Sharper and more contrasty at high magnifications, well-designed macro lenses rock the close-up. Or, at least that’s the typical apologetic. For the most part, it is true. The closer you get to, and the more you magnify a subject, the better corrected the optic has to be for macro work.
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This image taken with a Leica M240 and a 1983 Tele-Elmarit (thin) 90/2,8.
Nailing focus and lighting for every page of a hundred-image magazine. Doing it all in a day or two is sweaty work. Precision medium format technical cameras such as the Rollei X-ACT 2, Novoflex BALPRO T/S, and Linhof M679cs, speed up the process by eliminating converging lines, allowing for incredible levels of enlargement, and independently adjusting focal and image planes.
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