{"id":438,"date":"2011-10-16T22:51:10","date_gmt":"2011-10-16T22:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tachinidae.org.uk\/blog\/?p=438"},"modified":"2011-10-16T22:58:45","modified_gmt":"2011-10-16T22:58:45","slug":"first-real-stacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tachinidae.org.uk\/blog\/first-real-stacks\/","title":{"rendered":"First &#8220;real&#8221; stacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I test-drove my first proper stacking system:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Canon EOS 1000D (actually a Canon-refurbished Rebel\/Xs)<\/li>\n<li>Tamron 90mm f\/2.8 SP Di lens<\/li>\n<li>cheapo adjustable Yongnuo YN560 Chinese flash<\/li>\n<li>cheapo Chinese Fotomate macro rail<\/li>\n<li>a plastic cup, some foam &amp; one of those sticky rubber mats that they sell to stop rugs moving on laminate flooring.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/tachinidae.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/stacking-system-003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-439\" title=\"stacking-system-003\" src=\"http:\/\/tachinidae.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/stacking-system-003-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tachinidae.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/stacking-system-003-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tachinidae.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/stacking-system-003-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tachinidae.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/stacking-system-003-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tachinidae.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/stacking-system-003-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tachinidae.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/stacking-system-003-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/tachinidae.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/stacking-system-003-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/tachinidae.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/stacking-system-003.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The exposure is set on f8 @ 1\/125th (100 ISO) and the flash is being run off a PC-PC cable in manual mode, turned right down to the lowest power level. The lens has a little electronic fault that prevents it being focused at 1:1 but it will work at just less than that. The sticky mat just prevents any of the equipment sliding on the table and it keeps everything remarkably stable.<\/p>\n<div>The results are really nice &#8230; to my mind anyway. The light needs balancing and the sharpness needs improving but it is getting there and these really are the first proper stacks I have ever done.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/tachinidae.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Linnaemya-picta-2011-10-16-22.56.07-ZS-PMax.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-435\" title=\"Linnaemya-picta-2011-10-16-22.56.07-ZS-PMax\" src=\"http:\/\/tachinidae.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Linnaemya-picta-2011-10-16-22.56.07-ZS-PMax-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tachinidae.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Linnaemya-picta-2011-10-16-22.56.07-ZS-PMax-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tachinidae.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Linnaemya-picta-2011-10-16-22.56.07-ZS-PMax-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tachinidae.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Linnaemya-picta-2011-10-16-22.56.07-ZS-PMax-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tachinidae.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Linnaemya-picta-2011-10-16-22.56.07-ZS-PMax-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tachinidae.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Linnaemya-picta-2011-10-16-22.56.07-ZS-PMax-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/tachinidae.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Linnaemya-picta-2011-10-16-22.56.07-ZS-PMax-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/tachinidae.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Linnaemya-picta-2011-10-16-22.56.07-ZS-PMax.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/tachinidae.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Germaria-angustata-2011-10-16-21.45.03-ZS-PMax.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-432\" title=\"Germaria-angustata-2011-10-16-21.45.03-ZS-PMax\" src=\"http:\/\/tachinidae.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Germaria-angustata-2011-10-16-21.45.03-ZS-PMax-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tachinidae.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Germaria-angustata-2011-10-16-21.45.03-ZS-PMax-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tachinidae.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Germaria-angustata-2011-10-16-21.45.03-ZS-PMax-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tachinidae.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Germaria-angustata-2011-10-16-21.45.03-ZS-PMax-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tachinidae.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Germaria-angustata-2011-10-16-21.45.03-ZS-PMax-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tachinidae.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Germaria-angustata-2011-10-16-21.45.03-ZS-PMax-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/tachinidae.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Germaria-angustata-2011-10-16-21.45.03-ZS-PMax-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/tachinidae.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Germaria-angustata-2011-10-16-21.45.03-ZS-PMax.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/tachinidae.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Exorista-fasciata-male-Chris-Raper-2011-10-16_002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-431\" title=\"Exorista fasciata (male) - Chris Raper 2011-10-16_002\" src=\"http:\/\/tachinidae.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Exorista-fasciata-male-Chris-Raper-2011-10-16_002-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tachinidae.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Exorista-fasciata-male-Chris-Raper-2011-10-16_002-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tachinidae.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Exorista-fasciata-male-Chris-Raper-2011-10-16_002-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tachinidae.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Exorista-fasciata-male-Chris-Raper-2011-10-16_002-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tachinidae.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Exorista-fasciata-male-Chris-Raper-2011-10-16_002-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tachinidae.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Exorista-fasciata-male-Chris-Raper-2011-10-16_002-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/tachinidae.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Exorista-fasciata-male-Chris-Raper-2011-10-16_002-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/tachinidae.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Exorista-fasciata-male-Chris-Raper-2011-10-16_002.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I test-drove my first proper stacking system: Canon EOS 1000D (actually a Canon-refurbished Rebel\/Xs) Tamron 90mm f\/2.8 SP Di lens cheapo adjustable Yongnuo YN560&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[378,118,372,117],"class_list":["post-438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-exorista-fasciata","tag-germaria-angustata","tag-linnaemya-picta","tag-stacking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tachinidae.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tachinidae.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tachinidae.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tachinidae.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tachinidae.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/tachinidae.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":441,"href":"https:\/\/tachinidae.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438\/revisions\/441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tachinidae.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tachinidae.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tachinidae.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}