I’ve been adjusting my Macroscope deep focus lens system for use on MFT ( Micro Four Thirds ) size sensors and have just uploaded some demonstration footage to Vimeo. The video features Tegenaria house spiders, garden orb web spider, bumble bees, oak bush cricket, and myself in the background – to demonstrate what is effectively a combination wide angle & macro lens. The lens on the front of the system is a Cosmicar ( Pentax ) 8.5mm f1.5 C-mount lens, but any C or CS mount lens can be fitted. The smaller lenses are great for getting in to places – like inside flower heads – where a conventional macro lens can’t go, and the system allows focussing down to the front element of the lens.
The Macroscope has been developed by trial and error over many years for use in my professional wildlife work and I don’t give away details of how to build one. It is available for rental, with myself as camera operator.
Steve Downer Wildlife Cinematographer 