Darkmunk

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Nice work Roger
Think I prefer the first one. It looked inside out to me too at first then my eyes adjusted and now I only see the letters raised as they should be.
However, I'm always impressed by the m50 1.7 - that is one hell of a piece of glass. The stuff I have put mine through and it still manages to resolve fine detail even when only 1/30th of the image circle is being utilised for the 16mp image.
I would be interested to discover if it is actually a high-resolving lens in the real world, or whether I just work better with it.

Comment by Darkmunk posted on Penny macro contest - revisited at 07/04/2014 - 10:34

Darkmunk
It's not really a competition; it doesn't end, it's just an open-ended contest, so no rush

Comment by Darkmunk posted on Penny macro contest - revisited at 05/04/2014 - 13:48

Darkmunk
Blimey, that looks like a cracking combination. The bokeh on the tree branches looks a bit odd, but I doubt that's anything to do with the convertor.

Comment by Darkmunk posted on HD PENTAX DA AF 1.4X AW Rear Converter at 05/04/2014 - 10:56

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Here's exactly the same combo as above (both on the K5iis BTW), but this time with lovely diffused daylight from the window, and a 3 second exposure instead of harsh flash with distracting specular highlights.
Good to be reminded - lighting is everything.
Oh... back to the original angle too, which helps the relief and composition.
This is about 20x macro I think. DOF 1/3rd mm
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Comment by Darkmunk posted on Penny macro contest - revisited at 05/04/2014 - 09:53

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That's weird, the instructions are there plain as day now
Thanks, I didn't doubt there would be a price of some sort, I wouldn't do it if it wasn't benefiting the author somehow

Comment by Darkmunk posted on Free e-book, Perfect Exposure by Micheal Freeman at 04/04/2014 - 11:48

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Couldn't see any free option?

Comment by Darkmunk posted on Free e-book, Perfect Exposure by Micheal Freeman at 04/04/2014 - 11:21

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Magnification: pretty good.
Lighting: hmm.
Sharpness: Where?
Tried flash this time, instead of a great big sunny window. Looks like I need to diffuse it somewhat It just picks out all the crystals or tiny facets.
I think the the cheap 2x convertor is solely responsible for trashing the sharpness, either through not passing the resolution, or just being a bit crap
100mm extension, 2x convertor, 100mm macro - f5.6, 28mm reversed - f2.8
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Comment by Darkmunk posted on Penny macro contest - revisited at 03/04/2014 - 22:34

Darkmunk
Now we're getting there
Is that bacteria growing on there?

Comment by Darkmunk posted on Penny macro contest - revisited at 03/04/2014 - 16:53

Darkmunk
I'm nowhere near my best effort last time, so I'm not finished yet
Johan, nice site

Comment by Darkmunk posted on Penny macro contest - revisited at 03/04/2014 - 14:54

Darkmunk
Not sure how this fits into the 'rules' but just out of interest here's a version with the Q, which is a bit like cropping (cheating)
The only lens able to resolve the detail onto that tiny sensor was the 100mm macro on about 100mm of extension tubes.
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Comment by Darkmunk posted on Penny macro contest - revisited at 03/04/2014 - 12:20

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