Nice one!

Perhaps there is some software - perhaps a Google search?

The orange is an overall mask, so converting using a tungsten setting isn't ideal. You need to subtract the orange from the scan, which a scanner will do automatically.

Depending on how good you need to make the final image (which depends on the purpose) then there are cheap scanners available, or maybe a Nikon Coolscan second hand if you can fine one if you need top class results.

For high class product photography a macro lens might be appropriate, but say for pictures for eBay then the 18-55mm is all you need.

Compromise, get a 40" set, do you need 46"?

Compromise, just get the K7 without grip for now.

So options 1 and 2 together just might work.....sell a couple of lenses to make up the difference if you need to?

Glad to hear you got a good result.

Happy New Year!

You've had one of the better mirror lenses, although a cat lens is a solid piece of glass as I recall, so not vulnerable to damage in the way most mirror lenses are.

The trouble is there are quite a few really poor lenses, plus those that have been handled badly, so the overall experience will be very mixed.

There's no reason why a mirror lens can't be a good lens, it's just that for various reasons often they are not.

Given that we never had this opportunity to test AF in the film days, not without going to considerable trouble, and given that there will have to be a compromise AF setting as individual lenses will have different tolerances, do you think we are over-checking and over-correcting these days?

Perfection is relatively unobtainable and I don't know the answer, but do these tweaks deliver real world benefits or is it largely covered by the Depth of Focus at the sensor plane?

Arrived safe and sound today, well packed and exactly as described.

Many thanks!

I'm shifting this to General Discussion as it relates to PU Magazine rather than online competitions.