Macro Panning Video as stop frame animation

Paul Furman wrote:
Richard wrote:

At the risk of getting flamed, I am interested to know what you would
use instead of Paul's setup? Also, do you have any advice for a newbie
on how to achieve similar stuff?

A bellows and a cheap old broken microscope for the positioning stage.
One that has sideways adjustments on the viewing plate. Mount an old
manual 50mm lens that has an aperture ring with a reversing ring so it's
backwards on the bellows. Or just put a P&S camera on a microscope.

A few more comments.

You will need live view or it will be painful. If stopped down, you'll
need a very strong light.

The lens I used came with an old spiratone bellows, cheap. It is small
and designed for bellows, actually maybe originally designed as an
enlarging lens for darkroom use. It is 35mm but I just tested a 50mm
reversed & that goes to 4:1 vs 5:1 for the one in the video. You need a
lens with an aperture ring.

You will want to mount the focusing stage and bellows/focusing rack on a
board together so they are rock solid. A focusing rack could be mounted
below the bellows for sideways motion, an old broken microscope is
probably the best bet for vertical movement. Tilt would be nice but the
most difficult to achieve. I found a goniometer for tilt, which was
pretty expensive and originally for another purpose. I would like
another smaller one for the focusing stage.
http://www.google.com/products?q=gon...age&hl=en&aq=f
The overpriced panorama plate for rotation that I mentioned is still not
ideal because it doesn't have a micrometer knob that turns it, just to
loosen/tighten. Ideally one of these:
http://www.recycledgoods.com/16196_N...20Stage. html
http://www.google.com/products?q=rotation+stage
Another solution could be an automated telescope mount which can be
programmed to follow pans & tilts on a set timer. I had to turn two
knobs for each frame and keep an eye on the live view to keep focus in
the center of the frame.

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