On 11/11/12, Igor Roshchin, discombobulated, unleashed: > >In the caption to one of the images in this blog: >http://www.dpreview.com/articles/1304360703/breaking-the-rules/3 , >I read: "I was inspired to create this series after borrowing a lens >from a friend that had a maximum focusing distance of 4 inches (10 cm)." > >I wonder what photocamera lens would have such a limit and why? >(Since the author wrote "lens", I don't think it is about a combination >of lenses.)
Jostein is probably right. This lens: <http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/lenses/mp-e-65.shtml> I used to own it - it's effectively a continuously expanding bellows lens with amazing magnification. Has to be used with ring flash really (which I had) for some interesting shots. Viz: <http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/nature/images/pic11.html> The entire fly was 4mm long!! <http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/nature/images/pic12.html> Sheep's wool on barbed wire. Broad daylight in the field, flash and stopped right down, hence black b/g. Quite a specialist lens - essential if you're into photographing the smaller bugs on the back of the normal bugs!! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) | Web Video Producion ---------- <www.seeingeye.tv> _____________________________ -- 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.
