I have this lens, bought some years ago & used on my MX for interior shots of my joinery work.

I thought I'd try it on the K7, but the aperture blades are sticking(?)

Is it worth getting it fixed, in respect of the (potential) quality of image produced?

Any idea how much?

By whom?

Many thanks,

Coker.

Hi, Jonathan.

Sorry.

Thanks for looking,

Coker.

.....& another thing...

" O for a muse of fire, that would ascend the very highest heaven of invention...."

(Henry V,prologue, lines 1&2; by you-know-who.)

Coker.

Welcome home, Stefan!

You/we owe Doug a beer, he's been v. busy & has done an excellent job on your behalf!!

Thanks.

Coker.

Sterling work, John!!
But....

Miss Julian is still with me!

Shoo!...Shoo!!!


Coker.

Thanks, I-Berg.
I couldn't up the level for the red inside without risking burning-out the rim-light (any more!)

& Thanks , Lidy.
The"first picture" isn't there, as it were. The (my) transfer from Photobucket......

The original, & an A4 print,shows a tiny hair(?), extreme top left of the fig, which, although present on this image, is much better defined there.
The clarity shown in the L. & R. edges, I presume, is there in the red inside of the fruit, but it's that sort of "liquid" area that doesn't lend itself to "sharpness". Given that that area is in the same plane as the edges, I believe it is "sharp".
I agree with you in the respect of the foremost, cut edge of the fruit, the boundary between purple & white: it is not sharp, simply because I ran out of D.O.F.!

Thanks for looking & your encouraging, constructive comments.

Coker.

Taken this afternoon on my windowsill studio!


[IMG]http://i1021.photobucket.com/albums/af340/rogerhlane/Fig2010-09-19004croppedadj.jpg[/IMG]

On a black card background & base.
K7, D FA 100mm. macro.
1/4 sec. @ f16.
Backlit by daylight, infilled with white card reflectors

C&C more than welcome!

Coker.

Thanks for replying anyway, John.
I'll know next time!

Coker.

O.K., if all else fails, read the instructions!

Is it possible then, as I can't change the image (& I understand the reasons for that), that the original be re-instated?

Many thanks,

Coker.

Could a mod. please advise?
I posted an image to the Gallery Comp., then decide it didn't look very good on the Gallery screen. Deleted it, intending to relace it with an improved(?) version.
I am being told I've already entered.....?

Can I post again?

Thanks,

Coker.