GESO - First Macro Shots with Pentax Q (And First Q impressions)
My Pentax Q arrived on Wednesday, a full day sooner than expected. I had planned to leave first thing that morning for a business trip, but was delayed by a few hours and luckily was able to scoop up the camera and lenses and take the kit with me as I headed out. I had a chance to test drive it a bit and read the manual while I was away. When I got home late last night the K to Q adapter was waiting for me. Earlier today I went out looking for subjects to try with the Q and D-FA 100mm macro lens. I was thinking about the striking spider shots in the post that Darren shared a while back. and by chance my garden provided two large spiders to serve as photographic subjects. So - here are my first macro shots with the Pentax Q: http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/blog6.php/2012/09/01/two-spiders The light today is quite flat as the remnants of Isaac roll through the area, and this afternoon we had a pretty good rain, so no other chances to take the system out. A few comments on the Q: - It is small and fun and the image quality is quite good. I'm very impressed at how well it performs. Noise is much less of an issue than I expected. The small sensor means low magnification of subject and therefore lots of DOF, but for macro work that is a boon. I would not use this as a portrait camera though. - The Zoom lens is a joy to work with. Nicely dampened action, quality built. I wish Pentax would build K mount lenses that are this solid. - Pentax has done a great job of building a standard interface across cameras. I picked up the Q and was shooting. Everything made sense. The only thing I needed to look up in the manual was how to activate the MF assist on the toy lenses. - The Q with the kit lens or one of the small lenses is pretty much pocketable. With the zoom, not so much so... Regarding the lenses that I have (first impressions here) - Stock 8mm f1.8 lens: Nice and sharp but barrel distortion is off putting. Yes, I can enable distortion correction but I wish they had produced a lens with less distortion. Has decent close focusing ability. 5 to 15mm Zoom - a joy to work with and very good results. Great all round zoom. Fisheye - I have a hard time focusing this even with MF assist enabled. Looking at my shots, I always had my finger on the lens's focus ring (and visible in the shot). Its a super cool ultra wide but takes some getting used to (at least by me). Its a reminder that ultra wides can be as difficult to work with as ultra telephotos. Toy Telephoto - I only took a handful e of shots with this. I did not see any Holga-like distortions but none of the shots I took were very sharp. I assume that was operator error - I had not figured out how to use the MF assist on toy lenses yet when I tried it. I need to give this a more thorough testing. I'll probably grab the wide toy lens and have a full set of lenses - it would be nice if Pentax came out with some more Q lenses, but I'd be surprised if they did. Overall - this is a really cool and fun system, great IQ with the attributes that you would expect from a small sensor re DOF . Do any Q users have a recommendation re a good bag to carry a full Q Kit in? This used bundle that I bought came with a case logic bag that holds everything, but everything is jumbling around in the bag. The smallest 35mm SLR bag I have is about 2x too big and has partitions for lenses that are many times the size of the Q lenses. Mark -- 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.
Re: GESO - First Macro Shots with Pentax Q (And First Q impressions)
This one will hold just the Q, maybe another lens, some batteries. It's really small though and well made. http://www.amazon.com/National-Geographic-NG-A1212-Vertical/dp/B003WE9MCI/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8qid=1346542526sr=8-3keywords=national+geographic+bag There are some other NG bags there as well. On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 7:26 PM, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote: My Pentax Q arrived on Wednesday, a full day sooner than expected. I had planned to leave first thing that morning for a business trip, but was delayed by a few hours and luckily was able to scoop up the camera and lenses and take the kit with me as I headed out. I had a chance to test drive it a bit and read the manual while I was away. When I got home late last night the K to Q adapter was waiting for me. Earlier today I went out looking for subjects to try with the Q and D-FA 100mm macro lens. I was thinking about the striking spider shots in the post that Darren shared a while back. and by chance my garden provided two large spiders to serve as photographic subjects. So - here are my first macro shots with the Pentax Q: http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/blog6.php/2012/09/01/two-spiders The light today is quite flat as the remnants of Isaac roll through the area, and this afternoon we had a pretty good rain, so no other chances to take the system out. A few comments on the Q: - It is small and fun and the image quality is quite good. I'm very impressed at how well it performs. Noise is much less of an issue than I expected. The small sensor means low magnification of subject and therefore lots of DOF, but for macro work that is a boon. I would not use this as a portrait camera though. - The Zoom lens is a joy to work with. Nicely dampened action, quality built. I wish Pentax would build K mount lenses that are this solid. - Pentax has done a great job of building a standard interface across cameras. I picked up the Q and was shooting. Everything made sense. The only thing I needed to look up in the manual was how to activate the MF assist on the toy lenses. - The Q with the kit lens or one of the small lenses is pretty much pocketable. With the zoom, not so much so... Regarding the lenses that I have (first impressions here) - Stock 8mm f1.8 lens: Nice and sharp but barrel distortion is off putting. Yes, I can enable distortion correction but I wish they had produced a lens with less distortion. Has decent close focusing ability. 5 to 15mm Zoom - a joy to work with and very good results. Great all round zoom. Fisheye - I have a hard time focusing this even with MF assist enabled. Looking at my shots, I always had my finger on the lens's focus ring (and visible in the shot). Its a super cool ultra wide but takes some getting used to (at least by me). Its a reminder that ultra wides can be as difficult to work with as ultra telephotos. Toy Telephoto - I only took a handful e of shots with this. I did not see any Holga-like distortions but none of the shots I took were very sharp. I assume that was operator error - I had not figured out how to use the MF assist on toy lenses yet when I tried it. I need to give this a more thorough testing. I'll probably grab the wide toy lens and have a full set of lenses - it would be nice if Pentax came out with some more Q lenses, but I'd be surprised if they did. Overall - this is a really cool and fun system, great IQ with the attributes that you would expect from a small sensor re DOF . Do any Q users have a recommendation re a good bag to carry a full Q Kit in? This used bundle that I bought came with a case logic bag that holds everything, but everything is jumbling around in the bag. The smallest 35mm SLR bag I have is about 2x too big and has partitions for lenses that are many times the size of the Q lenses. Mark -- 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. -- Steve Desjardins -- 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.
Re: GESO - First Macro Shots with Pentax Q (And First Q impressions)
BTW, great spider shots. I'm hoping for a few more q lenses. Maybe PR has realized that under $400 is a good price to lure folks in and make a cheaper version of the Q. On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 7:39 PM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: This one will hold just the Q, maybe another lens, some batteries. It's really small though and well made. http://www.amazon.com/National-Geographic-NG-A1212-Vertical/dp/B003WE9MCI/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8qid=1346542526sr=8-3keywords=national+geographic+bag There are some other NG bags there as well. On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 7:26 PM, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote: My Pentax Q arrived on Wednesday, a full day sooner than expected. I had planned to leave first thing that morning for a business trip, but was delayed by a few hours and luckily was able to scoop up the camera and lenses and take the kit with me as I headed out. I had a chance to test drive it a bit and read the manual while I was away. When I got home late last night the K to Q adapter was waiting for me. Earlier today I went out looking for subjects to try with the Q and D-FA 100mm macro lens. I was thinking about the striking spider shots in the post that Darren shared a while back. and by chance my garden provided two large spiders to serve as photographic subjects. So - here are my first macro shots with the Pentax Q: http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/blog6.php/2012/09/01/two-spiders The light today is quite flat as the remnants of Isaac roll through the area, and this afternoon we had a pretty good rain, so no other chances to take the system out. A few comments on the Q: - It is small and fun and the image quality is quite good. I'm very impressed at how well it performs. Noise is much less of an issue than I expected. The small sensor means low magnification of subject and therefore lots of DOF, but for macro work that is a boon. I would not use this as a portrait camera though. - The Zoom lens is a joy to work with. Nicely dampened action, quality built. I wish Pentax would build K mount lenses that are this solid. - Pentax has done a great job of building a standard interface across cameras. I picked up the Q and was shooting. Everything made sense. The only thing I needed to look up in the manual was how to activate the MF assist on the toy lenses. - The Q with the kit lens or one of the small lenses is pretty much pocketable. With the zoom, not so much so... Regarding the lenses that I have (first impressions here) - Stock 8mm f1.8 lens: Nice and sharp but barrel distortion is off putting. Yes, I can enable distortion correction but I wish they had produced a lens with less distortion. Has decent close focusing ability. 5 to 15mm Zoom - a joy to work with and very good results. Great all round zoom. Fisheye - I have a hard time focusing this even with MF assist enabled. Looking at my shots, I always had my finger on the lens's focus ring (and visible in the shot). Its a super cool ultra wide but takes some getting used to (at least by me). Its a reminder that ultra wides can be as difficult to work with as ultra telephotos. Toy Telephoto - I only took a handful e of shots with this. I did not see any Holga-like distortions but none of the shots I took were very sharp. I assume that was operator error - I had not figured out how to use the MF assist on toy lenses yet when I tried it. I need to give this a more thorough testing. I'll probably grab the wide toy lens and have a full set of lenses - it would be nice if Pentax came out with some more Q lenses, but I'd be surprised if they did. Overall - this is a really cool and fun system, great IQ with the attributes that you would expect from a small sensor re DOF . Do any Q users have a recommendation re a good bag to carry a full Q Kit in? This used bundle that I bought came with a case logic bag that holds everything, but everything is jumbling around in the bag. The smallest 35mm SLR bag I have is about 2x too big and has partitions for lenses that are many times the size of the Q lenses. Mark -- 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. -- Steve Desjardins -- Steve Desjardins -- 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.
Re: GESO - First Macro Shots with Pentax Q (And First Q impressions)
Very nice. Great color and detail in the web image. How do they hold up at high resolution. Enough there for a 12 x 18? Best, Paul On Sep 1, 2012, at 7:26 PM, Mark C wrote: My Pentax Q arrived on Wednesday, a full day sooner than expected. I had planned to leave first thing that morning for a business trip, but was delayed by a few hours and luckily was able to scoop up the camera and lenses and take the kit with me as I headed out. I had a chance to test drive it a bit and read the manual while I was away. When I got home late last night the K to Q adapter was waiting for me. Earlier today I went out looking for subjects to try with the Q and D-FA 100mm macro lens. I was thinking about the striking spider shots in the post that Darren shared a while back. and by chance my garden provided two large spiders to serve as photographic subjects. So - here are my first macro shots with the Pentax Q: http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/blog6.php/2012/09/01/two-spiders The light today is quite flat as the remnants of Isaac roll through the area, and this afternoon we had a pretty good rain, so no other chances to take the system out. A few comments on the Q: - It is small and fun and the image quality is quite good. I'm very impressed at how well it performs. Noise is much less of an issue than I expected. The small sensor means low magnification of subject and therefore lots of DOF, but for macro work that is a boon. I would not use this as a portrait camera though. - The Zoom lens is a joy to work with. Nicely dampened action, quality built. I wish Pentax would build K mount lenses that are this solid. - Pentax has done a great job of building a standard interface across cameras. I picked up the Q and was shooting. Everything made sense. The only thing I needed to look up in the manual was how to activate the MF assist on the toy lenses. - The Q with the kit lens or one of the small lenses is pretty much pocketable. With the zoom, not so much so... Regarding the lenses that I have (first impressions here) - Stock 8mm f1.8 lens: Nice and sharp but barrel distortion is off putting. Yes, I can enable distortion correction but I wish they had produced a lens with less distortion. Has decent close focusing ability. 5 to 15mm Zoom - a joy to work with and very good results. Great all round zoom. Fisheye - I have a hard time focusing this even with MF assist enabled. Looking at my shots, I always had my finger on the lens's focus ring (and visible in the shot). Its a super cool ultra wide but takes some getting used to (at least by me). Its a reminder that ultra wides can be as difficult to work with as ultra telephotos. Toy Telephoto - I only took a handful e of shots with this. I did not see any Holga-like distortions but none of the shots I took were very sharp. I assume that was operator error - I had not figured out how to use the MF assist on toy lenses yet when I tried it. I need to give this a more thorough testing. I'll probably grab the wide toy lens and have a full set of lenses - it would be nice if Pentax came out with some more Q lenses, but I'd be surprised if they did. Overall - this is a really cool and fun system, great IQ with the attributes that you would expect from a small sensor re DOF . Do any Q users have a recommendation re a good bag to carry a full Q Kit in? This used bundle that I bought came with a case logic bag that holds everything, but everything is jumbling around in the bag. The smallest 35mm SLR bag I have is about 2x too big and has partitions for lenses that are many times the size of the Q lenses. Mark -- 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. -- 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.
RE: GESO - First Macro Shots with Pentax Q (And First Q impressions)
Pentax did build solid K mount lenses, they're called the K series from 1975. - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Mark C - The Zoom lens is a joy to work with. Nicely dampened action, quality built. I wish Pentax would build K mount lenses that are this solid. -- 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.
Re: GESO - First Macro Shots with Pentax Q (And First Q impressions)
Thanks, Paul. I just printed the first and third image on SUper-A3 paper. The first image is 12 inches wide x 11 high at 240 dpi (I cropped it a bit.) The third image is 16.7 W x 12.5 H at 240 dpi. Technically, they are fine. In terms of composition, only the first is competent. I would consider it illustration quality for a text book or magazine if I was still doing stock photography. The third loses DOF in the abdomen that is quite apparent in a larger print, so it is a weak shot. The first image was shot at ISO 125. the third at ISO 250. Noise is not an issue in either. My initial reaction is that at relatively low ISO's the Q is comparable to the K7 wrt noise. The really cool thing is the great reach that the Q gives for macro shots. I was a good 1.5 to 2 feet away from those subjects. The first spider was about 1/2 inch in length (body only) and the second was maybe 3/4ths of an inch. I had the camera on a tripod with incredible working distance from a 100mm. I could not have gotten those shots with the K5 / A* 200mm macro, because the subjects were too far into a mass of vegetation. To get close enough to them to get a good shot would have meant disturbing the plants they were sitting on, which means they would have run away. I still have my old 200mm macro and the aperture works when manually stopped down - it might become a dedicated Q macro lens. Mark On 9/1/2012 7:45 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Very nice. Great color and detail in the web image. How do they hold up at high resolution. Enough there for a 12 x 18? Best, Paul On Sep 1, 2012, at 7:26 PM, Mark C wrote: My Pentax Q arrived on Wednesday, a full day sooner than expected. I had planned to leave first thing that morning for a business trip, but was delayed by a few hours and luckily was able to scoop up the camera and lenses and take the kit with me as I headed out. I had a chance to test drive it a bit and read the manual while I was away. When I got home late last night the K to Q adapter was waiting for me. Earlier today I went out looking for subjects to try with the Q and D-FA 100mm macro lens. I was thinking about the striking spider shots in the post that Darren shared a while back. and by chance my garden provided two large spiders to serve as photographic subjects. So - here are my first macro shots with the Pentax Q: http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/blog6.php/2012/09/01/two-spiders The light today is quite flat as the remnants of Isaac roll through the area, and this afternoon we had a pretty good rain, so no other chances to take the system out. A few comments on the Q: - It is small and fun and the image quality is quite good. I'm very impressed at how well it performs. Noise is much less of an issue than I expected. The small sensor means low magnification of subject and therefore lots of DOF, but for macro work that is a boon. I would not use this as a portrait camera though. - The Zoom lens is a joy to work with. Nicely dampened action, quality built. I wish Pentax would build K mount lenses that are this solid. - Pentax has done a great job of building a standard interface across cameras. I picked up the Q and was shooting. Everything made sense. The only thing I needed to look up in the manual was how to activate the MF assist on the toy lenses. - The Q with the kit lens or one of the small lenses is pretty much pocketable. With the zoom, not so much so... Regarding the lenses that I have (first impressions here) - Stock 8mm f1.8 lens: Nice and sharp but barrel distortion is off putting. Yes, I can enable distortion correction but I wish they had produced a lens with less distortion. Has decent close focusing ability. 5 to 15mm Zoom - a joy to work with and very good results. Great all round zoom. Fisheye - I have a hard time focusing this even with MF assist enabled. Looking at my shots, I always had my finger on the lens's focus ring (and visible in the shot). Its a super cool ultra wide but takes some getting used to (at least by me). Its a reminder that ultra wides can be as difficult to work with as ultra telephotos. Toy Telephoto - I only took a handful e of shots with this. I did not see any Holga-like distortions but none of the shots I took were very sharp. I assume that was operator error - I had not figured out how to use the MF assist on toy lenses yet when I tried it. I need to give this a more thorough testing. I'll probably grab the wide toy lens and have a full set of lenses - it would be nice if Pentax came out with some more Q lenses, but I'd be surprised if they did. Overall - this is a really cool and fun system, great IQ with the attributes that you would expect from a small sensor re DOF . Do any Q users have a recommendation re a good bag to carry a full Q Kit in? This used bundle that I bought came with a case logic bag that holds everything, but everything is jumbling around in the bag. The smallest 35mm SLR
RE: GESO - First Macro Shots with Pentax Q (And First Q impressions)
I would still like to see more DOF on those shots. What aperture setting did you use? - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Mark C Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2012 7:27 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: GESO - First Macro Shots with Pentax Q (And First Q impressions) My Pentax Q arrived on Wednesday, a full day sooner than expected. I had planned to leave first thing that morning for a business trip, but was delayed by a few hours and luckily was able to scoop up the camera and lenses and take the kit with me as I headed out. I had a chance to test drive it a bit and read the manual while I was away. When I got home late last night the K to Q adapter was waiting for me. Earlier today I went out looking for subjects to try with the Q and D-FA 100mm macro lens. I was thinking about the striking spider shots in the post that Darren shared a while back. and by chance my garden provided two large spiders to serve as photographic subjects. So - here are my first macro shots with the Pentax Q: http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/blog6.php/2012/09/01/two-spiders The light today is quite flat as the remnants of Isaac roll through the area, and this afternoon we had a pretty good rain, so no other chances to take the system out. A few comments on the Q: - It is small and fun and the image quality is quite good. I'm very impressed at how well it performs. Noise is much less of an issue than I expected. The small sensor means low magnification of subject and therefore lots of DOF, but for macro work that is a boon. I would not use this as a portrait camera though. - The Zoom lens is a joy to work with. Nicely dampened action, quality built. I wish Pentax would build K mount lenses that are this solid. - Pentax has done a great job of building a standard interface across cameras. I picked up the Q and was shooting. Everything made sense. The only thing I needed to look up in the manual was how to activate the MF assist on the toy lenses. - The Q with the kit lens or one of the small lenses is pretty much pocketable. With the zoom, not so much so... Regarding the lenses that I have (first impressions here) - Stock 8mm f1.8 lens: Nice and sharp but barrel distortion is off putting. Yes, I can enable distortion correction but I wish they had produced a lens with less distortion. Has decent close focusing ability. 5 to 15mm Zoom - a joy to work with and very good results. Great all round zoom. Fisheye - I have a hard time focusing this even with MF assist enabled. Looking at my shots, I always had my finger on the lens's focus ring (and visible in the shot). Its a super cool ultra wide but takes some getting used to (at least by me). Its a reminder that ultra wides can be as difficult to work with as ultra telephotos. Toy Telephoto - I only took a handful e of shots with this. I did not see any Holga-like distortions but none of the shots I took were very sharp. I assume that was operator error - I had not figured out how to use the MF assist on toy lenses yet when I tried it. I need to give this a more thorough testing. I'll probably grab the wide toy lens and have a full set of lenses - it would be nice if Pentax came out with some more Q lenses, but I'd be surprised if they did. Overall - this is a really cool and fun system, great IQ with the attributes that you would expect from a small sensor re DOF . Do any Q users have a recommendation re a good bag to carry a full Q Kit in? This used bundle that I bought came with a case logic bag that holds everything, but everything is jumbling around in the bag. The smallest 35mm SLR bag I have is about 2x too big and has partitions for lenses that are many times the size of the Q lenses. Mark -- 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. -- 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.
Re: GESO - First Macro Shots with Pentax Q (And First Q impressions)
The M and A series were quite fine as well. The F's were horrible and the FA / DA / D-FA's are a mixed bag, generally better than the F's but leaving a lot to be desired. I do not have any FA* or DA* lenses, so maybe they are up to snuff On 9/1/2012 9:41 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: Pentax did build solid K mount lenses, they're called the K series from 1975. - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Mark C - The Zoom lens is a joy to work with. Nicely dampened action, quality built. I wish Pentax would build K mount lenses that are this solid. -- 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.
Re: GESO - First Macro Shots with Pentax Q (And First Q impressions)
I shot between F2.8 and F8, with most shots int he f4 to 5.6 range. Can't say where any of these shots are. It was gusty with low light so most of the shots had motion blur due to the wind. I have to say - I did not see a huge difference on the LCD on the camera when I focused at f 2.8 and stopped down to f 5.6 or f8. I was expecting to see a significant difference in DOF. On 9/1/2012 9:48 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: I would still like to see more DOF on those shots. What aperture setting did you use? - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Mark C Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2012 7:27 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: GESO - First Macro Shots with Pentax Q (And First Q impressions) My Pentax Q arrived on Wednesday, a full day sooner than expected. I had planned to leave first thing that morning for a business trip, but was delayed by a few hours and luckily was able to scoop up the camera and lenses and take the kit with me as I headed out. I had a chance to test drive it a bit and read the manual while I was away. When I got home late last night the K to Q adapter was waiting for me. Earlier today I went out looking for subjects to try with the Q and D-FA 100mm macro lens. I was thinking about the striking spider shots in the post that Darren shared a while back. and by chance my garden provided two large spiders to serve as photographic subjects. So - here are my first macro shots with the Pentax Q: http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/blog6.php/2012/09/01/two-spiders The light today is quite flat as the remnants of Isaac roll through the area, and this afternoon we had a pretty good rain, so no other chances to take the system out. A few comments on the Q: - It is small and fun and the image quality is quite good. I'm very impressed at how well it performs. Noise is much less of an issue than I expected. The small sensor means low magnification of subject and therefore lots of DOF, but for macro work that is a boon. I would not use this as a portrait camera though. - The Zoom lens is a joy to work with. Nicely dampened action, quality built. I wish Pentax would build K mount lenses that are this solid. - Pentax has done a great job of building a standard interface across cameras. I picked up the Q and was shooting. Everything made sense. The only thing I needed to look up in the manual was how to activate the MF assist on the toy lenses. - The Q with the kit lens or one of the small lenses is pretty much pocketable. With the zoom, not so much so... Regarding the lenses that I have (first impressions here) - Stock 8mm f1.8 lens: Nice and sharp but barrel distortion is off putting. Yes, I can enable distortion correction but I wish they had produced a lens with less distortion. Has decent close focusing ability. 5 to 15mm Zoom - a joy to work with and very good results. Great all round zoom. Fisheye - I have a hard time focusing this even with MF assist enabled. Looking at my shots, I always had my finger on the lens's focus ring (and visible in the shot). Its a super cool ultra wide but takes some getting used to (at least by me). Its a reminder that ultra wides can be as difficult to work with as ultra telephotos. Toy Telephoto - I only took a handful e of shots with this. I did not see any Holga-like distortions but none of the shots I took were very sharp. I assume that was operator error - I had not figured out how to use the MF assist on toy lenses yet when I tried it. I need to give this a more thorough testing. I'll probably grab the wide toy lens and have a full set of lenses - it would be nice if Pentax came out with some more Q lenses, but I'd be surprised if they did. Overall - this is a really cool and fun system, great IQ with the attributes that you would expect from a small sensor re DOF . Do any Q users have a recommendation re a good bag to carry a full Q Kit in? This used bundle that I bought came with a case logic bag that holds everything, but everything is jumbling around in the bag. The smallest 35mm SLR bag I have is about 2x too big and has partitions for lenses that are many times the size of the Q lenses. Mark -- 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.
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I picked up a K 50 f4 to use with the Q. It's pretty light (noticeably lighter than the K50 1.4) and gives a nicer balance with the small body. On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 10:00 PM, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote: I shot between F2.8 and F8, with most shots int he f4 to 5.6 range. Can't say where any of these shots are. It was gusty with low light so most of the shots had motion blur due to the wind. I have to say - I did not see a huge difference on the LCD on the camera when I focused at f 2.8 and stopped down to f 5.6 or f8. I was expecting to see a significant difference in DOF. On 9/1/2012 9:48 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: I would still like to see more DOF on those shots. What aperture setting did you use? - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Mark C Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2012 7:27 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: GESO - First Macro Shots with Pentax Q (And First Q impressions) My Pentax Q arrived on Wednesday, a full day sooner than expected. I had planned to leave first thing that morning for a business trip, but was delayed by a few hours and luckily was able to scoop up the camera and lenses and take the kit with me as I headed out. I had a chance to test drive it a bit and read the manual while I was away. When I got home late last night the K to Q adapter was waiting for me. Earlier today I went out looking for subjects to try with the Q and D-FA 100mm macro lens. I was thinking about the striking spider shots in the post that Darren shared a while back. and by chance my garden provided two large spiders to serve as photographic subjects. So - here are my first macro shots with the Pentax Q: http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/blog6.php/2012/09/01/two-spiders The light today is quite flat as the remnants of Isaac roll through the area, and this afternoon we had a pretty good rain, so no other chances to take the system out. A few comments on the Q: - It is small and fun and the image quality is quite good. I'm very impressed at how well it performs. Noise is much less of an issue than I expected. The small sensor means low magnification of subject and therefore lots of DOF, but for macro work that is a boon. I would not use this as a portrait camera though. - The Zoom lens is a joy to work with. Nicely dampened action, quality built. I wish Pentax would build K mount lenses that are this solid. - Pentax has done a great job of building a standard interface across cameras. I picked up the Q and was shooting. Everything made sense. The only thing I needed to look up in the manual was how to activate the MF assist on the toy lenses. - The Q with the kit lens or one of the small lenses is pretty much pocketable. With the zoom, not so much so... Regarding the lenses that I have (first impressions here) - Stock 8mm f1.8 lens: Nice and sharp but barrel distortion is off putting. Yes, I can enable distortion correction but I wish they had produced a lens with less distortion. Has decent close focusing ability. 5 to 15mm Zoom - a joy to work with and very good results. Great all round zoom. Fisheye - I have a hard time focusing this even with MF assist enabled. Looking at my shots, I always had my finger on the lens's focus ring (and visible in the shot). Its a super cool ultra wide but takes some getting used to (at least by me). Its a reminder that ultra wides can be as difficult to work with as ultra telephotos. Toy Telephoto - I only took a handful e of shots with this. I did not see any Holga-like distortions but none of the shots I took were very sharp. I assume that was operator error - I had not figured out how to use the MF assist on toy lenses yet when I tried it. I need to give this a more thorough testing. I'll probably grab the wide toy lens and have a full set of lenses - it would be nice if Pentax came out with some more Q lenses, but I'd be surprised if they did. Overall - this is a really cool and fun system, great IQ with the attributes that you would expect from a small sensor re DOF . Do any Q users have a recommendation re a good bag to carry a full Q Kit in? This used bundle that I bought came with a case logic bag that holds everything, but everything is jumbling around in the bag. The smallest 35mm SLR bag I have is about 2x too big and has partitions for lenses that are many times the size of the Q lenses. Mark -- 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. -- Steve Desjardins -- 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.
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The M and A series arent bad, but not quite as good as the k series IMHO. The absolute peak of Pentax lens build quality were the SMC takumars from the early 70's. Too bad they are screw mount. - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Mark C Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2012 9:57 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: GESO - First Macro Shots with Pentax Q (And First Q impressions) The M and A series were quite fine as well. The F's were horrible and the FA / DA / D-FA's are a mixed bag, generally better than the F's but leaving a lot to be desired. I do not have any FA* or DA* lenses, so maybe they are up to snuff On 9/1/2012 9:41 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: Pentax did build solid K mount lenses, they're called the K series from 1975. - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Mark C - The Zoom lens is a joy to work with. Nicely dampened action, quality built. I wish Pentax would build K mount lenses that are this solid. -- 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. -- 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.
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Yep it is soft. This shot did remind me of my Tammy SP 70-120 3.5-4 Macro 1:2 (long name heh?). Took it outside and took a couple shots... soft. :( I thought it was a bit better but well .. John, as you can see, even a old but high end macro (1:2) zoom is quite soft. Considering this, I think the result you got is very acceptable, taking your lens into account. Of course, a real macro will do much better :( On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 2:38 AM, Joseph McAllisterpentax...@mac.com wrote: It looks slightly soft - could be movement of the leaf. It's so small and there is no metadata, so I don't know what you shot it at, i.e.: zoom focal length, shutter speed, etc.. It looks typical, is my 2 cents worth. :-) On Aug 2, 2009, at 15:59 , John Graves wrote: Thought I'd see what my Sigma 70-300 would do in macro mode. Any and all comments are appreciated. My first reaction was that there is depth of field in this beast. Is Depth of field an experiment. Also the tripod came out quickly. But it was fun Look here: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2498/3782205427_b4970bd919.jpg -- John Graves WA1JG jh.gra...@verizon.net Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com I couldn't remember most of what I know today if it weren't for others sharing their knowledge of my past on the Internet. Thank you… -- 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. -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- Photo: K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... Thinkpad: X23+UB,X60+UB Programing: D7 user (trying out D2007) -- 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.
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On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 5:59 PM, John Gravesjh.gra...@verizon.net wrote: Thought I'd see what my Sigma 70-300 would do in macro mode. Any and all comments are appreciated. My first reaction was that there is depth of field in this beast. Is Depth of field an experiment. Also the tripod came out quickly. But it was fun Look here: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2498/3782205427_b4970bd919.jpg That was my experience too -- I have a shot here with it: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/198/476173561_8555903a46_b.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/cymen/476173561/ There are at least a couple variations of this lens. I had the Sigma 70-300mm DL Macro. It was better than I thought it would be. I sold it with my K10D though as I just didn't use it enough. Cymen -- 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.
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Thought I'd see what my Sigma 70-300 would do in macro mode. Any and all comments are appreciated. My first reaction was that there is depth of field in this beast. Is Depth of field an experiment. Also the tripod came out quickly. But it was fun Look here: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2498/3782205427_b4970bd919.jpg -- John Graves WA1JG jh.gra...@verizon.net -- 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.
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It looks slightly soft - could be movement of the leaf. It's so small and there is no metadata, so I don't know what you shot it at, i.e.: zoom focal length, shutter speed, etc.. It looks typical, is my 2 cents worth. :-) On Aug 2, 2009, at 15:59 , John Graves wrote: Thought I'd see what my Sigma 70-300 would do in macro mode. Any and all comments are appreciated. My first reaction was that there is depth of field in this beast. Is Depth of field an experiment. Also the tripod came out quickly. But it was fun Look here: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2498/3782205427_b4970bd919.jpg -- John Graves WA1JG jh.gra...@verizon.net Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com I couldn't remember most of what I know today if it weren't for others sharing their knowledge of my past on the Internet. Thank you… -- 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.
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Jack, Bob, Brian, Thanks for your comments! I agree about the stem; I kinda like the OOF green stuff, though. At 100% tiny little beads of nectar (?) are visible on the stamens, so focus isn't a problem in the original image. I probably should have sharpened it more for the jpg conversion. Rick --- Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Beautiful carnation. Variegated color fringed peddles make a nice subject. I think more light on the top and a crisp focus would really help it pop. Sort of undefined soft lines that would do well to be more clearly defined. There is some mildly distracting mottling within the frame that might be cloned out or darkened. Jack --- Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Inspired by the lousy snowless January landscape in Philadelphia and the March PUG topic, I have undertaken my first explorations of macro photography. Here is one of the fruits of that effort: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6937159size=lg K10D, FA 50/2.8 macro, ISO 400, f/11 @ 1/50, RAW via LR. Built-in flash with Sigma EF500 DG Super wireless flash below and to the left. Rave reviews and scathing criticism equally valued! Rick Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs -- 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. Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -- 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. http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs -- 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.
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Rick: A pretty good first go. The lighting scheme kind of splits the flower in half though. What do you think? I have the 50/2.8 as well. I really like the lens. How do you like it so far? Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 8:50 PM Subject: PESO: First macro Inspired by the lousy snowless January landscape in Philadelphia and the March PUG topic, I have undertaken my first explorations of macro photography. Here is one of the fruits of that effort: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6937159size=lg K10D, FA 50/2.8 macro, ISO 400, f/11 @ 1/50, RAW via LR. Built-in flash with Sigma EF500 DG Super wireless flash below and to the left. Rave reviews and scathing criticism equally valued! Rick Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs -- 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. -- 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.
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Christine, I like the uneven lighting, but would not mind having a second flash to try making it symmetrical! I got my 50/2.8 in a complicated exchange a couple of years ago. It looks as though a truck ran over it, and there is a small nick on the rear element, but it still shoots decently. Heavy, though. Rick --- Christine Aguila [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rick: A pretty good first go. The lighting scheme kind of splits the flower in half though. What do you think? I have the 50/2.8 as well. I really like the lens. How do you like it so far? Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 8:50 PM Subject: PESO: First macro Inspired by the lousy snowless January landscape in Philadelphia and the March PUG topic, I have undertaken my first explorations of macro photography. Here is one of the fruits of that effort: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6937159size=lg K10D, FA 50/2.8 macro, ISO 400, f/11 @ 1/50, RAW via LR. Built-in flash with Sigma EF500 DG Super wireless flash below and to the left. Rave reviews and scathing criticism equally valued! Rick Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs -- 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. -- 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. http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -- 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.
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Inspired by the lousy snowless January landscape in Philadelphia and the March PUG topic, I have undertaken my first explorations of macro photography. Here is one of the fruits of that effort: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6937159size=lg K10D, FA 50/2.8 macro, ISO 400, f/11 @ 1/50, RAW via LR. Built-in flash with Sigma EF500 DG Super wireless flash below and to the left. Rave reviews and scathing criticism equally valued! Rick Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs -- 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.
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Lovely and innovative! It would be great to get rid of the stem in upper left and the other background stuff on the right. You're gonna set a high bar for the months PUG. Regards, Bob S. On Feb 10, 2008 8:50 PM, Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Inspired by the lousy snowless January landscape in Philadelphia and the March PUG topic, I have undertaken my first explorations of macro photography. Here is one of the fruits of that effort: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6937159size=lg K10D, FA 50/2.8 macro, ISO 400, f/11 @ 1/50, RAW via LR. Built-in flash with Sigma EF500 DG Super wireless flash below and to the left. Rave reviews and scathing criticism equally valued! Rick Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs -- 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. -- 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.
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Very nice, Rick. I like the translucent effect. It might be improved by removing the stem on the left and possibly the out of focus vegetation on the right. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ Quoting Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Inspired by the lousy snowless January landscape in Philadelphia and the March PUG topic, I have undertaken my first explorations of macro photography. Here is one of the fruits of that effort: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6937159size=lg K10D, FA 50/2.8 macro, ISO 400, f/11 @ 1/50, RAW via LR. Built-in flash with Sigma EF500 DG Super wireless flash below and to the left. Rave reviews and scathing criticism equally valued! Rick -- Find out how you can get spam free email. http://www.bluebottle.com/tag/3 -- 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.
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Beautiful carnation. Variegated color fringed peddles make a nice subject. I think more light on the top and a crisp focus would really help it pop. Sort of undefined soft lines that would do well to be more clearly defined. There is some mildly distracting mottling within the frame that might be cloned out or darkened. Jack --- Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Inspired by the lousy snowless January landscape in Philadelphia and the March PUG topic, I have undertaken my first explorations of macro photography. Here is one of the fruits of that effort: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6937159size=lg K10D, FA 50/2.8 macro, ISO 400, f/11 @ 1/50, RAW via LR. Built-in flash with Sigma EF500 DG Super wireless flash below and to the left. Rave reviews and scathing criticism equally valued! Rick Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs -- 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. Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -- 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.
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On 4/9/05, Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! Well, the poppies are still blooming. Galia so much wanted to have a photo of ladybug (if you see the pic and I am mistaken in English, please correct me)... So I took my tripod, attached a 2x matching converter to my Tamron 90/2.5 SP and headed to the field... http://www.flickr.com/photos/boris71/8902760/ Also, while on the field, we've been attacked by the rather known flying objects... Though I cannot identify these objects with any degree of certainty... This time, my Tamron 90/2.5 SP was without the converter... http://www.flickr.com/photos/boris71/8902759/ Comments are welcome, as usual. I told you this would happen, Boris. You've become a bug flower guy! vbg Nice work, I must say. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
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I like the ladybug shot. Nice. Tom C. From: Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: First Macro Stuff Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2005 20:43:51 +0200 Hi! Well, the poppies are still blooming. Galia so much wanted to have a photo of ladybug (if you see the pic and I am mistaken in English, please correct me)... So I took my tripod, attached a 2x matching converter to my Tamron 90/2.5 SP and headed to the field... http://www.flickr.com/photos/boris71/8902760/ Also, while on the field, we've been attacked by the rather known flying objects... Though I cannot identify these objects with any degree of certainty... This time, my Tamron 90/2.5 SP was without the converter... http://www.flickr.com/photos/boris71/8902759/ Comments are welcome, as usual. Boris
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On 10/4/05, Peter Williams, discombobulated, unleashed: 'ladybird' is the British name of what you call a 'ladybug' :-) It's also what we call them here in Australia where we use proper English. Apologies Peter - forgive my bad. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _
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On Apr 10, 2005, at 8:46 AM, Cotty wrote: On 9/4/05, Boris Liberman, discombobulated, unleashed: http://www.flickr.com/photos/boris71/8902760/ Well done Boris - that's one of the nicest ladybird pics I've ever seen! Hear hear... great photo. Put it on the wall. In these parts we call that plane a microlight. Cheers, - Dave http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/
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Nice shot of the ladybug, Boris - is looks to be quite sharp and the DOF is just right. I'm not familiar with the Tamron - I assume the 2x adapter lets you go to 2x lifesized? - MCC - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, MI www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Original Message - From: Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2005 2:43 PM Subject: First Macro Stuff Hi! Well, the poppies are still blooming. Galia so much wanted to have a photo of ladybug (if you see the pic and I am mistaken in English, please correct me)... So I took my tripod, attached a 2x matching converter to my Tamron 90/2.5 SP and headed to the field... http://www.flickr.com/photos/boris71/8902760/ Also, while on the field, we've been attacked by the rather known flying objects... Though I cannot identify these objects with any degree of certainty... This time, my Tamron 90/2.5 SP was without the converter... http://www.flickr.com/photos/boris71/8902759/ Comments are welcome, as usual. Boris
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Hi! Nice shot of the ladybug, Boris - is looks to be quite sharp and the DOF is just right. I'm not familiar with the Tamron - I assume the 2x adapter lets you go to 2x lifesized? No, Mark, you're quite wrong. It is very simple. The lens itself is 90/2.5 that can go only 1:2 lifesize. With adaptor it becomes 180/5 (which is way cool on its own right) that gives 1:1 reproduction ratio. I should say that this Tamron dedicated flatfield 2x teleconverter seems to work better than Vivitar 2x macro focusing teleconverter... But then of course, it could be that the lens and the converter were designed to match. This shot is rather tight crop. But because of the rest of the frame being rather smooth, I am going to try to print this at least 20x30 (cm of course) and see how digital fares this time. Boris
First Macro Stuff
Hi! Well, the poppies are still blooming. Galia so much wanted to have a photo of ladybug (if you see the pic and I am mistaken in English, please correct me)... So I took my tripod, attached a 2x matching converter to my Tamron 90/2.5 SP and headed to the field... http://www.flickr.com/photos/boris71/8902760/ Also, while on the field, we've been attacked by the rather known flying objects... Though I cannot identify these objects with any degree of certainty... This time, my Tamron 90/2.5 SP was without the converter... http://www.flickr.com/photos/boris71/8902759/ Comments are welcome, as usual. Boris
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On 9/4/05, Boris Liberman, discombobulated, unleashed: http://www.flickr.com/photos/boris71/8902760/ Well done Boris - that's one of the nicest ladybird pics I've ever seen! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _
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Ladybird, she use to be the first lady... Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax list pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2005 4:46 PM Subject: Re: First Macro Stuff On 9/4/05, Boris Liberman, discombobulated, unleashed: http://www.flickr.com/photos/boris71/8902760/ Well done Boris - that's one of the nicest ladybird pics I've ever seen! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _
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On 9/4/05, Kenneth Waller, discombobulated, unleashed: Ladybird, she use to be the first lady... 'ladybird' is the British name of what you call a 'ladybug' :-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _
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In the US, we call that an ultralight airplane. Small, cheap, easy to construct, and you don't need a full pilot's license to fly one. Very nice picture with the poppies in the field. :-) -Mat On 4/9/05, Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also, while on the field, we've been attacked by the rather known flying objects... Though I cannot identify these objects with any degree of certainty... This time, my Tamron 90/2.5 SP was without the converter... http://www.flickr.com/photos/boris71/8902759/
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-Original Message- From: Boris Liberman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.flickr.com/photos/boris71/8902760/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/boris71/8902759/ Nice ladybird :-) The plane is just generically called an ultralight here in Australia. They are usually homebuilt, either from a kit or from scratch. They have restrictions about how high they can fly, etc, but just about anyone can make and fly one without all the complications and expense of a regular plane and without all the training and licencing. -- Peter Williams
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-Original Message- From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 'ladybird' is the British name of what you call a 'ladybug' :-) It's also what we call them here in Australia where we use proper English. -- Peter Williams
