Just had a closer look at the shot I posted...funny colour innit?



And yet, nobody told me.

Yes I know...set up was wrong.

Watch this space.

Rob

Pay for it with cash, sneak it in, all lenses look the same to wimen.

You know you deserve it!



Rob

Minor altication with slow laptop...now on my faster deskop.

K20D..Hood on, no flash, lights on near patio doors...daylight, tripod, radio remote, eyepiece cover on, manual focus, boring subject.

Right about lighting and manual focus...but you knew that. Unforgiving when stopped open...ie DOF.

Hope you can see exif.

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w193/fireflash128/IMGP2191.jpg

Look out...incoming!



Rob

Wow, cracking fotos Mike-P

Rob

Just ordered OM PZ * from Jimmy at SRS.

Just uploading foto.

Rob

Got this from elsewhere on here...

"The focusing distance is the shortest distance where you can focus: but this is not the actual distance between you and the subject, it is just the distance between the focus plane (the sensor) and the subject.

In macro photography, it is very important to know the working distance - that is the distance between the front element of the lens and the subject."

Is that a Sto-Fen Omnibounce Mike-P?. Flash has wide angle panel and catchlight panel.

http://www.stofen.com/misc/productfind.asp

Thanks again.

Now let's have a go.

Rob

"Just my personal preference but why spend £500 on a macro lens to take the chance of not getting ultimate IQ."

Often thought that myself with other lenses.

Reading the manual...Pentax say "use a polarising filter with an auto focus camera for proper exposure and autofocusing."

So would it be better to manual focus and leave off all filters when in use?

Sorry Mike-P, you may be here all day explaining. Anyone else, just pitch in...I'm an amateur.



Rob (all the gear....no idea!)

Minimum focus distance 30.3 cm.

Working distance 13 cm.






Rob

What about a lens protector?



Ah, my smilies are working properly now.

Rob

I wanted to see one, ie hold one, examine build quality etc..

PC World call centre said Currys had one in Bridgend.

30 mins previous I was in that store, got the lady to find out where the lens had gone from their empty box. God bless her, she turned the place over..no lens.

Man in PC World stuck to his guns...Bridgend store has one. Asked if his system was showing any other store in S Wales having one...yes...Cardiff East, Newport Road. Asked him to ring to see if they really had one...he wouldn't. Could I have the number to check, so as to save me another wasted journey....no. At that point I lost my sense of humour.

Jimmy in SRS sorted me...next day Saturday delivery for half price 'cos member of this great forum.

Some firms have just lost it haven't they?

Sorry, PC World et al...no customer focus.

Well done SRS.

http://www.srsmicrosystems.co.uk/4280/Pentax-smc-DFA-100mm-f2-8-WR-Macro-Lens.ht...

Rob