Hunting Water Bears w/ the Laowa Aurogon 10-50x Supermicro

A quick look at the Laowa Aurogon FF 10-50X NA0.5 Supermicro APO, with some high magnification focus stacking and a hunt for tardigrades AKA "water bears"

Do I recommend the lens? Sure - if you're planning on using it indoors for stacking work, it's amazing! Keep in mind this is definitely NOT a field lens or easy to use by any means! Do your research, and poke around the photomacrography.net forums - there's probably a way to get to these magnifications even cheaper?

https://www.venuslens.net/product/lao...
https://www.inaturalist.org/people/ts...
https://www.instagram.com/thomas_shah...

0:00 (Intro + lens overview)

2:13 (initial tests in the field)

3:25 (putting together a stacking rig)

5:09 (taking stacks/comparing to 2.5-5x)

6:34 (butterfly scales)

10:58 (water bear hunting prep)

13:20 (WATER BEAR!!)