📏 Test ruler Images for Different Optical Setups.

Now, using a regular plastic ruler, we can see exactly how much my macro setup magnifies. It is important that this is one shot, without using focus stacking.
Two shots using my Nikon D5600 + Thorlabs itl200 + Mitutoyo 10x setup. You can see a review of this setup at this link.

With the bellows retracted.
With the bellows extended for maximum magnification.

Maximum magnification with bellows extended

And now the fun part. A shot using a Nikon D5600 + Nikon Nikkor 85mm f2 AI + a Chinese 50x lens, very similar in specs to the Mitutoyo. A review of this setup and focus stacking shots will follow later.

This is what the installation looks like with 50x

I haven’t tried shooting at full magnification at 50x yet, but the lineup clearly shows chromatic aberrations, which will need to be corrected before focus stacking by shooting in RAW. Detail isn’t as pixel-per-pixel as at 10x, but despite this, this magnification yields more detail (and by that I mean higher magnification), and it makes sense to use 50x despite the lack of pixel-per-pixel detail.

Next, I plan to take three test shots of the same subject using focus stacking, using three settings:

Nikon D5600 + shifted macro bellows + Thorlabs itl200 + Mitutoyo 10x (3mm)
Nikon D5600 + developed macro bellows + Thorlabs itl200 + Mitutoyo 10x (2mm)
Nikon D5600 + Nikon Nikkor 85mm f2 AI + a Chinese 50x lens. (1.1mm)