When Mitutoyo Met Raynox - How to set up a Mitutoyo 5X objective with a Raynox tube lens (+more)

One of the most dependable and affordable ways to set up a Mitutoyo M-Plan microscope objective for macro photography is by creating a conjugate system with the remarkable 208mm Raynox closeup filter as a relay lens. But as usual, the devil is in the details - all of the details. So rather than just give you a few numbers and let you go figure the rest out, here are all those details. This is long, but if you wanted one video that would tell you absolutely everything you need to know to use a Mitutoyo objective, this is it. I think a few chapters might be helpful...
00:00 - Intro, announcements, and exaggerations
04:10 - Macro, the MF-12, and my bank manager
08:00 - The workflow overview and planning the shoot
11:15 - Choosing the right models
13:00 - Going to the potty and a studio tour
17:02 - How to mount an objective or lodge a complaint
20:27 - Gnitnuom, or reverse mounting
23:00 - Cleaning and posing - the montage edition
25:29 - The setup - your equipment
28:30 - Be kind to your rail's balls crew*
35:00 - Alignment of the subject & camera settings
37:03 - Lights & bendy arms galore
38:00 - A break to vibrate
41:30 - Break over, going back into the light
44:27 - Triggers and introducing the wonderful bendy-tube diffuser
49:00 - Stackshot settings
50:00 - Some last words and pictures

I told you it was long. Want to see it in writing and pictures? Go to my blog and read the article and look at real photographs of the two setups discussed https://www.allanwallsphotography.com/blog/mitray
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Mitutoyo M-Plan 5X infinity corrected microscope objective - for the best deal I have ever seen on a brand new objective for an insanely low price of less than $450, call Mr. Jeff McDowell, optical expert and main dude at Lightglass Optics. His number is 505-235-9468 or you could visit his website at https://www.lightglassoptics.com

Here are some amazing links to the stuff used in this video - some of them are affiliate links because Amazon will give me some pennies if you buy something using one of my links. You don't pay extra, and I don't put a link unless it is something I own and use (and love).
For the best clamps for the money in the biz. SmallRig 9” articulating arm (new) https://amzn.to/3zBPqo8
SmallRig 2070 ballhead clamp (new) - https://amzn.to/3iU9riS
SmallRig super clamps - https://amzn.to/3iUvAO4
The fantastic double 2070, called the 2109 - https://amzn.to/3kYQdLK

The new Godox V350 (with a rechargeable battery pack) https://amzn.to/3BFf4dt (in case you can't wait for the MF-12s)
A good Godox X-trigger https://amzn.to/3KTyd5x
A better Godox X-trigger - https://amzn.to3BEXBIs

You will need a Raynox or two - @ for the DCR-150 and https://amzn.to/2WIEneF for the DCR-250 (video on the way)
Some good extension tubes, https://amzn.to/3yETrY5
You will need a full set up of step and down rings - if you are serious about your macro, get two sets, https://amzn.to/3ta7zHC
For your subject a nice lab lifter - spend the money or get one that wobbles https://amzn.to/3BA2Q50

In case you are interested - this is my gear... When in the studio I use the Nikon D850 as my main camera https://amzn.to/3zEznWK
It is always wearing a gorgeous black device called a 24-70mm f/2.8 zoom - my favorite video and portrait lens https://amzn.to/3zzaoUy
Other cameras that are used as needed include a Nikon D7500 https://amzn.to/38Bh1dt
A Fujifilm XT-2, with a battery grip https://amzn.to/3gYaQ7Y
Without any Fuji glass, I use a TS adapter from Kipon and any Nikkor lens I like - it is an awesome TS adapter https://amzn.to/3yIKLzY
My studio lights are basic Neewer panels (LED) - they are really very good, but I aspire for something more powerful https://amzn.to/2Wk8Xel
I use Audio Technica shotgun microphones in the studio https://amzn.to/3iQLNnv
but I also have a Pro Caster from Australian mic-maker Rode https://amzn.to/3rDPqkx
who also make my DSLR microphone https://amzn.to/3iTxfU6
and my wireless microphone system https://amzn.to/371C8oD
I record all my sound separately onto the awesome Zoom H5 Digital Audio Recorder https://amzn.to/3BM8aTG
I forgot to mention my trusty GoPro Hero 8 Black, complete with the Media Mod for on the go video - https://amzn.to/2UScm3J & https://amzn.to/3l3Desa

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