24mm PK-A Macro
So how bout 45GBP, including P&P. Another shot from this lovely lens @f6.7.
I guess this lens doesn't have the rep that the pentax does, but the IQ is stunning. It weighs nothing and I'm pondering keeping it now.
Shot @ f22 on May 25th from my balcony. Damn, I need to clean my sensor! I'll just pretend those are birds. EDIT: Just noticed that i took that with SR set at 500mm. By looking at the picture I'm sure you can see that it's not really shot @ 500mm, but figured I mention it!
When it says macro just how macro is that?
If the numbers/guide on the focus ring is something to go on it would be around 1:6 and that's just under 0,2 meter focus distance 1:5 would be 0,175 meter.
If Whelmed would give me an exact number I could tell you precisely.
As for minimum distance, I'm not entirely sure how to measure it. The last marking prior to macro is 0.2m, and there is movement afterwards but not as much as the gap from 0.20 and 0.22 so I'm not sure if it would reach 0.175. So that put it somewhere under 1:6, but probably not quite 1:5.
Not the most scientific test, but figured it'd you'd be interested.
24mm you only need a small extension tube or reverse mount it and you can get very close.
With 18cm it would be 1:5,31 with 18,5cm it would be 1:5,53 sadly not much macro but close enough
24mm you only need a small extension tube or reverse mount it and you can get very close.
Should this be measured from the film/sensor plane?
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I try to brutally honest with my lenses, so I took care to photograph it from the back with sunlight behind me to illuminate any specs. There are, as you can see, some very small specs of dust between the elements, but there is no fungus or haze. It's on par with any other older MF lens I have, but I had to mention it. Does not affect the IQ, and can't be seen looking from most angles.
I love the IQ of this lens, but I'm posting pics so you can be the judge. When I first got it, it was glued to my camera then took a hiatus as my LBA expanded. The flower is wide open @ f2.8 and you can make the pollen out on the husks.
55GBP including P&P to the UK. That's just less than half what someone has it listed on ebay for.
Comes with front/rear caps, but rear is not original - it's an old Pentax lens cap, so it's probably worth more than the Miranda variant.
100% crop of above image. No pp other than clicking auto WB, and auto tone in Lightroom 3 beta 2 and then exporting.