Re: Using a Macro Lens

2002-04-10 Thread Knut Knut
Have you ever seen an image taken with an 80mm macro lens that is crisp sharp from the flower, a foot away, to the mountains on the horizon? Well, look at this: http://www.zoerk.de/pages/g_land.htm Knut _ Downloaden Sie MSN Explor

Re: Using a Macro Lens

2002-04-10 Thread Knut Knut
This thread is moving to more general aspects of DOF and macrophotography: Rogier, if you are considering buying new macro equipment you should consider the following option(s): The real wizard of macrophotography is Mr. Zoerkendoerfer in Munich http://www.zoerk.de/ To solve the problem of Dep

The "Velvia" of colour print film?

2002-04-08 Thread Knut Knut
Hi, I've mostly been doing slides and have become very fond of Fuji's Velvia. Which Film (high colour saturation) would be the equivalent colour print film? Thanks for any help, Knut _ Testen Sie MSN Messenger für Ihren Online-Ch

Re: 43mm wide open comparison?

2002-04-08 Thread Knut Knut
Look at: http://www.takinami.com/yoshihiko/photo/lens_test/ when comaring lenses, you should always compare the same f-stops. Extracting the data for f2.0: Lens:Center resolution: corner resolution: (lines per mm) (lines per mm) FA 43/1.955

Re: 43mm wide open comparison?

2002-04-08 Thread Knut Knut
Look at: http://www.takinami.com/yoshihiko/photo/lens_test/ when comaring lenses, you should always compare the same f-stops. Extracting the data for f2.0: Lens:Center resolution: corner resolution: FA 43/1.9 _ Testen Sie M

Digibino -stealth binocular camera?

2002-04-05 Thread Knut Knut
Has anyone tried this binocular camera? At least in Germany, it seems to be on the market now: http://www.foto.pentax.de/produkte/produkt_beschreibung/pro010888.lhtml Knut _ Downloaden Sie MSN Explorer kostenlos unter

Digibino -stealth binocular camera?

2002-04-05 Thread Knut Knut
Has anyone tried this binocular camera? At least in Germany, it deems to be on the market now: http://www.foto.pentax.de/produkte/produkt_beschreibung/pro010888.lhtml Knut _ Testen Sie MSN Messenger für Ihren Online-Chat

RE: MZ5n versus LX

2001-11-08 Thread Knut Knut
Two examples where the LX cannot be replaced: 1) Taking a shot of a building across a moderately busy street: I have a black cap in my camerabag, whenever a single or group of cars passes I hold it in front of the lens to avoid white and red light streaks; the LX automatically compensates "on l

Tokina 300 2.8 (was RE: Tamron SP 300mm f2.8)

2001-11-05 Thread Knut Knut
It is an excellent lens. A German photography journal (Fotomagazin) compared 2.8/300 lenses some 8 or 10 years ago. The Tokina was second to the Leica 2.8/280 and clearly exceeded the primes from Nikon, Pentax, Canon and Tamron (I'm not sure if Minolta was in the comparison). Unfortunately the

FA 77/1.8 and FA 85/1.4 which has the better resolution?

2001-09-12 Thread Knut Knut
Hi, I remember reading here (or somewhere else) that the FA 77/1.8 has a better resulution between f2.8 and f5.6 than the FA 85/1.4 (from f8 they are both the same and excellent). I tried to find this thread. Maybe someone could point me to the source or to people/webpages who have made a dir

Matrix metering and MF lenses

2001-09-09 Thread Knut Knut
There have been some mails concerning matrix metering (AF-bodies) and MF Pentax lenses and why this does not work properly. Maybe this helps clarify the issue: Matrix metering needs specific information on the properties of a certain lens at different f-stops for the following reason: All len

Matrix metering and MF lenses

2001-09-09 Thread Knut Knut
There have been some mails concerning matrix metering (AF-bodies) and MF Pentax lenses and why this does not work properly. Maybe this helps clarify the issue: Matrix metering needs specific information on the properties of a certain lens at different f-stops for the following reason: All len