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Insanity: doing the same thing over, and over again expecting different results. (Albert Einstein)
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Sorry for not getting back to you sooner. Anyway, I'm not able to get out much these days. Back in film days when I did, if it was related to photography, I usually spent time at Kodak in downtown going to seminars, shooting with friends or processing at home. But I wasn't involved with any of the clubs, so not familiar with them.
For macro, I mostly shoot Canon EF auto now. But my preferred older lens is the Macro-Takumar 50 f/4 from the 60's which has a manual "stop down" pin and doesn't couple with digital bodies even without bellows. I'm not familiar with the Lester Dine you speak of, so can't comment about it. If it stops down, I consider it auto, even if it doesn't auto-focus (I use manual focus for macro anyway). I'm surprised about the split screen. I love them for usual things, but for macro (and slower tele lenses) they always went black. But again, that's years ago in my Minolta SRT & Nikon F days, though I usually shot more medium (Mamiya) & large format (Speed Graphic & Sinar). Those were some fun times.
Oh... not sure where you sent the friend request, I didn't get one here. But if you get a chance, pop in my little forum too, we'd love to have you. There's some really good bug shooters you'd enjoy meeting. Their tropical insect species are amazing. And I'm sure a buddy that shoots Nikon would be tickled not being the only Non-Canon user there.
Thanks, keep shooting!
Insanity: doing the same thing over, and over again expecting different results. (Albert Einstein)
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