On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 11:34 AM, Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: > Just had to share this apparent gem. > > Kirk Tuck in his blog points out a great macro bellows deal, a Fotodiox for > $49.95 US at Amazon. > > He has tested it (on Canon) and found it to be as advertised, tough and > accurate. > > Kirk's blog entry: http://is.gd/cCu8R > > A link to the Pentax flavour of it at Amazon.com is: > http://is.gd/cCuc9 > > I think even I can afford this! The only showstopper for me is that my only > macro lens is a DA Ltd and as such has no aperture ring. I'd have to try > the reversing ring trick with my old SMC 50mm or rummage around for a deal > on an old macro. > > Has anyone here tried one out by any chance? > > -bmw >
I haven't tried that particular one, but I've used bellows before. Note you can use a regular 50mm on it, no need for a macro lens as the Bellows will provide plenty of extension (my current bellows gets 2:1 magnification with a 50mm lens). -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
