Re: Interesting artifact

2022-04-15 Thread Larry Colen
> On Apr 15, 2022, at 2:24 PM, Igor PDML-StR wrote: > > > Larry, > > You are probably right about the light coming from the background. > What I am not understanding completely is why all the aperture > images are perfectly aligned along a straight line. > > If my assumption is correct that

Re: Interesting artifact

2022-04-15 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Larry, You are probably right about the light coming from the background. What I am not understanding completely is why all the aperture images are perfectly aligned along a straight line. If my assumption is correct that it is a SR that creates that motion, projecting this aperture images ont

Re: Interesting artifact

2022-04-15 Thread Larry Colen
> On Apr 15, 2022, at 11:15 AM, Igor PDML-StR wrote: > > > I thought some people here might find this curious: > It is interesting to see 5[!] images of the aperture. > Pentax D FA 100 mm F2.8 Macro (not "WR") @ f/5.6 > (The lens has 9 elements in 8 groups.) > Some other images from this setti

Interesting artifact

2022-04-15 Thread Igor PDML-StR
I thought some people here might find this curious: It is interesting to see 5[!] images of the aperture. Pentax D FA 100 mm F2.8 Macro (not "WR") @ f/5.6 (The lens has 9 elements in 8 groups.) Some other images from this setting showed only 4. Never mind the central part of the photo - this is

Re: My journey down the slippery slope continues ...

2022-04-15 Thread Larry Colen
> On Apr 15, 2022, at 12:06 AM, John Francis wrote: > > > you know, I might have one of those (and a K-mount to u4/3 adapter) lying > around. > I've definitely got an A50mm/f1.4, an A50mm/f1.7, and an M28mm/f2.8; I'm just > not > entirely sure whether or not I hung on to an M50mm/1.4 to keep

Re: My journey down the slippery slope continues ...

2022-04-15 Thread John Francis
you know, I might have one of those (and a K-mount to u4/3 adapter) lying around. I've definitely got an A50mm/f1.4, an A50mm/f1.7, and an M28mm/f2.8; I'm just not entirely sure whether or not I hung on to an M50mm/1.4 to keep my MX company. On Thu, Apr 14, 2022 at 11:18:44PM +0100, Steve Cot