oops. i think i've been corrected on that before & forgot about that one. No you are correct, the Macro Takumar would be the same as that one. But the Venus is twice life size.
On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 7:02 PM, Mark C <pdml-m...@charter.net> wrote: > Not quite following you on the ratios... I've long thought that 1:1 means > the image on the sensor is the same size as in real life, 2:1 means 2x > lifesized. Did the Macro Takumar achieve greater magnification that say, the > DFA 50mm macro (which Pentax specs as a 1:1 lens)? > > > On 4/22/2015 6:54 PM, Darren Addy wrote: >> >> Tempting indeed. I think that all PK users should get one before the >> realize that the cool kids don't make their lenses in a PK mount. >> Reading about it, it is also funny how many people think that 1:2 is >> the same as 2:1. Pentax made only one macro lens that does 1:1 and >> that was the old preset Macro-Takumar. The rest are all 1:2. This lens >> (at 2:1) is 4x that. >> >> The number of aperture blades (and round aperture) should make for lovely >> bokeh. >> >> On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 5:47 PM, Mark C <pdml-m...@charter.net> wrote: >>> >>> I recall reading about that lens here on the PDML a few weeks ago. It is >>> indeed tempting. >>> >>> Mark >>> >>> >>> On 4/22/2015 6:00 PM, Darren Addy wrote: >>>> >>>> Thought this might be of interest on multiple counts... >>>> >>>> I saw that a new ACR was released and scanned the new lenses supported >>>> looking for Pentax: >>>> >>>> >>>> https://blogs.adobe.com/lightroomjournal/2015/04/camera-raw-9-now-available.html >>>> >>>> It was there I saw a lens I hadn't heard of: >>>> http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=1128065 >>>> >>>> Quite the specs. Here are a couple of early impressions of it: >>>> http://regex.info/blog/2015-02-26/2530 >>>> >>>> >>>> http://www.ephotozine.com/article/venus-laowa-60mm-f-2-8-2-1-macro-lens-user-review-27046 >>>> >>>> A few images showing up correctly tagged on Flickr also: >>>> >>>> >>>> https://www.flickr.com/search/?sort=relevance&text=Laowa%2060mm%20f%2F2.8%20 >>>> >>>> Color me impressed. >>>> >>> >>> --- >>> This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus >>> protection is active. >>> http://www.avast.com >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> >> >> > > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > > > -- > 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. -- Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. -- 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.
