino and a l298n , you can make a run stop shoot run
www.robotshop.com/en/dc-motor-driver-module.html
the motor is a 6 rpm
i think the best way is to use a step motor but i don't have this skill
if you have monney you can directly go here :
www.mjkzz.com/?fbclid=IwAR3lqizdCU0vBGX-9XwLg280NyOZ-QVg036oylfdcll9gjf8jsM_YjYptIg
Hi Allan, perhaps you could do an interview with Stephane on your channel !? 😉
I looking for a new macro lens..and have seen many videos in past few days..but man, this is extreme..keep up! Your work is insane!!
Спасибо за столь увлекательную и познавательную презентацию!
Stunning. Thanks for sharing your workflow. I'm in the throws of upgrading to a lens like this after testing extension tubes. Still deciding on magnification. I might just stick with 1:1 or 2x. Anything more is too extreme for me.
incredible work, I have laowa 90mm macro 2x, and waiting some extenders to try to make something similar
Great shots! Can you show any samples without stacking?
sooo epic! a bit intimidating to start doing this. but I absolutely loved it and I loved the explanation! thank you
Perfect !! What is the brand of your rail, and is it with the motor included ?
You deserve to be subscribed. I did my part and awaiting for more videos like that. And by the way amazing shots.
Awesome images, Stephane!!📷👏👏👏
Wow this is really magnifique❤. You have a macrorail that is motorized? I want to use the lens for iris photography of the eyes, can that work without a rail ( i have a manual nisi)
Very nice work, I think I will try it, so far I was at x3.5 with a 55mm inverted on a 105mm micro.
Impresionantes tus trabajos, enhorabuena
You Sir are an artist, great work!
Wow! That’s a lot of work for you plus the stacking- though the results are phenomenal. Great work!
finally found a real field macro videography, thank you for share
Great shots with the ants when they were eating in food, were any of them focus stacked? I was suprised that some of them wherein sharp focus from the front to the back!
if you talk about the footage at 14sec, i chosse an APC-c sensor, add 2 leds spots , and close a little bit the aperture, increased the ISO, and try to reach 1/50sec. all the little trick to have a bigger deep of fied in video. i don't know how canon manage the sensor in full HD video, but the deep of filed is not sod bad. for a 20mpx picture it is another story.
Fascinating. I was thinking of buying this lens for Canon R6 Mk II. Which software do you used to do the focus stacking? Great job
Thanks. Helicon focus. .. there is a lot of discussion between helicon and zerene stacker . Helicon is faster .
Thanks so much. One more thing…. in your video you show some 3D computer generated devices which you seem to use on controlling camera position and maybe focus. What are these and how can someone get them? Do you have a video on them?
incredible footage
Wow, that's incredible to see!!
Wow! Incredible work 😮
Just wonderful, the best that i saw so far,
Thanks for making this. I just bought the lens and happen to also shoot the R6. Im shopping rails now. Can I ask how you got so many exposures so fast? Jpeg?
with the R6 i use an high speed card in raw, the buffer/RAM can shoot continuously at 20 img/sec during 6 or 7 seconds (numeric shutter) . as i use no flash in outdoor with the diy motorized rail the parameters are 2,8 to be as faster as possible (about 1/200 or 1/320) . i use helicon focus. but i guess the jpg is the best way.
impressive images and technique.Thanks for sharing
Wow! Amazing images
hey man ,love your shots. Is it possible to get similar quality/ ultra macro without having a rail? I know how to focus stack, but could similar effect be achieved just by closed aperture plus strong flash + diffuser? or is focus stacking always better?
the issue is the aperture, at F11 most of lenses create diffraction, and the image become less and less sharp. it get worst at F14 F22 etc.. another way could be use a macro lense with a shorter focal combine with a small sensor. a micro four third mcro lense with a Olympus OMD is a good combo.
@@stephanesimoens51 appreciate the response! I use the sony 90mm 2.8 macro and have also the raynox 250 extension.. you are right though i just hope to avoid complex post processing :D and for some reason always have issues with focus stacking (i do it handheld not with a rail)
Dude your photos are insane!!!!!
Could you tell me what’s that machine you used to pull focus??
I'm curious; if the insects are dead why do you need to shoot in such a short time. I appreciate it makes things easier, but if I can't afford a motorised system can I manually stack using a macro focus rail ?
I stack in burst mode with living animals. You can the fly moving on the video. Check my Last video on this channel.
Beautiful shots!
Did you make your own "motor" for the macro slider ? If so ... which type of motor ? Question : why use the 25mm instead of a 90mm ?
peed regulator MFA 919D2P
CC motoréducteur HPCB 3046 1/1000 POLOLU
gear setup here for 3d printing, fit only with the first release of the NISI rail : grabcad.com/library/gears-for-nisi-rail-first-model-of-the-rail-1
i own only the 25mm
Danke das du uns die seltene Möglichkeit gegeben hast diesen wunderbaren Insekten so nahe zu sein Ich würde gerne viel mehr davon sehen Vielen vielen Dank
very impressive! thank you for sharing this video.
Contact Laowa...just bought this after watching your vid, can't wait to take my macro-mushroom pics up a notch. Thanks Stephane...#subscribed
Super macro images,nice and I Love mcro and close up images
I'm in love!
Nice video. Which rail are you using at 2:40?
Nisi rail modified with a DIY DC motor 12v
Superb! How do manage to take more than 100 pics in just seconds??? Where can I get the motor?
Shoot in burst mode with the Electronic shutter to avoid vibration. While shooting the mouvement Nevers stop. It is a Do it yourself design.
Amazing!!! Which x2 extender do you use?
Old sigma x2
With a short 12mm tube to avoid clash between lens and extender
Stellar video - thank you.
I love the pollen on the brown weavil
De sublimes photos macro 😍
Ca demande énormément de technique, bravo Stéphane.
Philippe
Question: How do you overcome the lack of an image in the viewfinder or back screen? On my Z8 with the lens at F2.8 the screens are totally black.
on the R6 canon there is the option: exposure simulation? but at f2.8 normally this is where there is the most light. But as I don't use flash I keep a speed higher than 1/60, I stay at 2.8, and I increase the ISO if necessary up to 6400 max
@@stephanesimoens51 Thanks Stephane, I tried the lens on a really old Nikon (D7100) and suddenly I can see through the viewfinder. It appears that the mirrorless camera is faked out by not knowing the F stop so Nikon in their infinite wisdom appear to have made an assumption that it's f32 and shut down the sensor. On the reflex camera it does not have this issue. Weird, but at least now I can turn to Nikon for an answer.
Very very nice I was wondering if this lens is possible for eye iris photography
Wow! Incredible stuff!
Bonne continuation Stephane. National Geographic 2022 !
Merci l'ami !
AMAZING! 💓
This lind of Macro is what Im interested in... Is it possible to acquire the mechanical setup that you have?
It à simple do it yourself motor drive by a basic variations or à L298N with arduino . the rails used is are from Nisi and Proxxon. The tripod à cullman one.
how did you setup the camera to take continuous photos whilst on the focusing rail outside? @2:25
The idea is to kept the same speed abd try to be at 1/200 at least. 1/500 is better. During 1/500 sec the mouvement is so short tgat there is almost no difference with à fix position. But if you move too fast the deep of field is too narrow to cover the displacement
The head of the ant is impressive. Can an extender lens be added to the Laowa 25? explain it to me please
Yes. The contactors of the extender are cover by a tape. So the dslr does not detect the électronic and works well. I add a short extender tube between the lens and the extender to avoid clash. I tried with x2 and x1.4 on apsc and it was close to x20. But the top of the laowa is very close to the subject.
What is that automatic motor on the tripod which is used to zoom
A otro nivel, gracias por compartir tan bonito y profesional trabajo
I thought at F16 there is way too much diffraction to get a clear image. How did you manage to get those?
right ! F11 is better, i always try several aperture if i can.
@@stephanesimoens51 From what I read, at 5X, diffraction starts even at f4
good works. what extender you are using?
Sigma x2 and à short 12mm tube
I have canon rebel t6..is laowa 24mm compatible? or Do I need some adapter?
Fascinating
which lights did you use for the lab stacking?
3 or 4 godox led 64 with tracing parper for a better light diffusion. but a 5w light can work too, until you add something to diffuse the light. hte idea is also to not making too mush heat.
@@stephanesimoens51 oh i think these will be perfect. i need good video lights for macro stacking, which can be powered externally but also because i dont want to use flashes inside my room. Thanks
amazing video
Outstanding!
Awesome pictures!
This is great. Thanks for this video.
Insects really are just very complicated nanoscale machines o.o
How are to taking the shots so fast? I don't understand
@@D4ni3lS4nk3 the eos r6 mk 1 is able in burst mode to shoot at 20 fps continuously in .jpg with électronic shutter .
Magnifique j'adore !
awesome
Awesome! Thank you!
Hi which mororised rail is that ?
It is a DIY modified NISI rail, here my last version design:
speed regulator MFA 919D2P CC
motoreductor HPCB 3046 1/1000 POLOLU
gear setup here for 3d printing, fit only with the first release of the NISI rail :
grabcad.com/library/gears-for-nisi-rail-first-model-of-the-rail-1
Amazing 👏
Can you tell me more about the motorized slider?
it is a DIY NISI modified rail
to control the dc moteur in outdoor i use this guy, only for continuous rotation
www.ebay.fr/itm/255548064979
the motor is like this one but at 45 rpm
www.servocity.com/precision-spur-gear-motors/
the coupling part is smth like that :
www.gotronic.fr/art-coupleur-d-axes-5-5-mm-cl1m55-26414.htm
or
www.gotronic.fr/art-machoire-d-accouplement-10-mm-cl12-10-33140.htm
or
www.servocity.com/6mm-to-0-250-flexible-clamping-shaft-coupler/
indoor to be accurate i use an arduino and a l298n , you can make a run stop shoot run
www.robotshop.com/en/dc-motor-driver-module.html
the motor is a 6 rpm
i think the best way is to use a step motor but i don't have this skill
if you have monney you can directly go here :
www.mjkzz.com/?fbclid=IwAR3lqizdCU0vBGX-9XwLg280NyOZ-QVg036oylfdcll9gjf8jsM_YjYptIg
Beautiful!
It will be working with fujifilm xt3 or not
the XT3 electronic shutter is about 11 images/sec it could works, but i have no idea how many time it can do it (buffer ) . you may also try in 4k video.
2:25 what is this device called??
it is a cc brushed motor controller like a 919D2PR in a diy box
great
you are a God of Macro :)
❤❤❤!!!
how did y made the rail.
It is a NISI rail coupling with a motoreductor with a 3d printing design (DIY)
Awesome images 😍
Wow! Very 👍
I like no insect were hurt for this video !!!
All dead subjects were found already dead in autum and even in the begining of winter for the ant. More respect for living animal is important for me
Wow!
You should get like 1000000000 views
It's very hard to shot.
Wow
I am a great macro photographer 📸 too
Really wish my A7RV could do 120fps in RAW. But no I'm stuck with 7 FPS I think 😂
ruclips.net/video/SvEXiqnrCQY/видео.html&ab_channel=MaximilianWeinzierl
use video 8k
👏🫡
😅 😅 ne😅 Ann
Amazing!
Wow !
Amazing!