Picked this up the other day all together for $120. Felt like a good deal at the time, since the owner of the shop swapped out the slide with a pretty one for free essentially. Shot with: Canon T1i @ 50mm, 1/200s, f/8, bare 430ex II fired at ceiling off camera. I've been enjoying it so far, very very much.
Thanks man, I hope I get a chance to display some more photos. I just have to go get more pieces to photograph! Here's a shot of the downstem. I'm not really that happy about the shadow in the upper left. Same settings as the last shot, nice and sharp f/8.