Wow Eric! Thank you so much for that link. Googling him, I found the following fascinating sites and his $4.99 eBook entitled "Wide Angle Macro | The Essential Guide". http://learnmacro.com/wide-angle-macro-the-essential-guide-now-available/
This is one area where mirrorless cameras definitely have an advantage (K-01 is an exception because you don't get the benefit of a shorter flange to sensor distance). For a normal SLR you apparently can't use much of an extention tube with anything wider than 16mm. So the Venus 15mm is still sort of a groundbreaking achievement. Cool sites to check out: http://learnmacro.com/ http://claybolt.photoshelter.com/#!/index http://www.paulharcourtdavies.com/ (Clay Bolt's co-author) http://okinawanaturephotography.com/the-art-of-wide-angle-macro-photography-by-shawn-miller/ Still, I think I will try the wide angle + DIY extension tube method first (Particularly seeing as how I don't have the moola for a new lens purchase right now). On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 10:36 AM, Eric Weir <eew...@bellsouth.net> wrote: >> On Jun 23, 2015, at 2:40 PM, Darren Addy <pixelsmi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> This lens makes images unlike anything I've ever seen before. I'm an >> ultrawide guy anyway, so having the ability to include close focus >> ability like this would be awesome. It is relatively affordable AND >> will be available in K-mount. What can I sell? Hmmmmm. >> >> http://petapixel.com/2015/06/23/the-venus-laowa-15mm-f4-is-the-worlds-widest-11-macro-lens/ > > I don’t know what lens he’s been using, but this guy's been doing wide-angle > macro nature photography for some time. I encountered him at a presentation > at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens. > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/28030601@N03/sets/72157625460338338/> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Eric Weir > Decatur, GA USA > eew...@bellsouth.net > > "You keep on learning and learning, and pretty soon > you learn something no one has learned before." > > - Richard Feynman > > > -- > 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.
