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Comment by Mike-P posted on Starting to get somewhere now ... My first decentish macro? at 13/05/2008 - 19:18
Ok, cheers for all the info.
Got my 90mm Vivitar Macro M42 this morning and focusing is a REAL pain on that.
Heres one I did earlier..
No cropping at all.
Cropped 65%
I must admit the colours on the Vivitar lens seem so much better than the Pentax though ..
Got my 90mm Vivitar Macro M42 this morning and focusing is a REAL pain on that.
Heres one I did earlier..
No cropping at all.
Cropped 65%
I must admit the colours on the Vivitar lens seem so much better than the Pentax though ..
Comment by Mike-P posted on Focus when doing Macro? at 13/05/2008 - 11:36
Got an old K mount 50mm F4 Pentax macro lens through this morning and am having a play but there seems a very narrow field of focus with it. I know this is not a 1:1 macro lens (Not sure if this makes any difference) but the main subject is not all in focus, on the spider shot the aphid is out and on the beetle half the body is out.
What am doing wrong?
Thanks.
What am doing wrong?
Thanks.
Comment by Mike-P posted on Focus when doing Macro? at 12/05/2008 - 17:39
Quote:
You need to be careful with Ricoh mount lenses as although the mount is basically the same they sometimes have a locking pin which can lead to them getting permanently stuck on the camera. This can be expensive to fix!
Thanks, I have been doing some reading up on that and it seems fairly simple to remove the pin.You need to be careful with Ricoh mount lenses as although the mount is basically the same they sometimes have a locking pin which can lead to them getting permanently stuck on the camera. This can be expensive to fix!
Saying that, everything is simple when you have done it once or twice, maybe not the first time
Comment by Mike-P posted on Screw Mount at 07/05/2008 - 14:05
Ok, thanks for the info, will have a play when it arrives and see whats what.
I also won this last night
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=230247770197&a...
I presume I can mount this on the K10D ok?
I just thought for the money it was worth looking at, if no good I will probably get my money back on Ebay.
I also won this last night
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=230247770197&a...
I presume I can mount this on the K10D ok?
I just thought for the money it was worth looking at, if no good I will probably get my money back on Ebay.
Comment by Mike-P posted on Screw Mount at 06/05/2008 - 13:23
Have been looking at buying a Macro lens but funds are a bit tight at the moment.
Managed to bag a Vivitar 90mm 2/8 macro lens (actual lens pictured) on Ebay for what I think is a reasonable price to have a play with. From what I have read it is a true 1:1 Macro.
It is M42 screw mount and comes with a pentax branded adapter, case and filter but do I basically use it the same as in the Sigma post ?
https://www.pentaxuser.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7719
Thanks.
Managed to bag a Vivitar 90mm 2/8 macro lens (actual lens pictured) on Ebay for what I think is a reasonable price to have a play with. From what I have read it is a true 1:1 Macro.
It is M42 screw mount and comes with a pentax branded adapter, case and filter but do I basically use it the same as in the Sigma post ?
https://www.pentaxuser.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7719
Thanks.
Comment by Mike-P posted on Screw Mount at 04/05/2008 - 21:39
Thanks for that.
Comment by Mike-P posted on What Bird is this? at 04/05/2008 - 11:37
I had just enough time to get the camera out and put the battery in (which was on charge) so nothing fancy at all but just wondering if anyone knows what type of bird this is.
2 seconds later some chap walked along with a dog so this was all I got.
2 seconds later some chap walked along with a dog so this was all I got.
Comment by Mike-P posted on What Bird is this? at 04/05/2008 - 10:57
Trail and error but thanks to some good info on here and some patience.