Macro tools calculations

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Folks, in post #12 above I gave a link to info about a Canon EF mount lens that will do exactly what the OP wants.
Thanks. I have looked at the MP-E (manual focus) but it has been discontinued by Canon.
 
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Thanks, the Novoflex bellows are something I did consider. I do not need to reverse-mount, nor to necessarily reach 5x (5x would be ideal, but may be impossible(.
The one limitation for me is that I already have the camera mounted to (manual) rail, and the Novoflex bellows rail would potentially prevent my attaching the bellows to the camera. To be tested..
Novoflex does have a reverse mount that carries AF and other info btw.
 
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Which formulae do you use for that? I have googled many websites about lens calculations, but they mostly talk about normal working distances, rarely macro.
 

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For an optical system composed of a subject, lens, and the projected image, if we know the subject distance s, and magnification m, then the focal length is

f = ms/(m + 1)

and the image distance is

i = (m + 1)f

This works for any optical system, standard distances and macro.
 
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