Just played around with older equipment with my 7D: Soligor bellows M42 + Chinon 24/2.5 M42 in retro position + EF-M42-adapter with AF confirm.
I'm planning to go for insect eggs this year and the magnification of this combination looks promising: 4:1 to about 8:1. DOF is almost non-existing of course. But bokeh CA (lateral CA) of this lens is very disappointing, stopping down to f/5.6 doesn't help.
Do you have a recommendation for an "affordable" manual apochromatic lens with focal length 24-50 mm? Mount doesn't matter that much, doesn't have to be a very fast lens, f/4 will do.* Affordable means: lower 3-digits in Euro.
My knowledge about old-fashioned lenses may be described as "non-existing". If I'm delusional about the price range, just drop a word.
Ciao, Walter
*EDIT: Field curvature isn't a big thing either. Focus stacking will be used.
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Apo-Rodagon 50/2.8 or the newer version Apo-Rodagon-N.
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Maybe any mid-tier 50 mm enlarger lens (Rodagon, Componon, EL-Nikkor) would be already good enough.
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Real apochromatic lenses in the 24-50mm range? And then "affordable"? Do those exist?
Apparently I have two lenses which are good in certain aspects for your described usage... the ultra micro NIKKOR 55mm f2 (designed for 4:1 usage) and the ultra micro NIKKOR 28mm f1.8 (designed for 10:1 usage). But those specialized lenses nowadays do a few 1000 euros or dollars a piece, hardly affordable.
I am not an expert in any sense, concerning macro photography... But I think you best bets will be to look for lenses which just are good CA and coma wise, and look what other "ultra" macro photographers use, besides the Canon MP-E.
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Most 50s should be decent with respect to lateral CAs.
Just check out the manual focus macro lenses (Canon FD, Olympus OM, Minolta MD) - they are pretty cheap and should be good.
Thanks to all for your advice!
Ciao, Walter
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But bokeh CA (lateral CA) of this lens is very disappointing, stopping down to f/5.6 doesn't help.[/quote]
Which CA were your worried about? I assumed lateral CA was written in error as bokeh CA and looking for an APO lens seemed to go together. Unfortunately I don't have any suggestions...
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Schneider Apo-Componon HM 4/45mm in reversed position could be the solution.
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Another option are loupe macro lenses with microscope lens thread, which are built for the magnification range you mentioned and which are also available in rather short focal lengths 12.5-50 mm. I'd say these are no apochromats though. At least I would guess that from the absence of the "Apo" tag in the lens designations. I know that microscope lens manufacturers (Leitz, Zeiss, Olympus, Wild) never fail to emphasize that a lens has that type of aberration correction. I have no idea about the optical performance of this lens type.
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