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Thanks, old ones taken with iphone 5 and an olloclip!

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I love that first picture! Welcome back

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I'm in!! great idea Nanuq, I hope I get to push the button

That should help immensely!

That's great, cool thread!

Happy new year Ubi, great to see you again. It's been kind of same ol same ol, lots of well made vintage builds being made by the guys. I'm still drooling over that patek chrono, what a watch! I've been working on another red depth but withought the 3-6-9 this time.

Beauty! First 4 shots are $! Lol. Last few of the numbers are tough to get because of the curve in the crystal

Cool dial texture!!

Big crown

Panerai153, that was a great read, Thx

Love you guys!

Another from the same seller, Doxa this time and a little fish

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Doxa-Watch-Sales-and-Service-Advertising-Repair-Display-Glass-Mirror-Framed-Sign-/271733059324?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f448d6efc

I figured, it looks brand new but the quality of the frame and hardware are high and the etching is very well done. I didn't buy it for the age, just caught my eye. Now I'll get to see it every time I walk in the house

Yes they are! Lol. I'll do a teddy graham pic with the loupe when I can to compare, should be fun

I'm not sure where this came from or anything about it but I found it on Ebay and recieved it today. It was listed as an Art Deco era rolex sign that was in a shop but the fittings and hardware on the back look extremely well made and modern. This pic was on Ebay with it to show it in its orig home but I really think it was photoshopped.. What say you?? It's etched mirrored glass. I don't care if it's old or not I like it either way.

This is what I was trying to show yesterday, the olloclip seems to only allow the phone to focus on a certain spot, everything else becomes blurry. The loupe system allows for more to be in focus. This is also what happens when I use it as a loupe, I would say that if the item you need to see up close is 3d then this will really work well. Anyone who works on miniatures or anything that's not flat will be amazed at how things look.

Not a pam guy but that dial and those hands rock! Well done!!

You may be right, I guess if there's more available light then the phone feels more comfortable using a smaller aperture.

Now that's crazy, I love that the loupe is actually a loope and acts as a macro lens as a bonus. If I was to go that far I would just buy a canon camera body to go with it. My camera has a fixed lens so I wanted a way to get closer without buying a second camera.

No it's right, I shouldn't have used that set, but I was showing that in the focus zones they are almost the same, I couldn't find 2 shots that matched exactly..

This one shows better, the olloclip loses focus at the edges, so the rotor mount and rotor edges are more clearly in focus with the loupe system. I agree that it wins, it really just comes down to weather or not it's worth the extra 400$ over an olloclip

It's like the olloclip is set at an aperture of 2.8 and the loupe system is set at 11+ but without the loss of light. When I shoot at f11 on my real camera I am giving up light, that's not the case here, the light is very good.

I did a mini comp just now, I wanted to show you guys the difference but I can't really get amazing shots to compare until the sun decides to come out to play. Still these are ok and show some differences. I tried to get the same shots with both lenses, but I used the 10x olloclip not the 15x. For the loupe system (6x) I zoomed my iPhone in so that it matched the size of the other at 10x. I know that for most people the results have to justify the price (450$ for the loupe alone), and I'm not 100% sure that they do yet. I looked at the pics from each and saw the differences but I'm wondering if those differences are big enough for someone to want to pay 9x the price of an olloclip (for me they are...) I will take some nice sunny shots when I can and do one last comparison because in full light the differences may be greater.

I forgot to mention the olloclip pics are all on the left

And they are all unedited

Will do a comparo later today..

I agree that a 10x and eventually a 15x will be necessary for the loupe part of it and it can't hurt when doing macro photography, but I have to say that I'm happy with the current magnification for photography. The big deal for me is that each shot is good, clear and useable. I have to take 30 pics with my olloclip just to find the one shot that looks good. Annnnd no cropping required

That was fast, I got the loupe in the mail yesterday! I'll do an in depth review soon enough but wanted to give a quick first overall impression. It's really something else, I'm going to stick to optics for now, looking through for the first time is like taking a dslr, removing the lens, flipping it around (the lens not the camera body) and attaching an eye piece to it. It's clear from edge to edge and gives you an amazing 6x view of what you're looking at. Compared to a normal loupe, there is no sweet spot, the entire field of view is undistorted and full of colour. It could honestly do with some greater magnification though, as an example a watch dial will fill the entire field of view but that's all, I can't pinpoint a spot on the dial in which to study like I can with a normal loupe which means that it has an altogether different purpose, it compliments a good loupe but doesn't replace it. On the other hand, for watch or macro pics of any kind, it's brilliant! It can't directly compete with the olloclip as far as magnification, but that doesn't matter, you can zoom the iphone itself and it doesn't lose much resolution. The resulting pics are clear from edge to edge, the iPhone doesn't struggle to focus like with the olloclip so you can snap away and not wait for the camera to try to lock focus. Trust me that's big, it's an annoying thing to deal with using the olloclip. It's night and day. The loupe systems iphone mount is really well made, it fits like a glove and has a grippy texture. I'm happy to have a complimentary loupe for everyday personal use but way more happy that it works so well for iphone macro photography. Here's a few quick snaps from this morning, the sun has been hiding though so I can't take perfect sunny macros yet

Wow

Seller had no prices and no clear pics, just a briefcase full of dials. They could have been made from paper at that distance and would have looked ok lol. I think he needs a clear pic of each dial and price for each to qualify

Pics don't really do this one justice. It was one of my first reps a few years ago but I gifted it to a friend when I got bored of it. To this day I notice when he wears it and how sharp it looks in person. Still works well and keeps good time (he's not known for being easy on watches)

Hope she likes it, great choice.