Back Garden with the KAX Macro Teleplus
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Posted 27/04/2014 - 12:59
That's doing a great job then! I like the colours, punchy, and you don't seem to have lost any contrast with the converter. Sharpness looks good too.
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Posted 04/05/2014 - 18:25
Greg/Stan,
Thanks - I'm impressed with it - though it does seem to reveal the dust spots in my M 50mm f1.7. Though that is easily fixed in PP. Thanks to Geordie01 here I've managed to get a set of instructions for it - so I'm now using it properly. It is apparently the same as the Vivitar 2X Macro Teleconverter. My copy will work correctly with A lenses with manual focus but you can get a cheaper version with no contacts. Here's the clematis a week on - again there's no real PP - other than the dust spots. No cropping - this is the original image. It was wet and windy here today - this is hand held.
Jamie
Thanks - I'm impressed with it - though it does seem to reveal the dust spots in my M 50mm f1.7. Though that is easily fixed in PP. Thanks to Geordie01 here I've managed to get a set of instructions for it - so I'm now using it properly. It is apparently the same as the Vivitar 2X Macro Teleconverter. My copy will work correctly with A lenses with manual focus but you can get a cheaper version with no contacts. Here's the clematis a week on - again there's no real PP - other than the dust spots. No cropping - this is the original image. It was wet and windy here today - this is hand held.
Jamie
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Clematis Buds with the KAX and M 50mm f1.7 - effectively a 100mm macro
Tulip with the KAX and M 50mm f1.7 - effectively a 100mm macro
Tulip with the KAX and Pentax M 135mm f3.5 - effectively a 270mm macro.
These are full size - no cropping done and no real PP other than slight sharpening. Only issue I have is that I seemed to get dust spots on the M 50 images which I can only guess comes from the dust in the lens. These don't show when the lens is used on it's own. They didn't show with the M 135 when used with the KAX.
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